Chapter 2 The Human Body in Health and Disease Elements Flashcards

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ana-

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up, apart, backward, excessive

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dys-

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bad, difficult, painful

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endo-

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in, within, into

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epi-

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above, upon, on

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eti-

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cause

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exo-

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out of, outside, away from

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pan-

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all, entire, every

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patho-

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disease, suffering, feeling, emotion

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retro-

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behind, backward, back of

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abdomin/o

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abdomen

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aden/o

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gland

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adip/o

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fat

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anter/o

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anterior, front

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carcin/o

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cancerous

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caud/o

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lower part of body, tail

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cephal/o

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head

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chondr/o

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cartilage

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cyt/o

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cell

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dem/i

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people, population

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dors/o

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back of body

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gastr/o

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stomach, belly

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hist/o

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tissue

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home/o

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sameness, unchanging, constant

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hyp/o

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deficient, decreased

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idi/o

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peculiar to the individual or organ, one, distinct

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lumb/o

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lower back, loins

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path/o

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disease, suffering, feeling, emotion

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pelv/o

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pelvic bone, pelvic cavity, hip

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peritone/o

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peritoneum

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physi/o

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nature, physical

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poster/o

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behind, toward the back

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ventr/o

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in front, belly side of body

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-ac

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pertaining to

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-al

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pertaining to

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-crine

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to secrete

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-eal

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pertaining to

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-ectomy

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excision, removal

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-ial

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pertaining to

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-ic

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pertaining to

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-malacia

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softening

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-ology

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study of

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-oma

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tumor, neoplasm

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-osis

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abnormal condition, disease

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-pathy

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disease, suffering, feeling, emotion

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-plasia

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development, growth, formation

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-plasm

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formative material of cells

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-sclerosis

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abnormal hardening

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-stasis

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control, maintenance of a constant

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-tic

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pertaining to

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-trophy

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development, nourishment