Medical Terminology Chapter 14 Flashcards
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aer/o
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air
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bucc/o
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cheek
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chem/o
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drug
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hal/o
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to breathe
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idi/o
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distinctive
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lingu/o
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tongue
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or/o
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mouth
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thec/o
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sheath (meninges)
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amnes/o
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forgetfulness
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anxi/o
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fear, worry
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compuls/o
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drive, compel
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delus/o
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false belief
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depress/o
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to press down
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hallucin/o
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imagined perception
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klept/o
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to steal
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narc/o
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stupor, sleep
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obsess/o
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besieged by thoughts
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ped/o
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child
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pharmac/o
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drug
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phob/o
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irrational fear
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phren/o
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mind
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psych/o
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mind
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pyr/o
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fire
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schiz/o
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split
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soci/o
society
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somat/o
body
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somn/o
sleep
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vers/o
to turn
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-lepsy
seizure
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-orexia
appetite
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-mania
frenzy
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-philic
pertaining to being attracted to
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-phoria
condition to bear
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-therapy
treatment
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psychology
study of human behavior and thought processes
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psychiatry
branch of medicine that deals with the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of mental disorders
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cry/o
cold
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cutane/o
skin
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electr/o
electricity
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erg/o
work
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habilitat/o
ability
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phon/o
sound
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physic/o
body
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prosthet/o
addition
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therm/o
heat
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-nomics
pertaining to laws
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-phoresis
carrying
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aspir/o
to breathe in
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dilat/o
widen
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esthesi/o
sensation, feeling
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recumb/o
to lie back
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sect/o
to cut
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specul/o
to look at
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tenacul/o
to hold
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oncology
branch of medicine dealing with tumors
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capusul/o
to box
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carcin/o
cancerous
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miss/o
to send back
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morbid/o
ill
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mort/o
death
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onc/o
tumor
