Greek, Latin, and Old English Flashcards

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medical

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Latin-to heal

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care

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Old English- to worry

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breath

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Old English- single cycle of inhaling and exhaling

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cough

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Old English- to expel breath from the lungs

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mucus

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Latin- a clear sticky secretion

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record

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Latin- to remember

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patient

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Old English- suffer or undergo

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knee

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Old English- an angular shape

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apex

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Latin- tip or summit

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patent

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Latin- open or exposed

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quadrant

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Latin- open or exposed

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umbilicus

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Latin- navel or belly button

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toxin

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Greek- poison

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lymph

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Latin- clear spring water

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breech

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Old English-buttocks

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specialist

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Latin- of a given species