Med Term Chapter 1 Flashcards
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actin(o)
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light
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acanth(o)
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spiny; thorny
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aer(o)
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air; gas
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alge, algesi, algio, algo
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pain
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amyl(o)
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starch
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andro
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masculine
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athero
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plaque; fatty substance
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bacill(i)
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bacilli; bacteria
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bacteri(o)
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bacteria
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bar(o)
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weight; pressure
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bas(o); basi(o)
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base
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bio
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life
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blasto
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immature cells
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cac(o)
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bad; ill
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calc(o); calci(o)
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calcium
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carcin(o)
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cancer
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chem(o)
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chemical
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chlor(o)
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chlorine; green
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chondrio; chondro
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cartilage; grainy; gritty
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chore(o)
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dance
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chrom, chromat, chromo
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color
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chrono
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time
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chyl(o)
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chyle, a digestive juice
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chym(o)
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chyme, a semifluid production of chyme in the stomach
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cine(o)
movement
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coni(o)
dust
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crin(o)
secrete
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cry(o)
cold
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crypt(o)
hidden; obscure
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cyan(o)
blue
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cycl(o)
circle; cycle; ciliary body
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cyst(o); cysti
bladder; cyst; cystic duct
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cyt(o)
cell
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dextr(o)
right; toward the right
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dips(o)
thirst
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dors(o); dorsi
back
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dynamo
force; energy
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echo
reflected sound
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electr(o)
electricity; electric
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eosin(o)
red; rosy
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ergo
work
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erythr(o)
red; redness
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esthesio
sensation; perception
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ethmo
ethmoid bone
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etio
cause
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fibr(o)
fiber
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fluor(o)
light; luminous; fluorine
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fungi
fungus
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galact(o)
milk
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gen(o)
producing; being born
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gero, geront(o)
old age
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gluco
glucose
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glyco
sugars
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gonio
angle
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granulo
granular
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gyn(o); gyne; gyneco
women
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home(o); homo
same; constant
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hydr(o)
water
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hypn(o)
sleep
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iatr(o)
physician; treatment
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ichthy(o)
dry; scaly; fish
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idio
distinct; unknown
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immun(o)
safe; immune
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kal(i)
potassium
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karyo
nucleus
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ket(o); keton(o)
ketone; acetone
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kin(o); kine
movement
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kinesi(o); kineso
motion
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kyph(o)
humpback
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lact(o); lacti
milk
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latero
lateral; to one side
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lepto
light, frail, thin
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leuk(o)
white
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lip(o)
fat
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lith(o)
stone
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log(o)
speech, words, thought
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lys(o)
dissolution
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macr(o)
large; long
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medi(o)
middle; medial plane
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meg(a); magal(o)
large; million
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melan(o)
black; dark
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mes(o)
middle; median
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micr(o)
small; one-millionth; tiny
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mio
smaller; less
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morph(o)
structure; shape
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narco
sleep; numbness
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necr(o)
death; dying
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noct(i)
night
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normo
normal
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nucle(o)
nucleus
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nyct(o)
night
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oncho; onco
tumor
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orth(o)
straight; normal
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oxy
sharp; acute; oxygen
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pachy
thick
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path(o)
disease
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phago
eating; devouring; swallowing
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pharmaco
drugs; medicine
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phon(o)
sound; voice; speech
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phot(o)
light
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physi; physio
physical; natural
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physo
air; gas; growing
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phyt(o)
plant
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plasma; plasmo
formative; plasma
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poikilo
varied; irregular
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pseud(o)
false
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pyo
pus
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pyreto
fever
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pyro
fever; fire; heat
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radio
radiation; x-ray; radius
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salping(o)
tube
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schisto
split
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schiz(o)
split; division
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scler(o)
hardness; hardening
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scolio
crooked; bent
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scoto
darkness
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sidero
iron
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sito
food; grain
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somat(o)
body
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somn(o); smoni
sleep
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sono
sound
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spasmo
spasm
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spher(o)
round; spherical
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spir(o)
breathh; breathe
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squamo
scale; squamous
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staphyl(o)
grapelike clusters
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steno
nnarrowness
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stere(o)
three-dimensional
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strepto
twisted chains; streptococci
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styl(o)
peg-shaped
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syring(o)
tube
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tel(o); tele(o)
distant; end; complete
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terato
monster (as a malformed fetus)
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therm(o)
heat
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tono
tension; pressure
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top(o)
place; topical
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tox(i); toxico; toxo
poison; toxin
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tropho
food; nutrition
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vivi
life
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xanth(o)
yellow
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xeno
stranger
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xer(o)
dry
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xiph(o)
sword; xiphoid
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zo(o)
life
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zym(o)
fermentation; enzyme
