Chapter 3 - Bacteria, Color and Some Medical Terms Flashcards by Erin Ferguson

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Bacillus

A

Bacteria that are rod-shaped (plural is bacilli)

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Coccus

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Bacteria that are round in shape (plural is cocci, pronunched ‘coc’seye’)

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Dipl/o

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Pairs; bacteria that grow in pairs

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Staphyl/o

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Bunches, like grapes; bacteria that grow in clusters

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Strepto/o

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Twisted; bacteria that grow in twisted chains

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Alb-

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White

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Chlor/o-

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Green

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Chrom/o-

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Color

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Cirrh/o-

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orange-yellow

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Cyan/o-

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Blue

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Erythr/o-

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Red

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Leuk/o-

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White

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Lutein/o-

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Saffron yellow

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Melan/o-

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Black

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Poli/o-

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Gray

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Rhod/o-

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Red

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Rubi/o-

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Reddish. redness

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Xanth/o-

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Yellowish

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A-

an-

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Without, not

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Acro-

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Extremities; top or extreme point

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Aero-

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Air

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Aniso-

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Unequal

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Brady-

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Slow

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De-

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Take away, remove

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Dia-

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Through (as in running through)

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Dif-

dis-

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Apart, free from, separate

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Dys-

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Bad, painful, difficult

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Ec, ecto-

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Out, outside, outer

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Emia-

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Blood: condition of

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End-

endo-

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Within, inner

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Eu-

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Good, easy

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Extra-

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Outside, beyond

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Hemi-

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One side, half

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Hemo-

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Blood

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Hetero-

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Different

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Homo-

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Same

resemblind each other

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Hydro-

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Water

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Hyper-

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Above normal, excessive, beyond

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Hypo-

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Under, below, normal

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In-

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In, into, not

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Iso-

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Equal, same

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Lip-

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Fat

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Mal-

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Bad, poor

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Mega-

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Large, great

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Megalo-

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Large (enlarged)

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Meno-

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Meses (menstruation)

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Noct-

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Night

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Nyct-

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Night

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Pan-

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All, every

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Para-

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Beside, beyond, accessory to

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Per-

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Through

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Peri-

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Around

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Poly-

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Many, much

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Post-

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Following, after

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Pre-

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Before

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Pro-

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Preceding, coming before

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Pyo-

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Pus

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Re-

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Put back

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Super-

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Above, beyond

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Supra-

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Above, beyond

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Syn-

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Going together, united

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Tachy-

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Fast