Finals Medical Terminology Flashcards
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a-, an
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Without, away from, negative, not
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ante-
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before, in front of, forward
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anti-
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against, counter
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brady-
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Slow
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dys-
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bad, difficult, painful
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end-, endo-,
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Within, in, inside
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hemi-
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half
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hyper-
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excessive, increased
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hypo-
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deficient, decreased
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inter-
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between, among
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intra-
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within, inside
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neo-
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new, strange
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per-
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excessive, through
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peri-
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surrounding, around
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poly-
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many
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post-
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after, behind
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pre-
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before, in front of, forward
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sub
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below, under, less
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super-
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above, excessive
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tachy-
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fast, rapid
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-ac, -al
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pertaining to, relating to
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-algia
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pain, suffering, painful condition
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-ary
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pertaining to
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-cele
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hernia, tumor, swelling
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-centesis
surgical puncture to remove fluid
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-cyte
cell
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-desis
to bind, tie together
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-ectomy
surgical removal, cutting out
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-ectasis
stretching, enlargement, dilation
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-emia
blood, blood condition
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-esthesia
sensation, feeling
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-graph
a picture or record
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-graphy
process of recording
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-ia
abnormal condition, disease
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-ic
pertaining to
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-itis
inflammation
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-lysis
breakdown, separation, setting, free, destruction, loosening
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-malacia
abnormal softening
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-megaly
enlargement
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-necrosis
tissue death
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-ologist
specialist
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-ology
science or study of
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-oma
tumor, neoplasma
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-osis
abnormal condition, disease
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-ostomy
surgical creation of opening
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-otomy
surgical incision, cutting
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-pathy
disease, suffering, feeling, emotion
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-pause
stopping
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-pexy
surgical fixation
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-plasty
surgical repair
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-plegia
paralysis
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-pnea
breathing
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-ptosis
prolapse, drooping forward
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-rrhagia
bleeding, abnormal excessive fluid discharge
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-rrhaphy
surgical suturing
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-rrhea
flow or discharge
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-rhhexis
rupture
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-sclerosis
abnormal hardening
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-scope
instrument for exam
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-scopy
to see, visual exam
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-stenosis
abnormal narrowing
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-tripsy
to crush
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-uria
urination, urina
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angi/o
pertaining to blood or lymph vessel
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aort/o
aorta
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arteri/o
artery
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ather/o
plaque, fatty substance
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cardi/o
heart
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hem/o
blood, pertaining to blood
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phleb/o
vein
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thromb/o
clot
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ven/o
vein
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ech/o
sound
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radi/o
radiation, x-rays
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cholecyst/o
gallbladder
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col/o
colon, large intestine
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proct/o
anus and rectum
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enter/o
small intestine
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esophag/o
esophagus
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gastr/o
stomach
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hepat/o
liver
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sigmoid/o
sigmoid colon
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adren/o
adrenal glands
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gonad/o
sex gland
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pancreat/o
pancreas
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thyr/o
thyroid gland
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adip/o
fat
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albin/o
white
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cephal/o
head
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cervic/o
neck, cervix (neck of uterus)
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coron/o
coronary, crown
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cyan/o
blue
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cyt/o
cell
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erythr/o
red
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hist/o
tissue
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lapar/o
abdomen, abdominal wall
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leuk/o
white
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lip/o
fat, lipid
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melan/o
black, dark
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myc/o
fungus
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path/o
disease, suffering, feeling, emotion
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py/o
pus
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pyr/o
fever, fire
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sarc/o
flesh, connective tissue
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carcin/o
cancerous
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onc/o
tumor
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cutane/o
skin
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derm/o
skin
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hidr/o
sweat
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seb/o
sebum
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ungu/o
nail
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xer/o
dry
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aden/o
gland
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splen/o
spleen
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fasci/o
fascia, fibrous band
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my/o
muscle
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tend/o
tendon, stretch out, extend strain
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encephal/o
brain
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mening/o
meninges, membranes
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neur/o
nerve, nerve tissue
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colp/o
vagina
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hyster/o
uterus
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men/o
menstruation, menses
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metr/o
uterus
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ov/o
egg
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ovari/o
ovary
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orchi/o
testicles, testis, testes
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salping/o
tube
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uter/o
uterus
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vagin/o
vagina
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bronch/o
bronchus, brochial tube
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laryng/o
larynx, throat
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pharyng/o
pharynx, throat
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pleur/o
pleura, side of the body
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pneumon/o
lung, air
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pulmon/o
lung
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trache/o
trachea, windpipe
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ankly/o
crooked, bent, stiff
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arthr/o
joint
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chondr/o
cartilage
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cost/o
rib
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crani/o
skull
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myel/o
spinal cord, bone marrow
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oste/o
bone
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spondyl/o
vertebrae, vertebral column, back bone
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thorac/o
chest
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kerat/o
horny, hard, cornea
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myring/o
tympanic membrane, eardrum
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optic/o
eye, vision
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ot/o
hearing
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retin/o
retina
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scler/o
sclera, white of eye, hard
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tympan/o
tympanic membrane, eardrum
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cyst/o
urinary bladder, cyst, sac of fluid
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lith/o
stone, calculus
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nephr/o
kidney
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pyel/o
renal pelvis, bowl of kidney
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ren/o
kidney
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ureter/o
ureter
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urethr/o
urethra
