medical terminology Flashcards
1
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dis-
A
apart, away from
to “dissect” is to cut apart
2
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path/o
A
disease
“pathology” is the study of disease
3
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physi/o
A
nature, physical
“physiology” is the study of how the body functions
4
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extra-
A
outside of beyond
“extracellular fluid” is outside the cell
5
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home/o
A
same
Homeostasis is the steady state of (sameness) with in an organism
6
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intra-
A
within
“intracellular fluid” is within a cell
7
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stat, -stasis
A
stand, stoppage, constancy
in “homeostasis,” “-stasis” refers to constancy
8
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Cyt/o
A
Cell
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Micro/o
A
Small
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Bi-
A
Two
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Chrome/o
A
Color
12
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End/o
A
In, within
13
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Lys/o
A
Loosening,dissolving, separating
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Ex/o
A
Outside,out of,away
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Hem/o
A
Blood
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Hyper-
A
Above,over,excessive
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Hypo-
A
Deficient,below, beneath
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Iso-
A
Same,equal
19
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Phag/o
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To eat, ingest
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Pin/o
A
To drink
21
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Semi-
A
Partial, half
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Ana-
A
Upward, back, again
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Inter-
A
Between
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Meta-
A
Change
25
Pro-
Before,back, again
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Tel/o
End
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Carnin/o
Cancer
28
-same
Body
29
-gen
Agent that produces or originates
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-tomy
Cutting, incision of
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-stasis
Stand, stoppage, constancy
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-ology
Study of
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-same
Body
34
hist/o
tissue
35
epi-
on, upon
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pseudo/o
false
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blast/o
immature cell, early stage of cell
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chondr/o
cartilage
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oss, Osse/o
bone, bone tissue
40
oste/o
bone, bone tissue
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cardi/o
heart
42
my/o
muscle
43
neur/o
nerve, nerve system
44
neur/o
nerve, nerve system
45
arthr/o
joint
46
-itis
inflammation
47
peri-
around
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pleur/o
side,rib
49
aden/o
gland
50
angi/o
vessel
51
ant/i
against
52
graph/o
writing, record
53
leuk/o
white, colourless
54
mal-
bad, disordered, diseased, abnormal
55
neo-
new
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-oma
tumor, swelling
57
onc/o
tumor
58
papill/o
nipple
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ultra-
beyond
60
corne/o
cornfield keratinized
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derm/o
skin
62
melan/o
dark, black
63
sub-
under, below
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ap/o-
separation from, derivation from
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pil/o
hair
66
alb/i
white
67
bili
bile
68
cyan/o
blue
69
-emia
condition of blood
70
eryth
red
71
-ism
state of
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-sis
condition, process
73
dermat/o
skin
74
scler/o
hard
