Medical Terminology Flashcards by Fatima Roque | Brainscape

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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

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resembling

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esthesi/o

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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

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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

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to bear offspring

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meta-

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after, subsequent to, behind, hindmost, change, next in a series

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-iac

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one who suffers

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caud/o

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tail, in a posterior direction

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-pepsia

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digestion

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-asthenia

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weakness

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cervic/o

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neck, uterine cervix

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rach/i, rach/o

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spine

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colp/o

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vagina

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aden/o

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gland

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chondr/o

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cartilage

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-ation

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action or process

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phren/o

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mind, diaphragm

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audi/o

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hearing

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anter/o

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anterior, towards the front

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ankyl/o

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stiff

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chol/e

A

bile

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malac/o

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softening

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blast/o

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embryonic form

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-cele

A

hernia

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nat/i, nat/o

A

birth

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dia-

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through

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cec/o

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cecum which is beginning of the large intestine

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calcane/o

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calcaneus (heel bone)

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myel/o

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bone marrow, spinal cord

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stomat/o

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mouth

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cerumin/o

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cerumen (earwax)

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algesi/o

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sensitivity to pain

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myring/o

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eardrum (tympanic membrane)

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bi/o

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life or living (NOT bi- which means two)

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ather/o

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yellow fatty plaque

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spondyl/o

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vertebra

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cin/o, -crine

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secrete

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top/o

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place or position

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omphal/o

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naval

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-ose

A

sugar

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chir/o

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hand

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lingu/o

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tongue

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-para

A

female who has given birth

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sym-, syn-

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Together

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schis/o, schiz/o

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split, cleft

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troph/o, -trophic, -trophy

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related to nutrition

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-stasis

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stopping, slowing or controlling, stabilizing

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proct/o

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anus, rectum

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-rrhaphy

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suture

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-ory

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pertaining to

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choledoch/o

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common bile duct

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-dynia

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Pain

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seps/o

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infection

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orth/o

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straight

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amyl/a

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starch

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ton/o

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tone or tension

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ment/o

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mind, chin

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ungu/o

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nail

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cirrho/o

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orange-yellow

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xanth/o

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yellow

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dacry/o

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tear, crying