Chapter 9 Defs Flashcards
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a-
A
without, not
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aden/o
A
gland
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adren/o, adrenal/o
A
adrenal glands
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-algia, -dynia
A
pain
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cephal/o
A
brain
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cerebr/o
A
cerebrum
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cyst/o
A
bladder
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-dipsia
A
thirst
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dys-
A
bad; painful; difficult
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-emia
A
blood condition
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encephal/o
A
brain
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endo-
A
within
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enter/o
A
intestine (usually small intestine)
14
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-gen, -genesis
A
forming, producing; origin
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gli/o
A
glue; neuroglial tissue
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-glia
A
glue; neuroglial tissue
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gluc/o, glyc/o
A
sugar, sweetness
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hem/o
A
blood
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hyper-
A
excessive, above normal
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hypo-
A
under, below, deficient
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-iasis
A
abnormal condition (produced by something specified)
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-ism
A
condition
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-lith
A
stone, calculus
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-logist
A
specialist in the study of
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-logy
study of
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-malacia
softening
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-megaly
enlargement
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mening/o, meningi/o
meninges (membranes covering the brain and spinal cord)
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myel/o
bone marrow; spinal cord
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nephr/o, ren/o
kidney
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neur/o
nerve
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-oid
resembling
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orchid/o, orchi/o, orch/o
testis (plural, testes)
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-osis
abnormal condition; increase (used primarily with blood cells)
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pancreat/o
pancreas
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para-
near, beside; beyond
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parathyroid/o
parathyroid glands
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-pathy
disease
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-penia
decrease, deficiency
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-phagia
swallowing, eating
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-phasia
speech
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pituitar/o
pituitary gland
43
-plegia
paralysis
44
-rrhagia
bursting forth (of)
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-rrhea
discharge, flow
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scler/o
hardening; sclera (white of the eye)
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spin/o
spine
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thromb/o
blood clot
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thym/o
thymus gland
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thyroid/o
thyroid gland
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-tome
instrument to cut
52
-tomy
incision
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toxic/o
poison
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-uria
urine
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vascul/o
blood vessel
