Lesson 2 Flashcards

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1
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Esthesi/o

A

Feeling or sensation

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2
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Gynec/o

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Female

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3
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Ne/o , nat/o

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New, birth

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4
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Ophthalm/o

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Eye

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5
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Path/o

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Disease

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6
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Radi/o

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Radiation or radius

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7
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Ur/o

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Urinary track or urine

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8
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-er, -ist

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One who

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9
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-iatrican

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Practitioner

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10
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-logist

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One who studies, specialist

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11
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-centesis

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Surgical puncture to aspirate or remove fluids

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12
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-ectomy

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Excision (Surgical removal, or cutting out)

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13
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-lysis

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Process of listening, freezing or destroying, can also mean dissolving or destruction

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14
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-pexy

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Surgical fixation(Securing in a fixed position)

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15
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-plasty

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Surgical repair

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16
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-rrhaphy

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Suture (fusing a wound by stitches)

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17
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-scopy

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Visual examination with the use of a Lighted instrument

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18
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-stomy

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Creation of an opening

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19
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-tome

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An instrument used for cutting

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20
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-tomy

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Incision(Cutting into tissue)

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21
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-tripsy

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Surgical, crushing, breaking, or pulverizing

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22
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Aden/o

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Gland

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23
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Abgi/o

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Vessel

24
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Blephar/o

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Eyelid

25
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Cerebr/o, encephal/o

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Brain

26
Q

Col/o

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Colon or large intestine

27
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Faci/o

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Face

28
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Hepat/o

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Liver

29
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Mamm/o, mast/o

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Breast

30
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Muscul/o , my/o

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Muscle

31
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Myel/o

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Bone marrow or spinal cord

32
Q

Oste/o

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Bone

33
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Pulm/o, pulmon/o, pneum/o, pneumon/o

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Lungs

34
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Trache/o

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Trachea (windpipe)

35
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Vas/o

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Vessel

36
Q

-Cele

A

Hernia(When an organ pushes through the organ or muscle, that contains it)

37
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-ectasia, -ectasis

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Dilation

38
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-edema

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Swelling

39
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-emesis

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Vomiting

40
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-ia, -iasis

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Condition

41
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-ith

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Stone or calculus

42
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-malacia

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Start/softening

43
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-megaly

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Enlargement

44
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-oid

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Resembling

45
Q

-oma

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Tumor

46
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-osis

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Condition

47
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-penia

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Deficiency

48
Q

-ptosis

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Prolapse(sagging)

49
Q

-rrhexis

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Rupture

50
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-ase

A

Enzyme

51
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-eum, -ium

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Membrane

52
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Adip/o, lip/o

A

Fat

53
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-amyl

A

Starch

54
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Litho/o

A

Stone

55
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Pyr/o

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Fire

56
Q

-ectomy

A

Surgical removal