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Chapter 4 Flashcards

1
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Carp/o

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Wrist bones (carpals)

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Cis/o

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To cut

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Cost/o

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Rib

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Cutane/o

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Skin

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Dactyl/o

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Fingers,toes

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Duct/o

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To lead, carry

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7
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Flex/o

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To bend

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Gloss/o

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Tongue

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Glyc/o

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Sugar

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Immun/o

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Protection

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Morph/o

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Shape, form

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Mort/o

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Death

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13
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Nat/i

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Birth

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Norm/o

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Rule, order

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15
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Ox/o

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Oxygen

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Furc/o

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Forking, branching

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Nect/o

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To bind, tie, connect

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Pub/o

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Pubis

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19
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Seps/o

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Infection

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20
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Somn/o

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Sleep

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21
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Son/o

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Sound

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22
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Thyr/o

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Thyroid gland

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Top/o

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Place, position, location

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Tox/o

Toxic/o

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Poison

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Trache/o

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Windpipe, trachea

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Urethr/o

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Urethra

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27
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Ureter/o

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Ureters

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28
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-blast

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Embryonic, immature

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29
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-crine

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To secrete

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30
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-drome

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To run

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31
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-fusion

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Coming together; to pour

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32
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-gen

A

Substance that produces

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33
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-lapse

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To slide, fall, sag, drop

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34
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-lysis

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Breakdown, destruction, separation

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35
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-meter

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To measure

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36
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-mission

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To send

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37
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-or

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One who

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38
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-partum

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Birth, labor

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39
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-phoria

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To bear, carry; feeling ( mental state)

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40
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-physis

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To grow

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41
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-plasia

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Development, formation, growth

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-plasm

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Structure or formation

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-pnea

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-ptosis

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Falling, drooping, sagging

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-rrhea

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Flow, discharge

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-stasis

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Stopping, controlling

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-trophy

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Development, nourishment

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A-

An-

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No, not, without

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Ab-

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Ad-

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Ana-

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Ante-

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Before, forward

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Cibum

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Anti-

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Auto-

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Bi-

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Brady-

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Cata-

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Con-

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With, together

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Tachy-

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Contra-

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Against, opposite

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De-

A

Down, lack of

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Dia-

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Through, complete

64
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Dys-

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Bad, painful, difficult, abnormal

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Ec-

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Out, outside

66
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Endo-

A

In, within

67
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Epi-

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Upon, on, above

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Eu-

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Good, normal

69
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Ex-

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Out, outside

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Hemi-

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Hyper-

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Excessive, above

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Hypo-

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Deficient, under

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In-

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In-

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Into, within

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Infra-

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Inter-

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Intra-

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In, within, into

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Macro-

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Mal-

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Meta-

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Beyond, change

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Micro-

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Neo-

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Pan-

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Para-

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Abnormal, beside, near

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Per-

86
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Peri-

A

Surrounding, around

87
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Poly-

A

Many, much

88
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Post-

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After, behind

89
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Pre-

A

Before, in front of

90
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Pro-

A

Before forward

91
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Pseud/o

92
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Re-

A

Back, again

93
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Retro-

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Behind, backward

94
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Sub-

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Supra-

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Above, upper

96
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Syn-

Sym-

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Together, with

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Tachy-

98
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Trans-

A

Across, through

99
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Ultra-

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Beyond, excess

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Uni-

101
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TransUrethral Resection of the Prostate gland (TURP)

A

A portion of the prostate gland is removed with an instrument passed through the urethra.

Medical Terminology (24 decks)

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