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Med term Midterm Flashcards

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achondr/o

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cartilage

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carni/o

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skull, cranium

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cyt/o

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cell

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dys-

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abnormal, bad, difficult, painful

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encephal/o

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brain

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ginvi/o

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gum

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meningi/o

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meninges

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mening/o

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meninges

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men/o

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menses; mensturation

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morph/o

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shape; form

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infra-

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below; inferior to; beneath

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intra-

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within; into

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cost/o

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rib

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inter-

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between

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my/o

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muscle

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myel/o

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spinal cord; bone marow

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neur/o

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nerve

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nephr/o

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kidney

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neutr/o

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neither; neutral; neutrophil

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necr/o

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death

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onc/o

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tumor

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oste/o

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bone

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ophthalm/o

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eye

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esophag/o

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esophagus

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perine/o

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perineum (The area of the body between the anus and the vulva in females, and between the anus and the scrotum in males)

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acr/o

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extremities; top; extreme point

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per-

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through

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path/o

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disease

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poly-

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many; much; increased

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ple/o

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more; many; varied

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mediastin/o

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mediastinum (a membranous partition between two body cavities or two parts of an organ, especially that between the lungs)

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medull/o

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medulla (inner section); middle; soft, marrow

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peritone/o

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peritoneum (Your peritoneum is a membrane that lines the inside of your abdomen and pelvis (parietal layer). It also covers many of your organs inside (visceral layer))

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psych/o

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mind

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radi/o

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x-rays; radioactivity; radius

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hyper-

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above; excessive

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retr/o

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behind in location

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hypo-

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low; under; below normal

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ren/o

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kidney

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rhin/o

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nose

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sacr/o

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sacrum

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sect/o

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to cut

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thromb/o

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clot

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ur/o

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urine; urinary tract

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-plasia

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development; formation; growth

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-tropy

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nourishment; development (condition of)

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-tomy

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process of cutting

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-ectomy

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removal; excision; resection

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-plasty

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surgical repair

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-scopy

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visual examination

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-paresis

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weakness

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-oma

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tumor; mass; fluid collection

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-pepsia

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digestion

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-stasis

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stopping; controlling; placing

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-centesis

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puncture to remove fluid

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-ology

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study of

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-eous

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pertaining to

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ascites

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abnormal accumulation of fluid in the abdomen

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polyneuritis

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inflammation of many nerves

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lymph

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thin, watery fluid that circulates within lymph vessels and lymph nodes

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bilateral

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pertaining to 2 or both sides

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contralateral

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affecting the opposite side of a part of the body

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ipsilateral

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belonging to or occurring on the same side of the body.

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percutaneous

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pertaining to through the skin

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intravenous

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within the vein

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subcutaneous

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under the skin

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myelomeningocele

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congenital hernia (protrusion) of the spinal cord and meninges through a defect (gap) in the vertebral column. this defect is associated with spina bifida

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gyri

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folds or bumps in the brain

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sulcus

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indentations or grooves

70
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pruritus

A

itching

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