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Clubbymcwankfist Flashcards

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What is a Word Root?

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Core meaning of the term

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What is a Suffix?

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Added to the end; procedures, conditions, or disease

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What is a prefix?

What do they refer to?

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Attached to beginning,

Refer to time,position, direction, number, negation

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Intra-

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Within or inside

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sub-

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below

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Arthr/o

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joints

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hepat/o

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liver

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oste/o

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bone

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ven/o

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vein

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-algia

Arthralgia

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pain

Joint pain

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-centesis

Abdominocentesis

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surgical puncture to remove fluid

removing fluid from your abs

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-cyte

leukocyte

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cell

white blood cells

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-dynia

Arthrodynia

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pain

Joint pain

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-ectomy

appendectomy

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surgical removal

surgical removal of appendix

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-emia

hypoglycemia

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blood condition

low blood sugar

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-gram, -graph

sonogram

photograph

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record, x-ray, picture

sound waves to create images

picture or record

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-graphy

photography

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processing of recording picture or record

process of developing or creating pictures

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-itis

Hepastitis

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inflammation

inflammation of the liver

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-malacia

osteomalacia

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abnormal softening

softening of the bones

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-megaly

cardiomegaly

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enlargement

englarged heart

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-meter

Thermometer

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instrument used to measure

used to measure temperature

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-oid

android

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like, resembling

resembling a man

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-ologist

psychologist

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specialist

studies mind and emtoin

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-ology

psychology

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study of

study of the mind

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-oma

Blastoma

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tumor

A type of cancer

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-osis

psychosis

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abnormal condition

abnormality of the mind

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-ostomy

colostomy

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creating an artificial opening

artifical opening into the colon

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-otomy

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surgical incision

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-pathy

cardiopathy

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disease

heart disease

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-phobia

arachnophobia

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abnormal fear of specific things

fear of spiders

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-plasty

arthroplasty

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surgical repair

surgical repair of a joint

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-ptosis

nephroptosis

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drooping, sagging, prolapse

drooping of the kidney

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-rrhagia, –rrhage

Hemorrhage

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abnormal flow or discharge (blood)

abnormal flow or discharge of blood

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-rrhaphy

myorrhaphy

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suturing

stitching muscle tissue

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-rrhea

diarrhea

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abnormal flow or discharge (not blood)

abnormal flow of excrement

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-rrhexis

myorrhexis

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rupture

ruptured muscle

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-sclerosis

arteriosclerosis

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abnormal hardening

abnormal hardening of the arteries

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-scope

microscope

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instrument used for visual examination

see’s small things

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-scopy

colonscopy

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visual examination

visual examination of colon

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-stasis

hemostasis

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stop, control

stop or control bleeding

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-stenosis

arteriostenosis

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abnormal narrowing

narrowing of the ateries

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