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medical terminology Flashcards

1
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dis-

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apart, away from
to “dissect” is to cut apart

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path/o

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disease
“pathology” is the study of disease

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physi/o

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nature, physical
“physiology” is the study of how the body functions

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extra-

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outside of beyond
“extracellular fluid” is outside the cell

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home/o

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same
Homeostasis is the steady state of (sameness) with in an organism

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intra-

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within
“intracellular fluid” is within a cell

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stat, -stasis

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stand, stoppage, constancy
in “homeostasis,” “-stasis” refers to constancy

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Cyt/o

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Cell

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Micro/o

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Small

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Bi-

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Two

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Chrome/o

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Color

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End/o

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In, within

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Lys/o

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Loosening,dissolving, separating

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Ex/o

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Outside,out of,away

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Hem/o

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Blood

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Hyper-

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Above,over,excessive

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Hypo-

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Deficient,below, beneath

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Iso-

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Same,equal

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Phag/o

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To eat, ingest

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20
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Pin/o

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To drink

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21
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Semi-

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Partial, half

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Ana-

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Upward, back, again

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Inter-

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Between

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Meta-

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Change

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Pro-

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Before,back, again

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Tel/o

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End

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Carnin/o

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Cancer

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-same

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Body

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-gen

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Agent that produces or originates

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-tomy

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Cutting, incision of

31
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-stasis

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Stand, stoppage, constancy

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-ology

A

Study of

33
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-same

A

Body

34
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hist/o

A

tissue

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epi-

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on, upon

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pseudo/o

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false

37
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blast/o

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immature cell, early stage of cell

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chondr/o

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cartilage

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oss, Osse/o

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bone, bone tissue

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oste/o

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bone, bone tissue

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cardi/o

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heart

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my/o

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muscle

43
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neur/o

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nerve, nerve system

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neur/o

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nerve, nerve system

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arthr/o

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joint

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-itis

A

inflammation

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peri-

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around

48
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pleur/o

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side,rib

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aden/o

A

gland

50
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angi/o

A

vessel

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ant/i

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against

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graph/o

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writing, record

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leuk/o

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white, colourless

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mal-

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bad, disordered, diseased, abnormal

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neo-

A

new

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-oma

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tumor, swelling

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onc/o

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tumor

58
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papill/o

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nipple

59
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ultra-

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beyond

60
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corne/o

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cornfield keratinized

61
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derm/o

A

skin

62
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melan/o

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dark, black

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sub-

A

under, below

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ap/o-

A

separation from, derivation from

65
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pil/o

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hair

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alb/i

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white

67
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bili

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bile

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cyan/o

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blue

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-emia

A

condition of blood

70
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eryth

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red

71
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-ism

A

state of

72
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-sis

A

condition, process

73
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dermat/o

A

skin

74
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scler/o

A

hard

PNUR 113 (11 decks)

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