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Chapter 4 Flashcards

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carp / o

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root word meaning wrist bones

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cis /o

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root word meaning cut

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cost / o

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root word meaning rib

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cutane / o

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root word meaning skin

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dactyl / o

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root word meaning fingers or toes

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duct / o

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root word meaning lead or carry

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flex / o

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root word meaning bend

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furc / o

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root word meaning branching

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gloss / o

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root word meaning tongue

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glyc / o

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root word meaning sugar

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immun / o

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root word meaning protection

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morph / o

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root word meaning shape or form

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mort / o

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root word meaning death

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nat / i

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root word meaning birth

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norm / o

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root word meaning rule, order

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ox / o

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root word meaning oxygen

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pub / o

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root word meaning pubis

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seps / o

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root word meaning infection

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somn / o

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root word meaning sleep

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son / o

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root word meaning sound

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tens / o

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root word meaning force strain or stretch

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the / o

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root word meaning put or place

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thel /o, theli / o

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root word meaning nipple

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thyr / o

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root word meaning thyroid gland

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top / o

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root word meaning place, position or location

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tox / o

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root word meaning poison

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trache / o

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root word meaning trachea

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urethr / o

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root word meaning urethra

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-crine

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suffix meaning secrete

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-drome

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suffix meaning run

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-fusion

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suffix meaning come together or pour

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-gen

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suffix meaning substance that produces

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-lapse

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suffix meaning slide fall or sag

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-lysis

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suffix meaning breakdown, destruction, separation

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-meter

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suffix meaning measure

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-mission

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suffix meaning send

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-or

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suffix meaning “one who”

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-oxia

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suffix meaning oxygen

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-partum

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suffix meaning birth or labor

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-phoria

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suffix meaning bear, carry or feeling

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-physis

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suffix meaning grow

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-plasia

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suffix meaning development formation or growth

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-plasm

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suffix meaning structure or formation

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-pnea

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suffix meaning breathing

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-ptom

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suffix meaning happening or occurrence

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-ptosis

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suffix meaning falling, drooping, prolapse

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-rrhea

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suffix meaning flow or discharge

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-stasis

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suffix meaning stopping or controlling

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-trophy

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suffix meaning development or nourishment

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-a, an-

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prefix meaning no, not or without

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ab-

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prefix meaning away from

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ad-

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prefix meaning toward

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ana-

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prefix meaning up or apart

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ante-

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prefix meaning before, or forward

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anit-

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prefix meaning against

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auto-

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prefix meaning self

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bi-

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prefix meaning two

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brady-

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prefix meaning slow

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cata-

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prefix meaning down

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con-

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prefix meaning together

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contra-

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prefix meaning against or other

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de-

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prefix meaning down or lack of

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dia-

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prefix meaning complete or through

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dys-

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prefix meaning abnormal, bad, difficult or painful

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ect-

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prefix meaning outside

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endo-

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prefix meaning within or in

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epi-

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prefix meaning upon, on or above

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eu-

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prefix meaning good or normal

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ex-

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prefix meaning out or outside

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hemi-

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prefix meaning half

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hyper-

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prefix meaning excessive or above

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hypo-

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prefix meaning deficient or under

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in- (insomnia)

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prefix meaning not

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in- (incision)

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prefix meaning into or within

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infra-

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prefix meaning beneath or under

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inter-

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prefix meaning between

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intra-

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prefix meaning in, within, or into

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mal-

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prefix meaning bad

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meta-

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prefix meaning beyond or change

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micro-

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prefix meaning small

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neo-

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prefix meaning new

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para-

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prefix meaning abnormal, beside , or near

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per-

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prefix meaning through

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peri-

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prefix meaning surrounding

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poly-

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prefix meaning many or much

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post-

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prefix meaning after

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pre-

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prefix meaning before or in front of

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pro-

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prefix meaning before or forward

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pros-

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prefix meaning before or forward

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re-

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prefix meaning back or again

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retro-

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prefix meaning behind

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sub-

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prefix meaning under

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supra-

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prefix meaning above or upper

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syn-, sym-

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prefix meaning together or with

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tachy-

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prefix meaning fast

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trans-

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prefix meaning across or through

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ultra-

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prefix meaning beyond or excess

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uni-

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prefix meaning one

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