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Medical Terminology Flashcards

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Algia

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Pain

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Cele

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Hernia;swelling

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Ectasis/ectasia

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Stretching/dilating

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Ectomy

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Excision of

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Itis

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Inflammation of

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Malacia

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Softening

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Ocentesis

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Puncture(tapping)

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Ogram

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Recording or “picture”produced by an “-orgraphy” produce

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Ograph

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Instrument (or machine)that records

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Ography

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Diagnostic produce

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Oid

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Like, similar to

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Olysis,olytic,olyzed

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Destruction,to separate out

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Oma

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Tumor(new growth),neoplasm,space-occupying lesion

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Ometer

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Instrument that measures or counts

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Ometry/ Imetry

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Procedure using the measuring or counting instrument

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Opathy

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Any disease of

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Opexy

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Surgical fixation

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Oplasty

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Plastic surgery on

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Orrhagia

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Excessive bleeding

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Orrhaphy

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Surgical repair of

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Orrhea

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Flow or discharge

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Oscope

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Instrument for looking into

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Oscopy

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Procedure using a scope

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Osis/Iasis

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Condition of

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Ostomy

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New permanent opening

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Otome

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Instrument for cutting a thin section

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Otomy

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Incision into

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Otripsy

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Crushing

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Paresis

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Weakness (less than paralysis)

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Plasia

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Growth (cell)

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Plegia

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Paralysis

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Pnea/Pneumo

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Breathing,air,lungs

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Trophy

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Development

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a,an,ar,ie

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Without or not

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Ab

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Away from

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Acetabulum

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Large socket for head of femur (hip)

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Ad

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Near,toward

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Anatomy

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The study of the structure of the body

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Anemia

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“Without blood” Low red blood count

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Ante

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Before,forward

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Anterior

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Toward the front,or in the front of

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Anti

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Against

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Aponeurosis

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Flattened tendon;Resembles a membrane that attaches a muscle to bone or tissue

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Appendicular

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The appendages that hang from the axial skeleton;upper and lower extremities (includes shoulder and pelvic gridle)

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Arthr/o

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Joint

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Axial

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Skull,thorax (ribs and sternum),vertebral column

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Bacteria

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Bacteria are larger,easily grown in the lab,and can be seen with regular microscopes.Generally they can be treated successful with antibiotics however,many bacteria are now becoming resistant to antibiotics.

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Ball and Socket Joint

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Hip and shoulder joints

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Bilateral

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Both sides

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Bio

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Life

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Brady

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Slow

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Bronch/o

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Bronchus

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Bursa

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Small sacs that cushion joints between tendons and bones

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Cardi/o

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Heart

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Carp/o

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Wrist

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Caudal

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“tail” or base of spine (similar to inferior)

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Cephalic

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Head (similar to superior)

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Cephalo

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Head

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Cerebr/o

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Cerebrum

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Cerebro

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Part of brain

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Cervic/o

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Cervix

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Cholecyst/o

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Gallbladder

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63
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Cholecystectomy

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Excision of the gallbladder

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Chondr/o

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Cartilage

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Chromo

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Color

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Cirrh

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Orange yellow

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Col/o

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Colon

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Colp/o

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Vagina

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Contra

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Against or not

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Coronal

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Vertical body plane,divides body into front and back sections (anterior and posterior) standing

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Cost/o

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Rib

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72
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Crani/o

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Cranium (skull)

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Cranio

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Skull only

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Cyano

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Blue

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Cyst/o

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Bladder

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Cystectomy

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Excision of the bladder

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De

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Take away, remove

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Decubitus

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Lying down

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Dent/o

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Teeth

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Derm/o

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Skin

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Dia

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Through (as in running through)

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Dis

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From

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Distal

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Farthest from the center

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Dys

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Painful or Difficult

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Encaphal/o

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Brain

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Encephalo

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Entire brain

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Erytho

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Red

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Excise

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To cut out

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Excision

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To remove or take out

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Fascia

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Connective tissue sheath;covers,supports,and seperates muscles;holds muscle fibers

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Flexion

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Bending

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Foramen

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Holes in the bone for large vessels and nerves to pass through

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Fossa

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Deppressions or hollows

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Gastr/o

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Stomach

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Grooves

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Shallow linear depressionsin bone (in tooth)

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Gyne

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Woman

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Hemi

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Half

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Hemo

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Blood

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Hemorrhoidectomy

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Excision of the hemorrhoids

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Hepa/Hepto

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Liver

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Hinge Joint

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Elbows,knees,fingers

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Hydro

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Water

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Hyper

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High;too much

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Hypo

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Not enough;low or under

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Hyster/o

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Uterus

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ile/o

A

ileum (small intestine)

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Incision

A

To cut into

108
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Inferior

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Below

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Inter

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Between

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Interphalangeal Joints

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Fingers and joints

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Intervertable Disks

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Cartilaginous material between vertebrae

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Intra

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Within

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Iridi/o

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Iris (eye)

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Jejun/o

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Jejunum (small intestine0

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Kerat/o

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Cornea of an eye

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Lamina

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Thin flat part of vertebra

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Laryng/o

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Larynx (voice box)

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Lateral

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Side

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Leuko

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White

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Ligaments

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Strong fibrous tissue that connects bone to bone

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Lingua

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Tongue

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Lip

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Fat

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Lobe

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Lobe,as of lung

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Malleolus

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Hammerlike protuberance (either side of the ankle)

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Mast/o

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Breast

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Medial

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Middle

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Melano

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Black

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Meniscus

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Lateral and medial knee cartilage

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Metr/o

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Uterus

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My/o

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Muscle

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Myring/o

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Eardrum

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Nephr/o

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Kidney

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Nephro

A

Entire kidney

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Neur/o

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Nerve

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Oblique

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At an angle

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Olecranon

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A process on the ulnar bone (elbow)

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Oophr/o

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Ovary

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Oophorectomy

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Excision of the ovary

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Ophthalm/o

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Eye

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Orchi/o-Orchid/o

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Testicle

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Oste/o

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Bone

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Ot/o

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Ear

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Pancreat/o

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Pancreas

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Peripheral

A

Outer edges

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Pharyng/o

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Throat

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Pheleb/o

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Veins

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Pneum/o

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Lungs

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Pod/o

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Foot

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Polio

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Gray

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Poly

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Many,much

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Polyuria

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Excessive amount of urine

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Post

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Following,after

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Posterior

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Toward the back or in the back

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Pre

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Before

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Pro

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Preceding,coming

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Proct/o

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Rectum or anus

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Prominences

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Processes,tuberosities,projection

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Proximal

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Nearest to center

159
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Pyel/o-Pyelo

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Pelvis of kidney

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Re

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Put back

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Recumbent

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Lying back

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Ren/o

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Kidney

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Reno

A

Entire kidney

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Rhin/o

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Nose

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Sacr/o

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Sacrum

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Sagittal

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Vertical body plan,through trunk of body;if exactly through middle,its midsaggital,and divides the body into equal right and left sides

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Salping/o

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Fallopian tubes

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Sigmoid/o

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Lower portion of colon

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Sinuses

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Air spaces in cranium that lighten the skull and nerve as voice resonating chambers

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Spondyl/o

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Vertebra

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Steth/o

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Chest

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Stomat/o

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Mouth

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Superior

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Above

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Sutures

A

Articulations in the cranial bones;immovable joints

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Synovial Fluid

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Clear joint fluid that acts as a lubricant

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Tachy

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Fast

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Temporomandibular Joint (TMJ)

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Connecting point of lower jawbone and temporal bone

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Ten/o-Tend/o-Tendin/o

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Tendon

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Tendon

A

Fibrous tissue attaching muscle to bone

180
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4 Sign of Inflammations

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Swelling,Pain,Heat,Redness

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Theca

A

Covering or sheath of a tendon

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Thorac/o

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Thorax (chest)

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Thyr/o

A

Thyroid gland

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Trache/o

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Trachea

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Transverse

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Horizontal body plane,divides body into top and bottom sections;across or through

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Tympan/o

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Eardrum

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Unilateral

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One side

188
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Upright

A

Standing

189
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Ureter/o

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Ureter

190
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Urethr/o

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Urethra

191
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Vas/o

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Vessel

192
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Ven/o

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Vein

193
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Vertebral Column

A

Starting at the neck:Cervical vertebrae

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Thoracic

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Dorsal

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Lumbar

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Between the diaphragm and the sacrum

196
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Sacral

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Supports the upper body weight;spread across the pelvis and into the legs

197
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Coccyx

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Tailbone

198
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Viruses

A

Viruses are so small that they can only be seen with an electron scope,cannot be grown on artificial media,and are not successfully treated by antibiotics

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Xanth/o

A

Yellow

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