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medical terminology Flashcards

1
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oste/o

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bone

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my/o

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muscle

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neur/o

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nerve

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angi/o

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blood vessels

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pre fix

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placed at the beginning of a word to change its meaning

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root

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the central part of the word

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suffix

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the ending part of the word that modifies the word

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breakdown hematology**

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hematology - study of blood
hemat/o - blood
logy - study of

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xer/o

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dry

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rhin/o

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nose

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ptysis

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spiting

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penia

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decrease in, deficiency in

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myel/o

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bone marrow and/or spinal cord

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erythr/o

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red blood cells

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stasis

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to stop

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leuk/o

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white blood cells

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ven/o

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vein

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cervical

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neck

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gastr/o

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stomach

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centesis

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to puncture

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tripsy

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to crush

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nephr/o or ren/o

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kidney

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cyst/o

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bladder

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urin/o

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urinary tract

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andr/o

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male

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gynec/o

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female

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cephal/o

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head

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arthr/o

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joint

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kinesi/o

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movement

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somn/o

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sleep

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psych/o

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mind

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lalia

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speech

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plegia

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paralysis

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lepsy

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seizure

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phobia

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persistent

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mania

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obsession

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lexia

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reading

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yellow in medical terms

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xanth

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green in med terms

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chloro

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blue in med terms

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cyan

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red in med terms

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eryth

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white in med terms

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leuk

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peri

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around

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inter

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between

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intra/endo

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within

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extra

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outside

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trans

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across

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otomy

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incision or cut

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ectomy

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removal

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derm/a or dermat/o or derm/o

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skin

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scler

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hardening

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superior

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above

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inferior

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below

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anterior

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toward front

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posterior

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toward back

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ventral

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front of body

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dorsal

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back of body

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internal

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inside

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external

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outside

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medial

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toward middle

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lateral

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toward side

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proximal

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near the point of attachment/close to trunk

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distal

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far from point of attachment/away from trunk

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superficial

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towards surface

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deep

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away from surface

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66
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deep

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away from surface

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67
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define peritoneum

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the large serous membrane that lines the abdominopelvic cavity and covers the organs within it

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define celiocentesis

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surgical puncture of the abdomen

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define diaphragm

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the muscle that separates the thoracic from the abdominal cavity

70
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define polydactyly

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having more than the normal number of fingers or toes

71
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define intravascular

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within a vessel

72
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define juxtaposition

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a location near or beside another structure

73
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define pedometer

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instrument that measures footsteps

74
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define meatus

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a passage or opening

75
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define sublingual

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under the tongue

76
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define sphincter

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a circular muscle that regulates an opening

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brachi/o

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arm

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bronch/i

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bronchus

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carcin/o

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cancer

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cardi/o

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heart

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col/o

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colon

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cyt/o

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cell

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dors/l or dors/o

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back or posterior

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dors/l or dors/o

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back or posterior

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or/o

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mouth

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ot/o

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ear

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path/o

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disease

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pulmon/o

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lungs

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sept/o

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infection

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thorac/o

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chest/thorax

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thyr/o

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thyroid gland

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trachel/o

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neck or neck like

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trich/o

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hair or hairlike

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ventrl/l or ventr/o

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front of body

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viscer/o

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viscera (internal organs)

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-emia or -hemia or -emic

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condition of blood

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-poiesis

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formation, production

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cholecyst/o

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gallbladder

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ovul/o

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egg or ovum

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ovari/o

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ovary

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uter/o

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uterus

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vagin/o

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vagina

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vulv/o

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vulvua

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mamm/o

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breast

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gravid/a

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pregnant

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-partum

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birth

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ten/o

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tendon

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chondr/o

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cartilage

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-malacia

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softening

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-porosis

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porous

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fasci/o

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fascia

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lli/o

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llium

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spondyl/o

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vertebra

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cost/o

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rib

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-opia

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vision

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-tropia

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turning

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phac/o or lent/o

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lens

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retin/o

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retina

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corn/e

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cornea

120
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adip/o lip/o steat/o

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fat

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hidr/o

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sweat

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ichthy/o

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dry or scaly

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kerat/o

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hard

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melan/o

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black

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myc/o

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fungus

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inguinal

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groin

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aden/o

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gland

128
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lymph/o

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lymph vessels

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onych/o

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nail

130
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tetra

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four

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a- or an-

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not, without, lack or, absence

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pan-

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all

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many, much

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poly-

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ab-

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away from

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ante-

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infront of

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dis-

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apart, away

137
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half, one side

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hemi-

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prefix that means stone is

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lith-

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pre fix that means “in, within” is

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end/o

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meaning of the prefix prefix prim/i is

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first

141
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prefix in the word suprapubic means

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on top

142
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prefix in the word hypertrophy means

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over

143
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prefixes that mean not are

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un-, non-, and i’m-

144
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suffix in the word neutropenia means

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lack of

145
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mouth is in what orientation to the cheeks

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medial

146
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mouth is in what orientation to the cheeks

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medial

147
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opposite of distal is

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proximal

148
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suffix for breathing is

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pnea

149
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suffix for enzyme is

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-ase

150
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py/o

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puss

151
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anemia

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low blood cell count

152
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breast removed

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mastectomy

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appendix removed

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appendectomy

154
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infection in the stomach

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gastroenteritis

155
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artificial opening in windpipe

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tracheostomy

156
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RA stands for?

A

rheumatoid arthritis

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mast/o

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breast

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hyster/o

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uterus

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troph/o

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development, nourishment

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a-

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without

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dia-

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through

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macro

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large

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lith/o

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stone

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brachy

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short

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poly

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many

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cirrh/o

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yellow

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stomy

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opening

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lysis

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destruction

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-oma

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tumor

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edema

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swelling

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emia

A

blood condition

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