Med Terms Chapter 1 Flashcards Flashcards by Ivi Mayo | Brainscape

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aden/o

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gland (root)

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arthr/o

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joint (root)

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bi/o

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life (root)

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carcin/o

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cancer/cancerous (root)

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cardi/o, coron/o

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heart (root)

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cephal/o

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head (root)

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encephal/o

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brain (root)

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cerebr/o

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cerebrum (root)

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cyt/o

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cell (root)

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cyst/o

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urinary bladder (root)

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derm/o, dermat/o

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skin (root)

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electr/o

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electricity (root)

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enter/o

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intestines (usually small intestine) (root)

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erythr/o

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red (root)

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gastr/o

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stomach (root)

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gnos/o

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knowledge (root)

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gynec/o

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woman,female (root)

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hemat/o, hem/o

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blood (root)

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hepat/o

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liver (root)

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lapar/o

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abdomen (root)

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leuk/o

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white (root)

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nephr/o

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kidney (root)

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neur/o

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nerves (root)

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onc/o

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tumor, cancerous (root)

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optic/o, opt/o, ophthalm/o

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eye (root)

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oste/o

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bone (root)

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path/o

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disease (root)

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psych/o

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mind (root)

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rhin/o

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nose (root)

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sarc/o

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flesh (root)

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thromb/o

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clot, clotting (root)

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-al, -ic, -ior, -ical

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pertaining to (suffix)

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-algia

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condition of pain (suffix)

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-tomy

A

process of cutting into, incision (suffix)

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-ectomy

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excision, removal (suffix)

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-emia

A

blood condition (suffix)

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-ia, -ism, -sis

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condition, process, state of (suffix)

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-osis

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abnormal condition (suffix)

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-globin

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protein (suffix)

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-gram

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record (suffix)

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-itis

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inflammation (suffix)

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-logist

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specialist in the study (suffix)

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-logy

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process of study (suffix)

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-oma

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tumor, mass, swelling (suffix)

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-opsy

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to view, process of viewing (suffix)

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-penia

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deficiency (suffix)

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-poiesis

A

formation (suffix)

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-scope

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instrument of visual examination (suffix)

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-scopy

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process of visual examination (suffix)

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-cyte

A

cell (suffix)

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a-, an-

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no, not (prefix)

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aut-

A

self (prefix)

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dia-

A

through, complete (prefix)

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dys-

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painful, bad, difficult, abnormal (prefix)

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endo-, en-

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within, in, inner (prefix)

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exo-

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out, outside (prefix)

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hyper-

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too much, excessive, above, more than normal (prefix)

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hypo-, sub-

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too little, deficient, below, less than normal (prefix)

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peri-

A

surrounding (prefix)

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pro-, pros-

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before, forward (prefix)

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re-, retro-

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back, behind (prefix)

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crin/o

A

secrete (root)