Chapter 4 - Terms Flashcards by Nate Miller

a/pnea

no, not, without/breathing

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an/oxia

no, not, without/oxygen (condition)

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ab/norm/al

away from/rule, order/pertaining to

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ab/duct/or

away from/lead, carry/one who

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ad/duct/or

toward/lead, carry/one who

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ad/ren/al glands

toward/kidney/pertaining to glands

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ana/bol/ism

up, apart/to cast/process, condition

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ana/lysis

up, apart/breakdown, destruction, separation

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ante cibum

before meals (a.c.)

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ante/flex/ion

before, forward/to bend/process

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ante/partum

before/birth, labor

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anti/bio/tic

against/life/pertaining to

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anti/body

against/(foreign) body

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anti/gen

antibody/substance that produces

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anti/seps/(s)is

against/infection/state of, condition

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anti/tox/in

against/poison/substance

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auto/immune

self, own/protection

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bi/furc/ation

two/forking, branching/process, condition

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bi/later/al

two/side/pertaining to

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brady/cardi/(i)a

slow/heart/condition

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cata/bol/ism

down/to cast/process, condition

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con/genit/al

with, together/birth/pertaining to

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con/nect/ive

together/to tie, bind/adjective ending

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contra/indic/ation

against/to point out/process, condition

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contra/later/al

opposite/side/pertaining to

de/hydr/ation

lack of/water/process, condition

dia/meter

through, complete/measure

dia/rrhea

through, complete/flow, discharge

dia/lysis

through, complete/breakdown, destruction, separation

dys/pnea

abnormal, bad, difficult, painful/breathing

dys/enter/y

abnormal, bad, difficult, painful/small intestines/condition

dys/trophy

abnormal, bad, difficult, painful/nourishment, development

dys/plasia

abnormal, bad, difficult, painful/development, formation, growth

ec/top/ic

out, outside/place, position, location/pertaining to

endo/cardi/um

within/heart/structure, tissue, thing

endo/scope

within/instrument to visually examine

endo/trache/al

within/trachea/pertaining to

epi/theli/um

upon, on, above/nipple/structure, tissue, thing

eu/phoria

good, normal/feeling

eu/thyroid

good, normal/thyroid gland

ex/ophthalmo/s

out, outside/eye/condition

hemi/gloss/ectomy

half/tongue/removal

hyper/glyc/emia

excessive/sugar/blood condition

hyper/plasia

excessive/development, formation, growth

hyper/trophy

excessive/nourishment, development

hypo/derm/ic

under/skin/pertaining to

hypo/glyc/emia

deficient/sugar/blood condition

in/somn/iac

not/sleep/pertaining to

in/cis/ion

into/to cut/process

infra/cost/al

under/rib/pertaining to

inter/cost/al

between/rib/pertaining to

intra/ven/ous

in, within/vein/pertaining to

macro/cephal/y

large/head/condition

mal/aise

discomfort

mal/ign/ant

bad/fire/one that performs

meta/carp/al

beyond/wrist bones/pertaining to

meta/morph/osis

change/shape, form/condition

meta/stasis

beyond/controlling, stopping

micro/scope

small/instrument to visually examine

neo/nat/al

new/birth/pertaining to

neo/plasm

new/formation, structure

pan/cyto/penia

all/cell/deficiency

para/lysis

abnormal, beside, near/breakdown, destruction, separation

para/thyroid

beside/thyroid glands

per/cutane/ous

through/skin/pertaining to

peri/cardi/um

surrounding/heart/structure

poly/morpho/nucle/ar

many/shape, forms/nucleus/pertaining to

poly/neur/itis

many/nerves/inflammation

post/mort/em

after/death/in

post/partum

after/birth, labor

pre/cancer/ous

before, in front of/cancer/pertaining to

pre/nat/al

before, in front of/birth/pertaining to

pro/drome

before, forward/to run

pro/lapse

before, forward/slide, sag, fall

pros/the/sis

before, forward/to place/state of, condition

re/lapse

back, again/slide, sag, fall

re/mission

back, again/to send

re/combin/ant

back, again/combine/one that performs

retro/peritone/al

behind, backward/peritoneum/pertaining to

retr/flex/ion

behind, backward/to bend/process

sub/cutane/ous

under/skin/pertaining to

supra/pub/ic

above/pubis/pertaining to

syn/dactyl/y

together/fingers, toes/condition

syn/thesis

together/placing, arranging

syn/drome

together, with/to run

sym/bi/osis

together/life/condition

sym/metr/y

together, with/to measure/condition

sym/physis

together, with/to grow

tachy/pnea

fast/breathing

trans/fusion

across, through/to pour, to come together

trans/urethr/al

across, through/urethra/pertaining to

ultra/sono/graphy

beyond/sound/process of recording

uni/later/al

one/side/pertaining to