Medical terminology Flashcards by Laura Moss

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Cepahl/o

A

head

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Chrom

A

color

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Enter/o

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intestine

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Derm/o

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skin

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Gastr/o

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stomach

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Hem/o, Hemat/o

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blood

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My/o

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muscle

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Myel/o

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spinal cord

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Onych/o

A

nail

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Osteo/o

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bone

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Phag

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eat or swallow

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Phleb/o

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vein

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Pulm/o, Pulmon/o

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lungs

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Synov/i

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synovial fluid, joint, or membrane

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Thromb/o

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clot

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Vas/o

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vessel or duct

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A-

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without, absence of

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Ab-

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away from

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Ad-

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toward, near

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Ante-

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before

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Ec-, Ect/o-

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out, outside

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End/o-

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in, within

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Mon/o-

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one

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peri-

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surrounding

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poly-

many, much

post-

after, behind

trans-

across, through

supra-

above

-algia

pain

-centesis

puncture, tap

-desis

binding, fusion

-ectomy

excision, surgical removal

-emia

blood

-graphy

act of recording data

-pexy

surgical fixation

-plasty

plastic repair/surgery, reconstruction

--sclerosis

hardening

-tripsy

crushing

-uria

urine, urination

rhino-

nose

-rrhea

flow, discharge

-pathy

disease

cardi/o-

heart

carcin-

pertaining to cancer

cardi-

pertaining to heart

Dys-

bad of difficult

derm-

pertaining to skin

faci-

pertaining to face

lipo-

pertaining to fat

somat-

pertaining to the body

-asthenia

weakness

-crine

to secrete

-dynia

pain

-ectomy

surgical removal of a body part

-itis

inflammation

-lepsy

attack or seizure

-phagia

eating

-pnea

breathing terms

idiopathic

of unknown cause

latrogenic

condition that appears as a result of treatment of another conditions

fissure

groove of the skin

acetic

sour

Ascitic

pertaining to fluid accumulation in the abdomen

cerebr/o

cerebrum

cerebell/o

cerebellum

cyt/o

cell

-rrhage

bleeding, abnormal excessive fluid discharge

-rrhexis

rupture

-sclerosis

abnormal hardening

malaise

feeling generally unwell

-costal

rib

supra-

above

pyrosis

heart burn

-rrhexis

to tear

-sclerosis

abnormal hardening

-stenosis

abnormal narrowing

dextr/o-

right side

sinistr/o-

left side