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Exam 3 Units 9-12 Flashcards

1
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Dors/o

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Near or on the back

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Ventr/o

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Near or on the belly side

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Anter/o

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Towards the front

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Poster/o

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Following or located behind

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-ad, ad-

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Toward

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Proxim/o

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Near the point or origin

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Dist/o

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Away from the point of origin

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Medi/o

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Toward the midline

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Later/o

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Toward the side, away from the midline

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Sagitt/o

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Vertical divide of body

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Coron/o

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Resembling a crown or encircling

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Omphal/o

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Navel, umbillicus

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13
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Cephal/o

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Head, cephalum

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14
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Caud/o

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Tail

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Gnos, -gnosis

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Knowledge

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Pro-

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In front of, before

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17
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Dia-

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Through, throughout

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18
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Aer/o

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Air

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19
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Bi/o, -bic

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Life

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20
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An-

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Without, lacking

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21
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Chrom/o

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Color

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Phil, -philia

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Attracted to, love

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Phob/o, -phobia

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Abnormal fear

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Dys-

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Abnormal, bad, painful, difficult

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Eu-

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Well, easy, good

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Phor/o, -phoria

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To carry, to bear emotionally

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-tocia, toc/o

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Labor (birth)

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Thanat/o, -thanasia

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Death

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29
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Enter/o

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Intestine

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30
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Col/o

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Colon, large intestine

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31
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Men/o

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Menstruation, menses

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32
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-stasis

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Stop, control

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33
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Syphil/o

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Pertaining to syphilis (STD)

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34
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Pseud/o, pseudo-

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False

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35
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-cyesis

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Pregnancy

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36
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Viscer/o

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Organs within a cavity, viscera

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37
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Peritone/o

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Peritoneum - membrane lining abdominal cavity

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38
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Pleur/o

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Pleura, cavity surrounding the lungs

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39
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Pariet/o

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Wall of a cavity

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40
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Ecto-

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Outer, outside

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41
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Endo-

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Inner, inside

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42
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Meso-

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Middle

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43
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Retro-

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Backward, behind

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44
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Para-

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Near

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45
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Exo-

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Outside

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46
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Poly-

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Excessive

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47
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Proto-

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First

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48
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Top/o, -topic

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Place

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49
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Ante-

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Front, forward

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50
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Livid, lividity

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Where blood vessels are broken down

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51
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Axilla

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Armpit

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52
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Lapar/o

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Abdominal wall

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53
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Pyr/o

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heat, fever, fire

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54
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hydr/o

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water, fluid

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55
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hidr/o

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swear

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56
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glyc/o

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sweet, sugar

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57
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gluc/o

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sweet, sugar

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58
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immun/o

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immune

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59
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aut/o

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self

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bi-

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tri-

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mono-

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multi-

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par/a, -para (not the prefix)

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a woman who has given birth one or more times

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nulli-

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primi-

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gravida

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heavy, weighted down

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deca-

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deci-

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kilo-

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one thousand

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milli-

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one thousandth

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hecto-

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one hundred

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centi-

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one hundredth

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ab-

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de-

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ex-

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iso-

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equal, the same

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aniso-

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mast/o

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peri-

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para-

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circum-

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around (latin)

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dia-

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through, complete

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-esis

A

action, process

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per-

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necr/o

87
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-philia, phil/o

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abnormal attraction to

88
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-phobia, phob/o

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abnormal fear

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homo-

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hetero-

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syn-, sym-

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blephar/o

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pod/o

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super-

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excess, above

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supra-

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above, more than

96
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a-, an-

A

without, lacking

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epi-

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over, upon

98
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didym/o

99
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dur/a

A

layer of the meninges

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extra-

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outside, beyond

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mamm/o

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bi-

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infra-

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below, under

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sub-

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below, under

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stern/o

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cost/o

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pub/o

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meta-

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in many ways, beyond

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ultra-

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beyond, in excess

110
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septic/o, -septic

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poisoned state, infection

111
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sept/o

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septum - cartilage between the nostrils

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anti-

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contra-

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-ceptive, -ception

A

conception

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trans-

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across, over

116
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catheter

A

flexible tube for urination

117
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spir/o, -spire

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breathing, respirations

118
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in-

119
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continence

A

ability to control defecation and urination

120
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inject

A

FOCAL introduction of a substance into the body

121
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infiltrate

A

to PERMEATE or PENETRATE a substance into the body

122
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infuse

A

SYSTEMIC introduction of a substance into the body, through the veins

123
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instill

A

medicate by droplet

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mal-

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-orexia

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cachexia

A

wasting away

127
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uni-

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furc/o

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branching, dividing

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multi-

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semi-

A

half in terms of partiality

131
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hemi-

A

half in terms of size

132
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genit/o

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external reproductive organs, genitalia

133
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con-, com-

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sanguin/o

135
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dis-

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free of, to separate, to undo

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post-

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cib/o, -cibal

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-prandial

139
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pre-

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before, in front of

140
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ante-

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before, in front of

141
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febrile

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pertaining to fever

142
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-partum

A

delivery (pertaining to the mother)

143
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-natal

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delivery (pertaining to the baby)

144
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inter-

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intra-

146
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parenteral

A

refers to injections, other than the GI tract

147
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kyphosis

A

upper spine misshapen

148
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Lordosis

A

lower spine misshapen

149
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oligo-

RCC Medical Terminology (5 decks)

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