Medical Terminology Assigned Word Parts Flashcards

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Anter/o

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Front

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Arthr/o

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Joint

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Bi/o

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Life

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Cardi/o

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Heart

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Caud/o

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Tail

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Cephal/o

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Head

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Cervic/o

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Neck; upper spine

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Col/o Colon/o

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Large Intestine

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Cost/o

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Rib

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Cyt/o

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Cell

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Dist/o

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Away from point of origin

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Dors/o

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Back of the body

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Enter/o

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Intestines

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Glyc/o

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Sugar; Glucose

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Gastr/o

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Stomach

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Hepat/o

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Liver

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Hist/o

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Tissue

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Infer/o

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Below

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Log/o

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study

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Later/o

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Side

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Lip/o

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Fat

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Neur/o

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Nerve

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Medi/o

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Middle

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My/o

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Muscle

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Poster/o

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Back of the body

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Path/o

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Disease

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Proxim/o

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Near the point of origin

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Sarc/o

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Flesh

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Super/o

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Above

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Thorac/o

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Chest

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Ventr/o

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Belly

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Viscer/o

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Internal organs

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a-, an-

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Without

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Anti-

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Against

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Ante-

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Before

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Bi-

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Both

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Brady

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Slow

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Hypo-

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Below

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Endo-

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In

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Epi-

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on; over

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Hyper-

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Above

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Sub-

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Below; under

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Supra-

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Above

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Trans-

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Across

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-ac, -al, -ar, -ary, -iac, -ial, -ic, -ical, -ior

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Pertaining to

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Tachy-

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Fast

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Inter-

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Between

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Peri-

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Around

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Intra-

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Within

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-gen

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Substance that produces

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-ia

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condition

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-ine

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A substance pertaining to

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-algia

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pain

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-cyte

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Cell

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-ectomy

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Surgical Removal

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-emia

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Blood condition

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-gen

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Substance that produces

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-itis

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Inflammation

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-ia

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condition

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-ine

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A substance pertaining to

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-logist

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Specialist

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-logy

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Study of

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-megaly

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Enlargement

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-oma

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Tumor; mass

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-osis

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Abnormal condition

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-pathy

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Disease

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-plasty

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Surgical repair

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-stomy

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Surgical opening

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-tomy

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Incision

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-um

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Structure; tissue; thing