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Medical Terminology Flashcards

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gen/o

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creation, cause

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hydr/o

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water

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roots

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tend to function like a noun in medical terminology

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morph/o

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changes

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myc/o

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fungus

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necr/o

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death

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orth/o

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straight

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path/o

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suffering, disease

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phag/o

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eat

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plas/o

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formation

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py/o

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puss

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scelr/o

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hard

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sten/o

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narrowing

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traph/o

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nourishment, development

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xen/o

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foregin

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-ac

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pertaining to

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-al

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pertaining to

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-ar

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pertaining to

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-ary

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pertaining to

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-eal

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pertaining to

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-ic

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pertaining to

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-tic

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pertaining to

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-ous

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pertaining to

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-ia

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condition

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-ism

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conditon

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-ium

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tissue, structure

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-y

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condition, procedure

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-scope

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instrument to look

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-scopy

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process of looking

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-ole

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small

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-ule

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small

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-ula

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small

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0ula

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small

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-tomy

A

incision

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-iatrics

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medical sciecne

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-iatry

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medical sciecne

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-iastrist

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specialist in medicine of

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-ist

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specialist

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-logist

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specialist in the study of

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-logy

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study of

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-algia

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pain

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-dynia

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pain

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-desis

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binding fixation

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-ectomy

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removal

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-cele

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hernia

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-emia

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blood condition

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-iasis

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presence

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-itis

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inflmation

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-lysis

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lossen, break down

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-malacia

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abnormal softening

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-oid

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resembling

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-megaly

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enlargement

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-oma

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tumor

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-osis

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conidtion

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-pexy

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surgical fixation

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-pathy

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disease

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-penia

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deficency

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-plasty

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reconstruction

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-ptosis

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dropping

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-rrhage

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flow

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-rrhage

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excessive flow

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-rrhexis

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rupture

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-spasm

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involuntary contration

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-centesis

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puncture

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-gram

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written record

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-graph

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instrument of record

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-graphy

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process of recording

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-meter

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instrument of measure

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-rrhaphy

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sutructre

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-stomy

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creation of an opening

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a-

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not

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an-

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not

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anti-

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agaisnt

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contra-

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against

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de-

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down, away from

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ante-

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before

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pro-

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before, on behalf of

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brady-

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slow

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tachy-

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fast

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post-

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after

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syn-

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with together

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re-

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again

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ab-

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away

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ad-

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toward

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ciraum-

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around

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peri-

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around

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dia-

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through

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trans-

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through

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e-

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out

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ec-

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out

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ecto-

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outside

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sym-

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together, with

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extra-

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outside

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en-

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inside

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endo-

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in, inside

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intra-

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in, inside

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epi-

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upon

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syb-

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between

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bi-

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two

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hemi-

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half

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semi-

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half

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extra-

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outsdie

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dys-

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bad

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hyper-

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over

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hpyo-

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under

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macro-

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large

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micro-

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small

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mono-

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one

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uni-

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one

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oligo-

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few

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pan-

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all

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poly-

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many

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multi-

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mnay

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cono-

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with together

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