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Exam 3 Units 9-12 Flashcards

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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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Cephal/o

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Head, cephalum

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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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Dia-

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Through, throughout

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Aer/o

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Air

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Bi/o, -bic

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Life

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An-

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Without, lacking

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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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Enter/o

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Intestine

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Col/o

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Colon, large intestine

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Men/o

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Menstruation, menses

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-stasis

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Stop, control

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Syphil/o

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Pertaining to syphilis (STD)

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Pseud/o, pseudo-

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False

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-cyesis

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Pregnancy

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Viscer/o

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Organs within a cavity, viscera

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Peritone/o

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Peritoneum - membrane lining abdominal cavity

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Pleur/o

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Pleura, cavity surrounding the lungs

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Pariet/o

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Wall of a cavity

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Ecto-

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Outer, outside

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Endo-

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Inner, inside

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Meso-

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Middle

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Retro-

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Backward, behind

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Para-

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Near

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Exo-

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Outside

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Poly-

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Excessive

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Proto-

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First

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Top/o, -topic

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Place

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Ante-

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Front, forward

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Livid, lividity

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Where blood vessels are broken down

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Axilla

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Armpit

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Lapar/o

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Abdominal wall

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Pyr/o

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heat, fever, fire

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hydr/o

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water, fluid

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hidr/o

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swear

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glyc/o

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sweet, sugar

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gluc/o

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sweet, sugar

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immun/o

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immune

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aut/o

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self

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bi-

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two

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tri-

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three

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mono-

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one

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multi-

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many

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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-

A

none

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primi-

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first

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gravida

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heavy, weighted down

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deca-

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ten

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deci-

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one tenth

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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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away from

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de-

A

from

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ex-

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out from

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iso-

A

equal, the same

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aniso-

A

unequal

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mast/o

A

breast

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peri-

A

around

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para-

A

near

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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

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action, process

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per-

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through

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necr/o

A

death

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-philia, phil/o

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abnormal attraction to

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-phobia, phob/o

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abnormal fear

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homo-

A

same

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hetero-

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different

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syn-, sym-

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joined

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blephar/o

A

eyelid

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pod/o

A

foot

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super-

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excess, above

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supra-

A

above, more than

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a-, an-

A

without, lacking

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epi-

A

over, upon

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didym/o

A

testis

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dur/a

A

layer of the meninges

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extra-

A

outside, beyond

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mamm/o

A

breast

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bi-

A

both, two

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infra-

A

below, under

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sub-

A

below, under

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stern/o

A

sternum

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cost/o

A

rib

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pub/o

A

pubis

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meta-

A

in many ways, beyond

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ultra-

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beyond, in excess

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septic/o, -septic

A

poisoned state, infection

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sept/o

A

septum - cartilage between the nostrils

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anti-

A

against

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contra-

A

against

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-ceptive, -ception

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conception

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trans-

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across, over

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catheter

A

flexible tube for urination

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spir/o, -spire

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breathing, respirations

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in-

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into, not

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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

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infiltrate

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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

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instill

A

medicate by droplet

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mal-

A

bad, poor

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-orexia

A

appetite

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cachexia

A

wasting away

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uni-

A

one

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furc/o

A

branching, dividing

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multi-

A

many

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semi-

A

half in terms of partiality

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hemi-

A

half in terms of size

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genit/o

A

external reproductive organs, genitalia

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con-, com-

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with

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sanguin/o

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bloody

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dis-

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free of, to separate, to undo

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post-

A

after

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cib/o, -cibal

A

food

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-prandial

A

meals

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pre-

A

before, in front of

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ante-

A

before, in front of

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febrile

A

pertaining to fever

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-partum

A

delivery (pertaining to the mother)

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-natal

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delivery (pertaining to the baby)

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inter-

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between

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intra-

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within

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

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Lordosis

A

lower spine misshapen

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oligo-

A

few

RCC Medical Terminology (5 decks)

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