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Chapter 7 Word Parts Flashcards

1
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dent/o

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teeth

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odont/o

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teeth

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3
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gingiv/o

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gum(s)

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gloss/o

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tongue

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lingu/0o

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tongue

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or/o

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mouth

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stomat/o

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mouth

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ptyal/o

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saliva

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sial/o

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saliva, salivary gland

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esophag/o

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esophagus

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gastr/o

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stomach

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pharyng/o

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pharynx (throat)

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pylor/o

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pylorus (sphincter in lower portion of stomach that opens into duodenum)

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duoden/o

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duodenum (first part of small intestine)

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15
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enter/o

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intestine (usually small intestine)

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jejun/o

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jejunum (second part of small intestine)

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ile/o

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ileum (third part of the small intestine)

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an/o

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append/o

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appendic/o

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col/o

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colon/o

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proct/o

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anus, rectum

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rect/o

25
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sigmoid/o

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sigmoid colon

26
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cholangi/o

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bile vessel

27
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chol/e

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bile, gall

28
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cholecyst/o

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gallbladder

29
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choledoch/o

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hepat/o

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pancreat/o

32
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-algia

33
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-dynia

34
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-emesis

35
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-iasis

A

abnormal condition (produced by something specific)

36
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-megaly

A

enlargement

37
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-orexia

38
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-osis

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abnormal condition; increase (used primarily with blood cells)

39
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-pepsia

40
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-phagia

A

swallowing, eating

41
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-rrhea

A

discharge, flow

42
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endo-

A

in, within

43
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hemato-

44
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hypo-

A

under, below, deficient

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