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Chp 4- Prefixes Flashcards

1
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carp/o

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wrist bones

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cost/o

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rib

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cutane/o

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skin

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dactyl/o

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fingers

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duct/o

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to lead, carry

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flex/o

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bend

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gloss/o

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tongue

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immun/o

A

PROTECTION

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mort/o

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death

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nat/i

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birth

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norm/o

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rule/order

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ox/o

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oxygen

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pub/o

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pubis; anterior portion of pelvic or hipbone

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seps/o

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infection

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somn/o

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sleep

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son/o

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sound

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the/o

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to put, place

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thyr/o

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thyroid gland/ shield

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top/o

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place, position, location

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tox/o

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poison

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21
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-blast

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embryonic, immature

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22
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-drome

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to run

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-fusion

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coming together; to pour

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-gea

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substance that produces

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-lapse

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to slide, fall, sag

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-lysis

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breakdown, destruction, separation

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-meter

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to measure

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-mission

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to send

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-or

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one who

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-oxia

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oxygen

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-partum

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birth, labour

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32
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-phoria

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to bear; carry; good feeling

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33
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-physis

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to grow

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34
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-plasm

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structure or formation

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35
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-pnea

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breathing

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36
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-ptosis

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falling, dropping, prolapse

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37
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–trophy

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development, nourishment

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38
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a-, an-

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no, not, without

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ab-

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ad-

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ana-

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ante-

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before, forward

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anti-

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auto-

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brady-

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cata-

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Con-

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with, together

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contra-

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against, opposite

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de-

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lack of, down

50
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dia-

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through, complete

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ec-

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outside, out

52
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endo-

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in, within

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eu-

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good, normal

54
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ex-

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out, outside

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hemi-

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hyper-

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excessive, above

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hypo-

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deficient, under

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in-

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not (insomnia) or into/within (incision)

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infra-

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beneath, under

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inter-

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intra-

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within, in, into

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macro-

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mal-

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meta-

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beyond, change

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micro-

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neo-

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pan-

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para-

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abnormal, beside, near

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per-

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peri-

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surrounding

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poly-

A

many, much

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post-

A

after, behind

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pre-

A

before, in front

74
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pro/s-

A

before, forward

75
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re-

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back, again

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retro-

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behind/backward

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sub-

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supra-

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above, upper

79
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syn-, sym-

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together, with

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tachy-

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trans-

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across, through

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ultra-

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beyond, excess

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uni-

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antigen

A

foreign substance that stimulates production of antibodies

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antibodies

A

protein substances made by leukocytes in response to antigen

86
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Rh Condition

A

antibody-antigen condition that develops when theres a difference in Rh blood factor b/w mother and fetus

87
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congential anomaly

A
  • irregularity in structure or organ infant is born with
  • ex. webbed feet/hands, heart defect, clubbed feet
88
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recombinant DNA

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  • taking gene from one organism, inserting into DNA of another organism
  • used to make insulin outside body
89
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Polymerase chair reaction (PCR)

A

producing multiple copies of single gene

90
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syndrome

A

group of signs or symptoms commonly occur together and indicate particular disease

91
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reye syndrome

A

characterized by vomiting, swelling of brain, increased intracranial pressure, hypoglycemia, dysfunction of liver, may occur in children after treated with aspirin

92
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transuretral

A

resection of prostate gland
- portion of prostate gland removed with instrument passed through (trans-) urethra
- indicated when prostatic tissue increases (hyperplasia) and interferes with urination

93
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Ultrasonography

A

diagnostic technechique using ultrasound waves to produce image of organ or tissue

94
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echocardiogram

A

ultrasound image of heart

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sonogram

A

fetal ultrasound image

Medical Terminology (18 decks)

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