Diagnostic Word Elements Flashcards
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gnos/o
A
a knowing, knowledge
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-gnosis
A
a knowing, knowledge
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eti/o
A
cause
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aeti/o
A
cause
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esthesi/o
A
sensation, feeling
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-esthesia
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sensation, feeling
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morb/o
A
disease
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nos/o
A
disease
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path/o
A
disease, feeling, suffering
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-pathy
A
disease, feeling, suffering
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-path
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one affect by a disease, one who treats a disease
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mort/o
A
death
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thanat/o
A
death
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-thanasia
A
death
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necr/o
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dead body, dead
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febr/o
A
fever
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pyr/o
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fever, fire
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pyret/o
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fever
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hem/o
A
blood
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hemat/o
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blood
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-emia
A
condition of blood
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-hemia
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condition of blood
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-poly
A
many
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multi-
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many
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cal/o
heat
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rubr/o
red, redness
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erythr/o
red, redness (red blood cells)
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tum/o
swelling, tumor, abnormal mass
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onc/o
swelling, tumor, abnormal mass
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-oncus
swelling, tumor, abnormal mass
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edemat/o
swelling
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-edema
swelling
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troph/o
nourishment
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-trophy
nourishment
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tabet/o
wasting
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cel/o
hernia, protrusion
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-cele
hernia, protrusion
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cyt/o
cell
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cell/o
cell
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cellul/o
cell
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cancer/o
cancer, crab
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cancr/o
spreading ulcer
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carcin/o
cancer, crab
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mal/o
bad, faulty
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kak/o
bad, faulty
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cac/o
bad, faulty
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phlog/o
inflammation
48
dol/o
pain
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noc/o
pain
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noxi/o
pain
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alg/o
pain
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-algia
painful condition
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-algesia
sense of pain
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odyn/o
pain
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-odynia
painful condition
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acu/o
needle, needle-like
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acut/o
sharp, pointed
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oxy/o
sharp, quick, acid, oxygen
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-oxia
oxygen condition
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chron/o
time
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pur/o
pus
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py/o
pus
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rhe/o
flow
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-rrhea
a discharge (of a fluid)
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-rhexis
a rupture
66
-rrhagia
rupture with profuse discharge of a fluid (typically blood)
67
-rrhage
rupture with profuse discharge of a fluid (typically blood)
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-rrhagy
rupture with profuse discharge of a fluid (typically blood)
69
rhagad/o
tear, fissure, cleft
70
-penia
decrease, deficiency
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mega-
enlargement, large
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megal/o
enlargement, large
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-megaly
enlargement, large
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micr/o
small
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macr/o
large, long
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lys/o
breakdown, dissolving
77
-lysis
breakdown, dissolving
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malac/o
soft, abnormal softening
79
-malacia
soft, abnormal softening
80
-ptosis
downward displacement, prolapse
81
-ectasis
dilation, expansion
82
-ectasia
dilation, expansion
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schiz/o
a splitting, a cleft
84
-schisis
a splitting, a cleft
85
stas/o
a standing, stoppage, cause to stand
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stat/o
a standing, stoppage, cause to stand
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-stasis
a standing, stoppage, cause to stand
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-stat
a device for stopping, ceasing something
89
poiet/o
to make, produce
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-poiesis
to make, produce
91
plast/o
formed, molded
92
-plast
forming cell or organelle
93
-plasia
condition of formation, growth
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fac/o
to make, cause
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fic/o
to make, cause
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fact/o
to make, cause
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fect/o
to make, cause
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-gen
to become, be produced
99
graph/o
writing
100
-graph
a device for an image or written record, or the record itself
101
-graphy
process of recording, writing
102
grammat/o
something written or drawn
103
gramm/o
something written or drawn
104
-gram
a record or image of something
105
metr/o
measure, measurement
106
-meter
measuring instrument
