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combining forms, prefixes, suffixes (2, 3) Flashcards

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aden/o

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gland

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cyt/o

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cell

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epitheli/o

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epithelium

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fibr/o

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fiber

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hist/o

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tissue

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kary/o

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nucleus

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lip/o

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fat

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my/o

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muscle

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neur/o

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nerve

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organ/o

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organ

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sarc/o

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flesh, connective tissue

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system/o

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system

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viscer/o

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internal organs

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cancer/o

carcin/o

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cancer

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eti/o

A

cause (of disease)

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gno/o

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knowledge

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iatr/o

A

physician, medicine

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lei/o

A

smooth

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onc/o

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tumor, mass

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path/o

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disease

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rhabd/o

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rod-shaped, striated

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somat/o

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body

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chlor/o

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green

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chrom/o

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color

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cyan/o

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blue

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erytrhr/o

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red

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leuk/o

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white

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melan/o

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black

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xanth/o

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yellow

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dia-

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through, complete

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dys-

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painful, abnormal, difficult, labored

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hyper-

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above, excessive

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hypo-

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below, incomplete, deficient, under

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meta-

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after, beyond, change

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neo-

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new

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pro-

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before

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  • al
  • ic
  • ous
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pertaining to

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-cyte

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-gen

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substance or agent that produces or causes

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-genic

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producing, originating, causing

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-logist

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one who studies and treats

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-logy

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-megaly

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enlargment

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-oid

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resembling

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-oma

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tumor, swelling

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-osis

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abnormal condition

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-pathy

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-plasia

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condition of formation, development, growth

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-plasm

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growth, substance, formation

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-sarcoma

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malignant tumor

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-sis

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-stasis

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control, stop, standing

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anter/o

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caud/o

A

tail (downward)

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cephal/o

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head (upward)

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dist/o

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dors/o

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infer/o

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later/o

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medi/o

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poster/o

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back, behind

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proxim/o

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super/o

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ventr/o

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-ad

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-ior

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pertaining to

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caudad

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toward the tail

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cephalad

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toward the head

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lateral (lat)

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pertaining to a side

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medial (med)

A

pertaining to the middle

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unilateral

A

pertaining to one side

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bilateral

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pertaining to two sides

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mediolateral

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pertaining to the middle and to the side

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distal

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pertaining to away

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proximal

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pertaining to near

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inferior (inf)

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pertaining to below

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superior (sup)

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pertaining to above

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caudal

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pertaining to the tail

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cephalic

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pertaining to the head

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anterior (ant)

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pertaining to the front

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posterior

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pertaining to the back

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dorsal

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pertaining to the back

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ventral

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pertaining to the belly (front)

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anteroposterior (AP)

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pertaining to the front and to the back

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posteroanterior (PA)

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pertaining to the back and to the front

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frontal or coronal

A

vertical plane passing through the body from side to side, dividing the body into anterior and posterior portions

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midsagittal

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vertical plane passing through the body from front to back at the midline, dividing the body equally into right and left halves

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parasagittal

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vertical plane passing through the body from front to back, dividing the body into unequal left and right sides

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sagittal

A

vertical plane passing through the body from front to back, dividing the body into right and left sides

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transverse

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horizontal plane dividing the body into superior and inferior portions

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