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LO 2.2 Flashcards

1
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Suffix: algia

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pain

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Suffix: arche

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beginning

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Suffix: asthenia

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weakness

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Suffix: blast

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formative cell

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Suffix: cele

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hernia, swelling, tumour, protrusion

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Suffix: cidal

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to kill or destroy

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Suffix: cyte

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cell

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Suffix: cytosis

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abnormal increase in about of cells

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Suffix: dipsia

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thirsty

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Suffix: dynia

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painful

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Suffix: emesis

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vomiting

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Suffix: emia

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blood condition

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Suffix: esthesia

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sensation

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Suffix: genic

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origin, beginning, formation

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Suffix: itis

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inflammation

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Suffix: malacia

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softening

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Suffix: mania

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maddness, obsession

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Suffix: megaly

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enlargement

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Suffix: oma

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tumour, swelling

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Suffix: paresis

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slight paralysis

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21
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Suffix: pathy

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disease condition

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22
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Suffix: penia

A

lack of, deficient

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Suffix: phobia

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abnormal fear of

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Suffix: plegia

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paralysis

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Suffix: pnea

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air, breath

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Suffix: ptosis

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drooping, sagging, downward displacement

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Suffix: ptysis

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spitting

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Suffix: rrhage

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rupture, profuse flow

29
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Suffix: rrhagia

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rupture, profuse flow

30
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Suffix: rrhea

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to flow, discharge

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Suffix: rrhexis

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rupture

32
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Suffix: sclerosis

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hardening

33
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Suffix: spasm

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involuntary contraction

34
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Suffix: stasis

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stopping or controlling flow (of fluid)

35
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Suffix: staxis

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bursting forth, hemorrhage

36
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Suffix: stenosis

A

narrowing

37
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Suffix: taxia

A

coordination, order, arrangement

38
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Suffix: therapy

A

treatment

39
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Suffix: thorax

A

chest

40
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Suffix: tocia

A

labour, childbirth

41
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Suffix: trophy

A

nourishment

42
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Suffix: tropia

A

to turn

43
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Suffix: uria

A

urination, urine

44
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Suffix: xerosis

A

dryness

45
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Suffix: centesis

A

aspiration or puncture to remove liquid

46
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Suffix: clasis

A

to crush or break surgically

47
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Suffix: cleisis

A

closure

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Suffix: desis

A

binding, fixation

49
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Suffix: ectasis
Suffix: ectasia

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dilation, expansion

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Suffix: ectomy

A

removal, excision

51
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Suffix: lysis
Suffix: lytic

A

break down; release; set free

52
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Suffix: pexy

A

surgical fixation

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Suffix: plasty

A

surgical repair or correction

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Suffix: rrhaphy

A

suture, repair

55
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Suffix: scope

A

instrument for viewing

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Suffix: scopy

A

visual examination with an instrument

57
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Suffix: stomy

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to create a more of less permanent opening

58
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Suffix: tome

A

instrument for cutting

59
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Suffix: tomy

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incision into; to incise

60
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Suffix: tripsy

A

to surgically crush or break

61
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Suffix: coccus
Suffix: cocci

A

spherical or ovoid bacterium

62
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Suffix: crine

A

to secrete

63
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Suffix: crit

A

to seperate

64
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Suffix: gram

A

record or tracing

65
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Suffix: graph

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instrument for recording or tracing

66
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Suffix: metre

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instrument to measure

67
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Suffix: phil

A

love, attraction

68
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Suffix: phoresis

A

transmission, to carry

MTER 180 (10 decks)

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