Chapter 2 Medical Terminology Flashcards

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cata-

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down

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-ism

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process

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ana-

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up

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boi

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cast

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hist/o

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tissue

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thel/o

theli/o

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breast nipple

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adip/o

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fat

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abdomin/o

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abdomen

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anter/o

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front

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cervic/o

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neck (of the body or of the uterus)

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chondro/o

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cartilage (type of connective tissue)

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chrom/o

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color

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coccyg/o

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coccyx (tailbone)

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crani/o

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skull

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cyt/o

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cell

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dist/o

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far, distant

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dors/o

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back portion of the body

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ili/o

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ilium (upper part of the hip bone)

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inguin/o

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groin

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kary/o

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nucleus

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later/o

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side

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lumb/o

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lower back

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medi/o

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middle

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nucle/o

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nucleus

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pelv/i

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pelvis

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pharyng/o

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pharynx (throat)

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poster/o

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back, behind

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proxim/o

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nearest

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sacr/o

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flesh

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spin/o

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spine

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thorac/o

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chest

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trache/o

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trachea, windpipe

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umbilic/o

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navel; umbilicus

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ventr/o

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belly side of the body

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vertebr/o

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vertebra(e); backbone(s)

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viscer/o

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internal organs

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-type

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classification or picture

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epi-

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above

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hypo-

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below

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inter-

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between

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intra-

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within

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meta-

A

change

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-eal

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pertaining to

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-iac

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pertaining to

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-ior

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pertaining to

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-ose

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pertaining to, full of

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-plasm

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formation

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-somes

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bodies