Medical Terminology Flashcards

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-spasm

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Contraction

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-Emia

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Blood

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-penia

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Deficiency

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-pathy

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Disease

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-phobia

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Fear

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-dacyl

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Finger/toes

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-rhea

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Flowing

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-sclerosis

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Hardening

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-rrhagia

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Hemorrhage

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-itis

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Inflammation

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-algia/dynia

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Pain

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-plgia

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Paralysis

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-scope

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Picture

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-lysis

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Separation

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-ology

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Study of

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-ectomy

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Surgical removal of

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-ostomy

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Surgical opening

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-dema

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Fluid

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-Oma/sarcoma

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Tumor

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-uria

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Urine

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Super/supra-

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Above

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Trans-

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Across

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Anti/contra-

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Against

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Brachio-

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Arm

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Circum-

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Around

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Ab-

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Away

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Retro-

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Backward

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Pre-

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Before

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Fascia-

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Fibrous

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Post-

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Behind

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Sub-

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Below

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Condro-

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Cartilage

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Thrombo-

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Clot

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Hypo-

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Deficient

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Hyper-

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Excessive

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Para-

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Beside

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Osteo-

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Bone

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Bi-

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2

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Cerebo-

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Brain

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Pseudo-

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False

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Lip-

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Fat

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Lymph-

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Fluid

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Therm-

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Heat

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Intra/endo-

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Inside

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Arthro-

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Joints

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Nephro-

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Kidneys

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Poly-

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Many

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Tachy-

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Rapid

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Derma-

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Skin

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Brady-

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Slow

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Myo-

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Muscle

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Mono-

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One

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Vast-

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Vessel