Definitions Flashcards
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Pneumono/coni/osis
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Lung/dust/medical condition or disease
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Pectoro-, Thoraco-, Stetho
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Chest
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Utero-, Hystero-, Metro-
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Uterus
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a-, an-, ir-, ar-
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without, lack of, no-, not
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ab-, ef-
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away from
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ad-, af-
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to, toward
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ambi-
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both, double, two
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ana-
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apart, up, back, again
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ante-
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before, in front of
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anti-
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against, reverse
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bi-, bin-, di-, diplo-, co-
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two, twice, double
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cata-
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down, under, against
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contra-
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against, opposite
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de-
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away from, remove
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dia-
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across, complete, between, total, apart, through
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dis-
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apart or away from, reverse
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e-
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out, to remove, protrude
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ec-
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out from, out
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ecto-
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on outer side, situated on
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em-, en-
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in, within
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endo-
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within
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epi-
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upon, on
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ex-, exo-
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upon, on, outside, on outer side, outer layer, protrude
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extra-
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outside
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hyper-
excessive, over, above, more
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hypo-
under, below, deficient, low, less, lesser
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im-, in-
in, into, or not
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infra-
below, under
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inter-
between
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intra-
within
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intro-, into-
within, in, into, inward
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meta-
beyond, after, change
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para-
beside, near, beyond
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per-
through, excessive, in
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peri-
around
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retro-
backward, behind
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sub-
under, low, beneath
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super-
above, upper, upon, excessive
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supra-
above, upper, upon, excessive
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sym-, syn-
together, with
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trans-
across, through, beyond
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ultra-
beyond, in excess
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-a, -ia, -on, -os, -is, -us, -um, -ium
(names a thing when attached to a root word) refers to, pertains to
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-al, -tic, -ic, -iac, -oius, -ous, -ent
(adds to nouns -- makes adjectives, express relationships) pertains to, refers to, concerning
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-an, -ion, -ian
pertains to, process of, procedure of
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-ance, -ancy
state of, condition of
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-form
shapes, resembles
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-gen-, -troph-, plas-
beginning, produce, development, cause
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-gram
to record, write
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-graph
instrument
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-graphy
procedure of, process of using an instrument to make a recording
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-ia, -ity
(add to adjective or nouns to express:) quality, condition, state of
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-ible, -ile
(add to verbs to create adjectives) ability to, capacity of, refers to
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-id
(add to verbs and nouns to create adjectives) the state of, condition of
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-isy, -icy, -itis
to express condition of inflammation, infection
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-ium, -olus, -iole, -cule, -culus, -cle, -culum, -ellum
small, smaller, lesser
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-oma
tumor, swelling
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-centesis
surgical puncture to remove fluid
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-ec/tom/y
out/cut/procedure or removal
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-o/pex/y
to fixate, position or attach
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oplast/y
plastic surgery
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-o/rrhaph/y
surgically to suture or repair
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-o/tom/y
cut into, to open, make incision
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-os/tom/y
new permanent opening or mouth
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-o/tripsy
crushing or destroying
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-o/desis
binding or stabilization
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-clasis
to break down
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-lysis
to loosen
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-cis
to cut
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-cide
to kill
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-stasis
to stop or control
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-sis
medical condition or disease
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iatr/y
to treat, to heal, to cure
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sect/ion
to cut or make several slices of a body part
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-algia
pain
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-cau, -caus
burn
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-duct-, -doch-
canal or to draw
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-dynia
pain
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-ecta, -ectasis
to dilate
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-fiss-, -schiz-
to split
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-estes/ia, -phoro-
to feel, to sense
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-gen
to produce
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-kine-, -praxia
to move
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myopia
near sighted
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hyperopia
far sighted
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-op-, -opto, -opsy
vision, sight, or to see
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-palpit
to flutter
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-par-, -part, -partus, -toci-
to labor
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-pep-
to digest
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-phag, -phago
to eat
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-phas
to speak, utter
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-pnea
to breathe
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-auto
self
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-brachy
short
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-brady
slow
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-dextro
right
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-iso
equal
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-ortho
straight, normal, correct
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-sclero
hard
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-pronus
face down
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-tachy
fast
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-sinistro
left
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-xero
dry
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-erythr/o, -ruber/o, -rhod/o, -eosin
red
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-albus, -leuc/o, -leuk/o
white
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-fulvus
brown
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-melan/o
black
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-glauc/o, -polio
grey
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-cirrh/o
yellow
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-chlor/o, viridis
green
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dextr/o-
right of
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dors/o-
back
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meso-
towards the middle
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glucocytosis
increase in glucose cells
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andr/o-
man
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gynac/o
woman
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cephal/o
head
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arthro-, articulo-
joint
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osteo-, oste-
bone
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spondylo-
vertebra
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fascio-
band
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myleo-
spinal cord
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angio-
vessel
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colono-
large intestine
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entero-
small intestine
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jejuno
2nd part of small intestine
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ad/reno
near the kidney
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gnatho-
jaw
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occiputo-
back of the head
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eu-
normal, good, new
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A/nomaly
lack of being normal
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meta/static
spreads from one area of the body to another
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pro/gnosis
a prediction of how a disease will go
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A/genesis
part of normal body not produced
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endemic
small group of people
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epidemic
widely spread among a group
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neoplasm
new disease cells
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sign
observable occurrence that indicated a diseased state
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debridement
removal of dead or foreign tissue
