Medical Terminology - Appendix A Flashcards
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a-
A
without
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ab-
A
from, away from
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abdomin/o
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abdomen
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-ac
A
pertaining to
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acous/o
A
hearing
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acr/o
A
extremity
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acromi/o
A
acromion (projection of scapula)
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-acusis
A
hearing
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-ad
A
toward
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ad-
A
toward
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aden/o
A
gland
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adenoid/o
A
adenoids
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adip/o
A
fat
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adren/o
A
adrenal glands
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adrenal/o
A
adrenal glamds
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aer/o
A
air
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agglutin/o
A
clumping, gluing
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-al
A
pertaining to
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albin/o
A
white
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albumin/o
A
albumin
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-algesia
A
pain
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-algia
A
pain
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allo-
A
other
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alveol/o
A
alveolus; air sac
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ambly/o
dull, dim
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amni/o
amnion (amniotic sac)
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an-
without
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andr/o
male
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aneurysm/o
widened blood vessel
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angi/o
vessel
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aniso-
unequal, dissimilar
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ankyl/o
stiffness, bent, crooked
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ante-
before, in front of
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anter/o
anterior, front
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anthrac/o
coal, coal dust
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anti-
against
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aort/o
aorta
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append/o
appendix
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appendic/o
appendix
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aque/o
water
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-ar
pertaining to
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-arche
beginning
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arter/o
artery
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arteri/o
artery
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arteriol/o
arteriole
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arthr/o
joint
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-ary
pertaining to
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-asthenia
weakness, debility
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astr/o
star
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-ate
having the form of, possessing
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atel/o
incomplete; imperfect
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ather/o
fatty plaque
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-ation
process (of)
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atri/o
atrium
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audi/o
hearing
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audit/o
hearing
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aur/o
ear
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auricul/o
ear
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auto-
self, own
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azot/o
nitrogenous compounds
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-ior
pertaining to
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bacteri/o
Bacteria (singular, bacterium)
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blan/o
glans penis
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bas/o
base (alkaline, opposite of acid)
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bi-
two
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bi/o
life
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bil/i
bile, gall
68
-blast
embryonic cell
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blast/o
embryonic cell
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blephar/o
eyelid
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brachi/o
arm
72
brachy-
short
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brady-
slow
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bronch/o
bronchus (plural, bronchi)
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bronchi/o
bronchus (plural, bronchi)
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bronchiol/o
bronchiole
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bucc/o
cheek
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calc/o
calcium
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calcane/o
calcaneum (heel bone)
80
-capnia
carbon dioxide (CO2)
81
carcin/o
cancer
82
cardi/o
heart
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-cardia
heart condition
84
carp/o
carpus (wrist bones)
85
caud/o
tail
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cauter/o
heat, burn
87
-cele
hernia, swelling
88
-centesis
surgical puncture
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cephal/o
head
90
-ception
conceiving
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-ception
conceiving
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cerebell/o
cerebellum
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cerebr/o
cerebrum
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cervic/o
neck; cervix uteri (neck of uterus)
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cheil/o
lip
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chem/o
chemical; drug
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chlor/o
green
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chol/e
bile, gall
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cholangi/o
bile vessel
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cholecyst/o
gallbladder
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choledoch/o
bile duct
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chondr/o
cartilage
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chori/o
chorion
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choroid/o
choroid
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chrom/o
color
106
chromat/o
color
107
-cide
killing
108
circum-
around
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cirrh/o
yellow
110
-cision
a cutting
111
-clasia
to break; surgical fracture
112
-clasis
to break; surgical fracture
113
-clast
to break
114
clavicul/o
clavicle (collar bone)
115
-cleisis
closure
116
-clysis
irrigation, washing
117
coccyg/o
coccyx (tail bone)
118
cochle/o
cochlea
119
col/o
colon
120
colon/o
colon
121
colp/o
vagina
122
condyl/o
condyle
123
coni/o
dust
124
conjunctiv/o
conjunctiva
125
-continence
to hold back
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contra-
against, opposite
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cor/o
pupil
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core/o
pupil
129
corne/o
cornea
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coron/o
heart
131
corp/o
body
132
corpor/o
body
133
cortic/o
cortex
134
cost/o
ribs
135
crani/o
cranium (skull)
136
crin/o
secrete
137
-crine
secrete
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cruci/o
cross
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cry/o
cold
