Chapter Six Flashcards by victoria soyka | Brainscape

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alg/o, agli/o, algesi/o

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pain

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carcin/o

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cancer, carcinoma

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cyst/o

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filled sac or pouch, cyst, bladder

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lith

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calculus, stone

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onc/o

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tumor

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path/o

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disease

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py/o

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pus

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pyr/o, pyret/o

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fever, fire

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scler/o

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hard

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tox/o, toxic/o

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poison

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brady-

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slow

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dys-

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abnormal, painful, difficult

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mal-

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bad, poor

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pachy-

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thick

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tachy-

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rapid

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xero-

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dry

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-algia, -algesia, -odynia

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pain

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-cele

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hernia, localized dilation

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-clasis, clasia

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breaking

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-itis

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inflammation

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-megaly

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enlargement

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-oma

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tumor

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-pathy

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any disease of

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-rhage, -rhagia

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bursting fourth, profuse flow, hemorrhage

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-rhea

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flow, discharge

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-rhexis

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rupture

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-schisis

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fissure, splitting

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dilation, dilatation

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expansion, widening

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ectasia, ectasis

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dilation, dilatation, distension

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edema

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swllinf, accumulation of fluid

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lysis

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separation, loosening, dissolving, destruction

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malacia

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softening

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necrosis

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tissue death

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ptosis

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dropping, downward, displacement, prolapse

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sclerosis

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hardening

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spasm

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sudden contraction, cramp

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stasis

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suppression, stoppage

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stenosis

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narrowing, constriction

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toxin

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poison

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staphyl/o

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grape like cluster

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strept/o

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twisted chain

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bacill/i, bacill/o

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bacillus

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bacteri/o

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bacteria

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myc/o

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fungus, mold

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vir/o

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virus