common medical word parts (set 5) Flashcards

1
Q

ana/

A

positive, up

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2
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ante/

A

before

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3
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bronch/o

A

airway tubes in lung

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4
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cephal/o

A

head

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5
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cervic/o

A

neck

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6
Q

chondr/o

A

cartilage

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7
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crin/o

A

to separate from blood, secrete

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8
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cutane/o

A

skin surface

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9
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dactyl/o

A

digits, fingers, toes

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10
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dys/

A

bad, labored

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11
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eosin/o

A

rose-colored

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12
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erythr/o

A

red

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13
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eu/

A

normal, even, good

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14
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furc/o

A

branch, fork

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15
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gnos/o

A

knowledge, understanding

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16
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lapar/o

A

abdomen

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17
Q

lynmph/o

A

watery fluid

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18
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mal/

A

bad, abnormal

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19
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meso/

A

middle

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20
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morph/o

A

form, structure

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21
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mort/o

A

death

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22
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necr/o

A

dead

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23
Q

nephr/o

A

kidney

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24
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opthalm/o

A

eye

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25
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ot/o

A

ear

26
Q

phag/o, or /phage

A

eat, swallow, engulf

27
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phob/o

A

fear

28
Q

physi/o

A

nature, natural

29
Q

plasm/o

A

plasma, cell substance

30
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pneum/o

A

air, gas, lung sacs

31
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pro/

A

before

32
Q

pseudo/

A

false

33
Q

psych/o

A

mind

34
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radi/o

A

rays or waves, x-ray, radius, forearm

35
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rect/o

A

upright, rectum

36
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rhin/o

A

nose

37
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semi/

A

half

38
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seps/o or sept/i

A

infection, bacteria

39
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supra/ or super/

A

above, superior to

40
Q

thyr/o

A

shield, thyroid

41
Q

tom/o

A

cut, slice or a hole

42
Q

tonsill/o

A

tonsils

43
Q

top/o

A

location

44
Q

tox/o

A

poison, damaging

45
Q

trache/o

A

windpipe

46
Q

vertebr/o

A

back bones

47
Q

/cele

A

protruding sac, hernia

48
Q

/crine

A

secrete

49
Q

/cyesis

A

pregnancy

50
Q

/dynia

A

pain

51
Q

/lysis, /lytic

A

break down or apart, dissolve

52
Q

/pexy

A

affix, attach into place

53
Q

/phobia

A

fear

54
Q

/phoria

A

bear

55
Q

/physis

A

grow

56
Q

/plasia

A

growth, development

57
Q

/pnea

A

breathing

58
Q

/poiesis

A

formation

59
Q

/ptosis

A

drooped, slipped down

60
Q

/rrhea

A

flow

61
Q

/sclerosis, /sclerotic

A

hardening