medical term study guide Flashcards
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-emsis
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vomiting
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-centesis
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surgical puncture
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cyst/o
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bladder, sac of fluid
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-ectasis
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stretching, dilation, enlargement
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encephal/o
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brain
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kerat/o
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cornea
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spermat/o
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spermatozoa, sperm
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ur/o
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urine, urinary tract
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var/o
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bent or twisted inward
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vas/o
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vas deferens, vessel
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ven/o
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vien
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vesic/o
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urinary bladder
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cry/o
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cold
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-dynia
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pain
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-emia
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blood condition
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myring/o
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tympanic membrane (eardrum)
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ne/o
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new, strange
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-otomy
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surgical incision
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retin/o
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retina
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-scope
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instrument for visual exam
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tympan/o
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eardrum, tympanic membrane
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cutane/o
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skin
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dis-
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negative, apart, absence of
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-ectomy
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surgical removal
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erythr/o
red
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cyan/o
blue
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-genesis
creation, reproducation
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hist/o
tissue
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-ia
state, condition
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narc/o
stupor, numbess
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gonad/o
gonads, sex glands
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-one
hormone
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orchi/o
testis, testicle
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-osis
abnormal condition
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oste/o
bone
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ot/o
ear, hearing
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orth/o
straight, normal
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phleb/o
vein
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-pnea
breathing
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py/o
pus
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scler/o
sclera, white of eye, hard
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scoli/o
curved, bent
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-stalsis
contraction, constriction
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-stasis
control, maintain constant
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thromb/o
clot
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-tomy
process of cutting, incision
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trache/o
trachea, windpipe
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-trispy
to cruch
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-uria
urination, urine
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urin/o
urine, urinary organs
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vulv/o
vulva (covering)
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-ic
pertaining to
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ophthalm/o
eye, vision
