Chapter 9 Defs 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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adren/o, adrenal/o

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adrenal glands

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-algia, -dynia

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pain

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cephal/o

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brain

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cerebr/o

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cerebrum

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cyst/o

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bladder

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-dipsia

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thirst

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dys-

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bad; painful; difficult

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-emia

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blood condition

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encephal/o

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brain

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endo-

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within

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enter/o

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intestine (usually small intestine)

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-gen, -genesis

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forming, producing; origin

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gli/o

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glue; neuroglial tissue

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-glia

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glue; neuroglial tissue

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gluc/o, glyc/o

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sugar, sweetness

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hem/o

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blood

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hyper-

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excessive, above normal

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hypo-

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under, below, deficient

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-iasis

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abnormal condition (produced by something specified)

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-ism

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condition

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-lith

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stone, calculus

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-logist

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specialist in the study of

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-logy

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study of

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-malacia

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softening

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-megaly

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enlargement

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mening/o, meningi/o

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meninges (membranes covering the brain and spinal cord)

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myel/o

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bone marrow; spinal cord

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nephr/o, ren/o

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kidney

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neur/o

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nerve

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-oid

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resembling

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orchid/o, orchi/o, orch/o

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testis (plural, testes)

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-osis

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abnormal condition; increase (used primarily with blood cells)

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pancreat/o

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pancreas

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para-

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near, beside; beyond

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parathyroid/o

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parathyroid glands

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-pathy

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disease

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-penia

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decrease, deficiency

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-phagia

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swallowing, eating

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-phasia

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speech

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pituitar/o

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pituitary gland

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-plegia

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paralysis

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-rrhagia

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bursting forth (of)

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-rrhea

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discharge, flow

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scler/o

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hardening; sclera (white of the eye)

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spin/o

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spine

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thromb/o

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blood clot

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thym/o

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thymus gland

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thyroid/o

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thyroid gland

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-tome

A

instrument to cut

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-tomy

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incision

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toxic/o

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poison

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-uria

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urine

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vascul/o

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blood vessel