Medical Terminology Flashcards
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-malacia
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softening
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-physis
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growth
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para-
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near, beside or abnormal
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-ium
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membran, also elemental suffix
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-ist
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one who
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-oid
A
resembling
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esthesi/o
A
feeling
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eu-
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Normal, good
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-plasia
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Development or formation of tissue
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-esis
A
action, process or result of
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atel/o
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Imperfect
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leps/o
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seizure
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cellul/o
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little cell or compartment
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log/o
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knowledge or words
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ichthy/o
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fish
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per-
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through, by
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-ectasia, -ectasis
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dilation, stretching, distended tubular structure
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ecto-
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outside, external, away from
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physi/o
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nature
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-pexy
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surgical fixation
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-rrhexis
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Rupture
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xer/o
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dry
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cyst/o
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cyst, bladder, sac
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-ptosis
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sagging, prolapse
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par/o
to bear offspring
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meta-
after, subsequent to, behind, hindmost, change, next in a series
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-iac
one who suffers
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caud/o
tail, in a posterior direction
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-pepsia
digestion
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-asthenia
weakness
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cervic/o
neck, uterine cervix
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rach/i, rach/o
spine
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colp/o
vagina
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aden/o
gland
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chondr/o
cartilage
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-ation
action or process
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phren/o
mind, diaphragm
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audi/o
hearing
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anter/o
anterior, towards the front
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ankyl/o
stiff
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chol/e
bile
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malac/o
softening
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blast/o
embryonic form
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-cele
hernia
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nat/i, nat/o
birth
46
dia-
through
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cec/o
cecum which is beginning of the large intestine
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calcane/o
calcaneus (heel bone)
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myel/o
bone marrow, spinal cord
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stomat/o
mouth
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cerumin/o
cerumen (earwax)
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algesi/o
sensitivity to pain
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myring/o
eardrum (tympanic membrane)
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bi/o
life or living (NOT bi- which means two)
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ather/o
yellow fatty plaque
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spondyl/o
vertebra
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cin/o, -crine
secrete
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top/o
place or position
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omphal/o
naval
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-ose
sugar
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chir/o
hand
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lingu/o
tongue
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-para
female who has given birth
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sym-, syn-
Together
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schis/o, schiz/o
split, cleft
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troph/o, -trophic, -trophy
related to nutrition
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-stasis
stopping, slowing or controlling, stabilizing
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proct/o
anus, rectum
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-rrhaphy
suture
70
-ory
pertaining to
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choledoch/o
common bile duct
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-dynia
Pain
73
seps/o
infection
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orth/o
straight
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amyl/a
starch
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ton/o
tone or tension
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ment/o
mind, chin
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ungu/o
nail
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cirrho/o
orange-yellow
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xanth/o
yellow
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dacry/o
tear, crying
