Chapter 5 Def Flashcards by Caroline Ippolito

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a-

A

without, not

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aden/o

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gland

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-al, -ic, -ary

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pertaining to

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aneurysm/o

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a widening, a widened blood vessel

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angi/o

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vessel - usually blood or lymph

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anti-

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against

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aort/a

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aorta

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arteri/o

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artery

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ather/o

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fatty plaque

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atri/o

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atrium

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bi-

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two

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brady-

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slow

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cardi/o, coron/o

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heart

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-cardia

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heart

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cerebr/o

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cerebrum

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-cyte

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cell

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echo-

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a repeated sound

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-ectasis

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dilation, expansion

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-ectomy

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excision, removal

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embo/o

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embolus (plug)

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-emia

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blood

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endo-

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in, within

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epi-

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above, upon

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-genesis

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forming, producing, origin

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-gram

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record, writing,

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-graphy

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process of recording

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hem/o

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blood

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-ia

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condition

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isch/o

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to hold back; block

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-lith

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stone, calculus

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lymph/o

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lymph

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-lysis

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separation, destruction, loosening

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-malacia

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softening

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-megaly

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enlargement

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micro-

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small, minute

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my/o

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muscle

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necr/o

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death, necrosis

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-oid

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resembling

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-ole,-ule

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small, minute

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-oma

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tumor

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-osis

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abnormal condition (increase - when used in refering to blood cells)

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-pathy

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disease

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peri-

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around

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-phagia

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swallowing, eating

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phleb/0, ven/o

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vein

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-phobia

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fear

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-phylaxis

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protection

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-plasty

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surgical repair

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-pnea

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breathing

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-poiesis

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formation, production

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-rrhapy

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suture

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-rrhexis

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rupture

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rrhythm/o

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rhythm

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sarc/o

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flesh (connective tissue)

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scler/o

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hardening, sclera (white of eye)

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-spasm

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involuntary contraction

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-stenosis

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narrowing

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tachy-

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rapid

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-tension

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to stretch

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-therapy

A

treatment

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thromb/o

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blood clot

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-tomy

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incision

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trans-

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across, through

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tri-

A

three

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-um

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structure, thing

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-us

A

condition, structure

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varic/o

A

dilated vein

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vas/o

A

vessel; vas deferens; duct

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vascul/o

A

vessel

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ventricul/o

A

ventricle (of the heart or brain)

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-version

A

turning