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Chapter 8 Key Terminology Flashcards

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dys-

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bad, difficult, painful, abnormal

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multi-

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many

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nulli-

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none

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primi-

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first

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poly-

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many, much, excessive, frequent

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pre-

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before, in front of

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pro-

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forward

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peri-

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surrounding

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ec-

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out

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oxy-

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rapid

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neo-

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new

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-ician, -logist

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one who specializes in the study of

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-arche

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beginning

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-pause

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stop, cease

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-ation

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process of

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-salpinx

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fallopian tube (used often as pyosalpinx, hydrosalpinx, hematosalpinx)

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-gravida, -cyesis

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pregnancy

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-partum, -para, -tocia

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delivery (parturition)

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-ptosis

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drooping, sagging

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-ion

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process

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-osis

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abnormal condition

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-ism

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condition

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-dynia

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pain

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-lapse

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fall

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-rrhea

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flow, discharge

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-rrhagia

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bursting forth

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-drome

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run

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-amnios

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amnion (membrane that surrounds and protects the embryo)

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-plasia

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formation, development

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-oma

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tumor, mass

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-carcinoma

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cancer of epithelial origin

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-sarcoma

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cancerous tumor of connective tissue

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-metry

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process of measurement

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-graphy

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process of recording

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-scopy

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process of viewing

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-centesis

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surgical puncture

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-pexy

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gynec/o

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o/o, ov/o, ov/i, ovul/o

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egg/ovum (female gamete/sex cell)

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oophor/o, ovari/o

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ovary (female gonad/sex organ)

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men/o, menstru/o

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menstruation

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colp/o, vagin/o

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labi/o

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labia (inner and outer lips covering vaginal opening/orifice)

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hymen/o

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hymen (membrane that partially covers the vaginal opening)

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clitorid/o

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clitoris (sensitive, erectile tissue above the urethral opening)

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bartholin/o

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Bartholin gland (two glands in the vulva that secrete a mucous lubricant for the vagina)

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vulv/o, episi/o

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Vulva (external female genitalia)

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perine/o

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perineum (the area between the opening of the vagina and the anus)

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hyster/o, metri/o, metr/o, uter/o

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salping/o

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fallopian tube

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fund/o

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fundus (top of the uterus)

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cervic/o

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cervic/o (lower neck of the uterus)

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culd/o

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rectouterine pouch (a space in the pelvic cavity between the uterus and the rectum)

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mammo/o, mast/o

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lact/o, galact/o

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papill/o, thel/e

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omphal/o, umbilic/o

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part/o

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parturition (delivery)

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nat/o

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birth, born

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puerper/o

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childbirth

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gravid/o

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fet/o

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amni/o

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amnion (membrane that surrounds and protects the embryo)

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chori/o, chorion/o

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chorion (outer membrane that surrounds the embryo)

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placent/o

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placenta (highly vascular structure that acts as a physical communication between the mother and the embryo)

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hemat/o

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py/o

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hydr/o

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fluid, water

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cyst/o

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flex/o

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leuk/o

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erythr/o

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olig/o

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scanty, few

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phor/o

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carry, bear

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cephal/o

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pelv/i

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top/o

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nuch/o

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aden/o

80
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leiomy/o

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smooth muscle

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duct/o

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lapar/o

Medical Terminology 1 (22 decks)

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