Medical terminology Flashcards by Kinley Mittan | Brainscape

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-physis

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growth

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Hepat-

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liver

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-plegia

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paralysis

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-malacia

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softening

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-phagia

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eating or swallowing

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-dis

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apart or away

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-clasis
-clast
-clasia

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break apart

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-emia

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condition of the blood

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-rrhexis

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rupture

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dys-

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bad or painful

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-emesis

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vomiting

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epi-

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upon, over, above, on top

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-rrhaphy

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suturing

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endo-

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within

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-stasis

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standing still

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sclerosis

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hardening

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-algia
-dynia

A

pain

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-centesis

A

surgical puncture

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What is Asepsis?

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free of disease causing agents

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-desis

A

surgical fixation

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-rrhea
-rrhagia

A

abnormal discharge

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neo-

A

new

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-tic
-ia
-ic

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condition of

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cerebr/o

A

brain, cerebrum

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bi/o

A

life

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-ad

A

toward

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lip/o

A

fat

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hem/o

A

blood

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aden/o

A

gland

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What is the suffix

A

word part at the end of the word

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What is the word root?

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word part that provides primary meaning of the word

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What is the prefix?

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word part at beginning of the word

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path/o

A

disease