Medical Terminology Flashcards

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Hyper-

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More, increased

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Eu-

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Normal

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Hypo-

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Less, decreased

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Infra-

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Below, beneath

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Meta-

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Change

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Supra-

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Excessive, outside

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Super-

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Excessive, more

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Ultra-

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Excessive

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A-, An-

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Without

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Ambi-

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Both

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Bi-, Di-

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Two

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Brady-

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Slow

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Hemi-

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Half

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Mega-

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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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Multi-

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Many

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Olig-

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Scanty

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Pari-

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All

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Poly-

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Many

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Quadra-, Tetra-

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Four

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Semi-

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Part

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Tachy-

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Fast

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Tri-

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Three

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Uni-

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Single, one

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Ab-

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Away from

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Ad-

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Toward

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Anti-, Contra-

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Against

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Circum-, Peri-

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Around

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De-

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Not, down

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Dia-

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Across, through

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Epi-

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Upon, above

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Para-

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Along, beside

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Per-

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Through

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Post-

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After

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Pre-

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Before

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Re-

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Again, back

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Retro-

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Backward, behind

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Cardi-

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Heart

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Corp-

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Body

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Cost-

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Ribs

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Gastr-

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Stomach

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Hemat-, Hem-

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Blood

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Muscul-, Myo-

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Muscles

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Oste-

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Bone

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Nephr-

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Kidney

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Neur-

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Nerve

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Ren-

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Kidney

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Skelet-

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Skeleton

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Ur-

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Urine

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Vascul-

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Blood vessels

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Suffixes meaning “related to” (6)

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  • ac
  • ar
  • ic
  • oid
  • ous
  • tic
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-emia

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Of the blood

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-ia, -ism, -osis, -y

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Condition in process

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-itis

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Inflammation

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-lysis

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Death or breakdown

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-pathy

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Disease

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-plegia

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Paralysis

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-oma

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Tumor

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-rrhythmia

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Rhythm

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-systole

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Contraction of the heart

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-gram, -graph

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Record

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-graphy

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Process of recording

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-meter

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Measure

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-metry

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Process of measuring

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-scope

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Instrument for visualizing

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-scopy

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Process of visualizing

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-ectomy

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Removal

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-latric

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Treatment

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-pnea

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Breathing

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-plasty

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Repair

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-rrhaphy

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Suturing

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-stomy, -ostomy

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Opening made surgically

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-tripsy

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Crushing

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-tomy

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Incision