General terms Flashcards by Jessica Zhang

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Corpor(o0

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body

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somato-

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body

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viscero

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internal organs

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kelo-

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tissue

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-morpho-

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denoting form or structure

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physio-

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nature

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lumin(o)

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light

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nomen-

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name

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nom(o)-

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custom; law

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zygo-

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union

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-partum

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birth or labor

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saint-

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health

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-coma

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deep sleep

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-gymn(o)-

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naked

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vito-

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life

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-dynia

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pain

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Dynamo

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strength, power

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Eti(o)

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the cause

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-iabile

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unstable, fragile

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lyo-

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loosen, dissolve

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Scler-

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hardening, thickening

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Scirrh(o)-

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hard

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schisto-

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fissure, split

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-schisis

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cleft or split

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Schiz(o)

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denoting a split or division

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-tumescence

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swelling

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tempo

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relating to time

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-phoria

A

feeling

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-physis

A

growth

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Anthropomorphic

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pertaining to form/structure of human race
Anthropo = human race
-morph = form or structure
-ic = pertaining to

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Baroreceptor

A

pressure receptor

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Dysphoria

A

abnormal feeling
Dys- = problem, abnormal

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-luscent

A

light emitting

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Hematopoiesis

A

formation of blood

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Scleroderma

A

hardening of skin

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Apo-

A

away from, separation

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ambi-

A

both sides

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amphi

A

both sdes

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dextro-

A

right

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levo-

A

left

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retro-

A

behind, backward

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Alti

A

high

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athero-

A

fat

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amylo-

A

starch

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-coccus

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round

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gyno

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female

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anim-

A

life

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phon-

A

sound

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allo-

A

different

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xeno-

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different (species); foreign, alien

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Choano-

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a funnel

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chord-

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string

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chym-

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juice, fluid

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carn-

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flesh

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-cilia

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hair

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crypt-

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hidden

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dolicho-

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long, abnormally long

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Aspirato

A

inhaling

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primi-

A

first

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-beni

A

good

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ankylo

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fused, not straight

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-rrhage / -rrhagia

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heavy flow, bursting with blood

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-tresia

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opening

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-rrhaphy

A

suture

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-clysis

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irrigation, washing

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-desis

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surgical fixation (union)