Medical Terminology - Chapters 1-3 Flashcards by Emily A

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aut/o

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self

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cancer/o

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cancer

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neo-

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new

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erythr/o

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red

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viscer/o

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internal organs

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melan/o

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black

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bi/o

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life

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-megaly

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enlargement

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-graphy

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process of recording; radiographic imaging

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hist/o

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tissue

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-genic

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producing, originating, causing

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onc/o

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tumor, mass

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rhabd/o

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rod-shaped, striated

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cephal/o

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head (upward)

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necr/o

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death (cells, body)

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-ic

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pertaining to

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-cyte

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cell

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cyt/o

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cell

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hypo

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under, deficient, incomplete, below

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somat/o

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body

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my/o

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muscle

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xanth/o

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yellow

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organ/o

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organ

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lei/o

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smooth

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cyan/o

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blue

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-logy

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the study of

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system/o

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system

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dors/o

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back

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-plasm

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formation, substance, growth

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-osis

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abnormal condition (means increase when used with blood cell word roots)

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-oid

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resembling

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meta-

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after, beyond, changing

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-stasis

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control, stop, standing

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-sarcoma

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malignant tumor

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sarc/o

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flesh, connective tissue

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pro-

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before

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-sis

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state of

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path/o

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disease

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-opsy

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to view, viewing

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eti/o

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cause of (disease)

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lip/o

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fat

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leuk/o

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white

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-al

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pertaining to

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-gen

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substance or agent that produces or causes

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carcin/o

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cancer

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dist/o

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further away from point of attachment

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later/o

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side

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bi-

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two

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hemat/o

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blood

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hyper-

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above, excess

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aden/o

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gland

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dia

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complete, through

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proxim/o

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closer to point of attachment

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medi/o

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middle

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tom/o

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to cut, to slice, to section

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infer/o

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below

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super/o

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above

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ventr/o

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belly

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uni-

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one

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poster/o

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back, behind

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anter/o

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front

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-ad

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toward

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caud/o

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tail (downward)

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gno/o

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knowledge

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epitheli/o

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epithelium

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-ous

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pertaining to

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-plasia

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condition of formation, development, grotwth

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-oma

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tumor, swelling

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neur/o

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nerve

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iatr/o

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physician, medicine (treatment)

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dys-

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painful, labored, difficult, labored

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vir/o

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virus

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micro-

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small

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-pathy

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disease

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-logist

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someone who studies and treats

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radi/o

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x-rays, ionizing radiation

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fibr/o

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fibrous, fibrous tissue

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-graph

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instrument used to record

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-gram

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the record, radiographic image

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son/o

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sound