Chapter 3 Flashcards
(98 cards)
1
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abdomin/o
A
abdomen
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acr/o
A
extremities, top, extreme point
3
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acu/o
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sharp, severe, sudden
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aden/o
A
gland
5
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adip/o
A
fat
6
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amin/o
A
amnion (sac surrounding the embryo in the uterus)
7
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angi/o
A
vessel
8
Q
arteri/o
A
artery
9
Q
arthr/o
A
joint
10
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axill/o
A
armpit
11
Q
bi/o
A
life
12
Q
blephar/o
A
eyelid
13
Q
bronch/o
A
bronchial tubes
14
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carcin/o
A
cancer
15
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cardi/o
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heart
16
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chem/o
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drug, chemical
17
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chondr/o
A
cartilage
18
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chron/o
A
time
19
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col/o
A
colon
(large intestine)
20
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cyst/o
A
urinary bladder
21
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erythr/o
A
red
22
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hem/o
A
blood
23
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hepat/o
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liver
24
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hydr/o
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water, fluid
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inguin/o
groin
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isch/o
to hold back
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lapar/o
abdomin, abdominal wall
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laryng/o
larynx
29
leuk/o
white
30
lymph/o
lymph
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mamm/o
breast
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mast/o
breast
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morph/o
shape, form
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muc/o
mucus
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my/o
muscle
36
myel/o
spinal cord; bone marrow
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necr/o
death (of the cells or whole body)
38
nephr/o
kidney
39
neur/o
nerve
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neutr/o
neutrophil (a white blood cell)
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nucle/o
nucleus
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ophthalm/o
eye
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opi/o
opium
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este/o
bone
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ot/o
ear
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-algia
pain
47
-cele
hernia
48
-centesis
puncture to remove fluid
49
coccus (singular)
cocci (plural)
berry shaped bacterium
50
-cyte
cell
51
-dynia
pain
52
-ectomy
excision, removal, resection
53
-emia
blood condition
54
-genisis
condition of producing, forming
55
-gram
record-
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-graph
instrument of recording
57
-graphy
process of recording
58
-itis
inflammation of
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-logy
study of
60
-lysis
breakdown, destruction. separation
61
-malacia
softening
62
-magaly
enlargment
63
-oma
tumor, mass, collection of fluid
64
-opsy
to view
65
-osis
condition, usually abnormal
66
-pathy
disease, condition
67
-penia
deficiency
68
-phobia
fear
69
-plasia
development, formation, growth
70
-plasty
surgical repair
71
-ptosis
drooping, falling,prolapse
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rrhea
flow, discharge
73
-scelerosis
hardening
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-scope
instrument of visual examination
75
-scopy
process of visual examination
76
-stasis
controlling, stopping
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-stomy
opening to form a mouth
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-therapy
treatment
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-tomy
incision, cutting into
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-trophy
development, nourishment
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-er
one who
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-ia
condition
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-ist
specialist
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-oid
resembling, derived from
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-ole
little, small
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-ule
little, small
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-um, -ium
structure, tissue
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-us
structure, substance
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-y
condition, process
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-ac, -iac, -al
pertaining to
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-ar
pertaining to
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-ary
pertaining to
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-eal
pertaining to
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-genic
pertaining to producing, produced by or in
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-ic, -ical
pertaining to
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-ose
pertaining to, full of
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-ous
pertaining to
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-tic
pertaining to
