Medical terminology Flashcards
1
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-physis
A
growth
2
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Hepat-
A
liver
3
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-plegia
A
paralysis
4
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-malacia
A
softening
5
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-phagia
A
eating or swallowing
6
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-dis
A
apart or away
7
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-clasis
-clast
-clasia
A
break apart
8
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-emia
A
condition of the blood
9
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-rrhexis
A
rupture
10
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dys-
A
bad or painful
11
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-emesis
A
vomiting
12
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epi-
A
upon, over, above, on top
13
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-rrhaphy
A
suturing
14
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endo-
A
within
15
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-stasis
A
standing still
16
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sclerosis
A
hardening
17
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-algia
-dynia
A
pain
18
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-centesis
A
surgical puncture
19
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What is Asepsis?
A
free of disease causing agents
20
Q
-desis
A
surgical fixation
21
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-rrhea
-rrhagia
A
abnormal discharge
22
Q
neo-
A
new
23
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-tic
-ia
-ic
A
condition of
24
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cerebr/o
A
brain, cerebrum
25
bi/o
life
26
-ad
toward
27
lip/o
fat
28
hem/o
blood
29
aden/o
gland
30
What is the suffix
word part at the end of the word
31
What is the word root?
word part that provides primary meaning of the word
32
What is the prefix?
word part at beginning of the word
33
path/o
disease
