Language of Medicine Chapter 4 Flashcards
1
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carp/o
A
wrist bones
2
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cis/o
A
cut
3
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cost/o
A
rib
4
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cutane/o
A
skin
5
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dactyl/o
A
fingers, toes
6
Q
duct/o
A
lead, carry
7
Q
flex/o
A
bend
8
Q
furc/o
A
branching
9
Q
gloss/o
A
tongue
10
Q
glyc/o
A
sugar
11
Q
immun/o
A
protection
12
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morph/o
A
shape, form
13
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mort/o
A
death
14
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nat/i
A
birth
15
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norm/o
A
rule, order
16
Q
ox/o
A
oxygen
17
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pub/o
A
pubis; anterior portion of the pelvic or hipbone
18
Q
seps/o
A
infection
19
Q
somn/o
A
sleep
20
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son/o
A
sound
21
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tens/o
A
force, strain, stretch
22
Q
the/o
A
put/place
23
Q
thel/o, theli/o
A
nipple
24
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thyr/o
A
thyroid gland; shield
25
top/o
place, position, location
26
tox/o
poison
27
trache/o
windpipe, trachea
28
urethr/o
urethra
29
-crine
secrete
30
-drome
run
31
-fusion
coming together; to pour
32
-gen
substance that produces
33
-lapse
slide, fall, sag
34
-lysis
breakdown, separation, destruction
35
-meter
measure
36
-mission
send
37
-or
one who
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-oxia
oxygen
39
-partum
birth, labour
40
-phoria
bear, carry; feeling
41
-physis
grow
42
-plasia
development, formation, growth
43
-plasm
structure or formation
44
-pnea
breathing
45
-ptom
happening, occurence
46
-ptosis
falling, drooping, prolapse
47
-rrhea
flow, discharge
48
-statis
stopping, controlling
49
-trophy
development, nourishment
50
a-, an-
no, not, without
51
ab-
away from
52
ad-
toward
53
ana-
up, apart
54
ante-
before, forward
55
anti-
against
56
auto-
self, own
57
bi-
two
58
brady-
slow
59
cata-
down
60
con-
with, together
61
contra-
against, opposite
62
de-
down, lack of
63
dia-
thorough, complete
64
dys-
abnormal, bad, difficult, painful
65
ec-
outside, out
66
endo-
in, within
67
epi-
upon, on, above
68
eu-
good, normal
69
ex-
out, outside
70
hemi-
half
71
hyper-
excessive, above
72
hypo-
deficient, under
73
in-
not
74
in-
into, within
75
infra-
beneath, under
76
inter-
between
77
intra-
in, within, into
78
macro-
large
79
mal-
bad
80
meta-
beyond, change
81
micro-
small
82
neo-
new
83
pan-
all
84
para-
abdormal, beside, near
85
per-
through
86
peri-
surrounding
87
poly-
many, much
88
post-
after, behind
89
pre-
before, in front of
90
pro-
before, forward
91
pros-
before, forward
92
re-
back, again
93
retro-
back, backward
94
sub-
under
95
supra-
above, upper
96
syn-, symp-
together, with
97
tachy-
fast
98
trans-
across, through
99
ultra-
beyond, excess
100
uni-
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