Med Term Flashcards by Stephanie Hoover

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What does A-, an- Mean?

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No, not, without

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What does Anti- mean?

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Against through

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What does Dys- Mean?

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Bad, Difficult, or painful

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Eu-

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Well, easy, good

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Epi-

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Upon/on

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Inter-

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Between

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Intra-

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Within

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Infra-

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Below, beneath

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Per-

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Excessive

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Extra-

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Outside or beyond

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Pan-

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All, entire, or every

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Ab-

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Away from

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Ad-

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Toward

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endo-

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Within

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Ecto-

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Out or outside

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Pre-

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Before

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Post-

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After

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Meta-

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beyond

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peri-

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around

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supra-

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above or excessive

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sub-

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below, under, less than

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Trans-

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across

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ultra-

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beyond or excess

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Hypo-

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Under, decreased, deficient

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hyper-

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over, above, increased

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Poly-

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many

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Oligo-

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Scanty

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Arteri/o:

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Artery

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Oste/o

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Bone

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Grastr/o

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Stomach

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Enter/o

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Small intestines

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Leuk/o

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White

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My/o

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Muscle

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Cyst/o

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Bladder

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Hepat/o

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liver

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Arthr/o

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Joint

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Cardi/o

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Heart

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Ren/o

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Kidney

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Nephr/o

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Kidney

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Mast/o

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Breast

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Ovari/o

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ovary

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Rhin/o

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nose

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Laryng/o

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Larynx

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-an, -ar, -al, -ic, -ary, -eal, -ine, -ous, -tic

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Pertaining to

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-algia

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Pain

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-dynia

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Pain

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-centesis

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Surgical puncture to remove fluid

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-gram

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Picture or record

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-graph

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Recording instrument

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-graphy

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Process of taking picture

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-itis

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Inflammation

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-lysis

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Destruction or separation

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-malacia

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softening

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-megaly

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Enlargement

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-osis

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Condition or increased number

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-stomy

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Make a new opening

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-tomy

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Cutting or incision

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-ectomy

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surgical removal or excision

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-pathy

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disease

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-penia

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deficiency or reduction in number

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-plasty

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Surgical repair

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-pexy

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Surgical fixation

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-rrhagia

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bursting forth

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-rrhaphy

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suture

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-rrhea

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flow or discharge

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-rrhexis

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rupture

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-scope

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instrument for viewing

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-scopy

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process of examining with a scope

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-therapy

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treatment

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-sclerosis

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abnormal hardening

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-um

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structure