Medical Terminology Chapter 3 Vocab Flashcards

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a-

A

Without

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-ac

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Pertaining to

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-ago

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Diseased condition

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-al

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Pertaining to

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-algia

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Pain

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Ankyl

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Crooked, bent, stiff

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Ankylosing

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Progressive stiffing of a joint or joints

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-ar

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Pertaining to

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Arthr, arthr/o

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Joint

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Capsul

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Little box

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Chondr/o

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Cartilage

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-clasis

A

To break

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Cost

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Rib

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Crani, Crani/o

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Skull

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-desis

A

Bind, tie together

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-ectomy

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Surgical removal

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End-

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Within

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hem, hem/o

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Blood

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-iatrist

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Specialist

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Ili

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Ilium, hip bone

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Itis

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Inflammation

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Kyph

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Hump

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Lamin

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Lamina

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-lithesis

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Slipping

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Lord

A

Bent backward

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Lumb

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Lumbar

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-lysis

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Loosening, setting free

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-malacia

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Abnormal softening

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My

A

Muscle

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Myel

A

Bone marrow

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Necrosis

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Death tissue

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-oma

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Tumor

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-osis

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Abnormal condition or disease

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Ost

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Bone

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Oste

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Bone

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-penia

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Deficiency

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Peri-

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Surrounding

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-plasty

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Surgical repair

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Pod

A

Foot

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-poietic

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Pertaining to formation

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Poly-

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Many

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Por

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Small opening

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-rraphy

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Surgical suturing

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Sacr/o

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Sacrum

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-sclerosis

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Abnormal hardening

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Scoli

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Curved

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-scopy

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Visual examination

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Spondyl

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Vertebrae

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-stenosis

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Abnormal narrowing

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Vascul

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Blood vessels

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Vertebr/o

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Vertebra