MBC 101 & 102 - MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY Flashcards

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-al, -eal

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pertaining to

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hepat/o

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Liver

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-ectasis

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Expansion or Dilation

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-ectomy

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Excision or Removal

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-ia

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Condition of

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-itis

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Inflammation

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-logy

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Study of

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Lip/o

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Fat

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-megaly

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Enlargement

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-stomy

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Creation of an opening

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-tomy

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Incision

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oligo-

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Few or deficient

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enter/o

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small intestine

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cardi/o

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Heart

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para-

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Alongside of, abnormal

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peri-

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Around

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hyper-

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Excessive

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protein

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Protein

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ur/o, urin/o

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Urine

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angi/o, vas/o, vascul/o

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Vessel

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-emia

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Blood condition

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hem/o, hemat/o

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Blood

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gastr/o

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Stomach

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-ia

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Condition of

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esophag/o

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esophagus

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oste/o

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Bone

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anti-, contra-

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Against or opposed to

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mono-, uni-

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One

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a-, an-

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without

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pan-

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All

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ad-

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To, Toward, or Near

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ad-

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To, Toward, or Near

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dia-, trans-

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across or through

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poly-, multi-

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Many

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ab-

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away from

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retro-

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Backwards or Behind

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quadri-

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Four

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super-, supra-

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Above or Excessive

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de-

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From, down, or not

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tri-

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three

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brady-

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Slow

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tachy-

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Fast

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post

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After or behind

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re-

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Again or Back

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con-, syn-, sym-

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together or with

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dys-

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Painful, difficult, or faulty

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eu-

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Good or normal

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neo-

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New

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hypo-

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Below or deficient

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e-, ec-, ex-

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Out or away

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inter-

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Between

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epi-

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Upon

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bi-

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two

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meta-

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Beyond, after or change

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sub-, infra-

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Below or under

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macro-

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large or long

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hemi-, semi-

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Half

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ultra-

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beyond or excessive

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meso-

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Middle

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ante-, pre-, pro-

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Before

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en-, endo-, intra-

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Within

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micro-

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small

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ecto-, exo, extra-

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outside

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post

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After or behind

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circum-, peri-

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around

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-genesis

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origin or production

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-algia, -dynia

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pain

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-lysis

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breaking down or dissolution

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-oid

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resembling

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-penia

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abnormal reduction

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-rrhea

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discharge

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-spasm

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involuntary contraction

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-cele

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hernia or pouch

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-iasis

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formation or presence of

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-iasis

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formation or presence of

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-malacia

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softening

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-oma

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tumor

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-osis

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condition or increase

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-phil, -philia

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attraction for

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-ptosis

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falling or downward displacement

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-rrhage, -rrhagia

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excessive discharge, to burst forth

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-osis

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condition or increase

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-rrhexis

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rupture

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-centesis

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surgical puncture for aspiration or to remove fluid

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-desis

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binding

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-pexy

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suspension or fixation

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-plasty

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surgical repair or reconstruction

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-rrhaphy

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suture

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-ation

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state, process or action

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-e

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general indicator that a word is a person, place, or thing

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-y

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condition or process of

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-ium

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structure or tissue

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-ac, -al, -ar, -ary, -eal, -ic, -ous, -tic

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pertaining to

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-icle, -ole, -ula, -ule

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small

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-gram

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record

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-graph

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instrument of recording

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-graphy

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process of recording

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-iatrics, -iatry

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treatment