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Medical Terminology S Flashcards

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1
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sacchar/o

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sugar

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sacr/o

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sacrum

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salping/o

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fallopian tube

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sangu/i, sanguin/o

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blood

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sanit/a

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health

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sap/o

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soap

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sapr/o

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rotten, decay

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sarc/o

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flesh

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scaph/o

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boat-shaped

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scapul/o

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scapula

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scat/o

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feces

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scel/o, -scelia

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leg

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schist/o, -schisis

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split, cleft

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schiz/o

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split, division

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scint/i

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spark

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scirrh/o

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hard

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scler/o

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sclera

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-sclerosis

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hardening

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scolec/o

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worm

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scoli/o

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crooked, twisted

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-scope

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instrument for visual examination

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-scopy

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visual examination

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scot/o

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darkness

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scrib/o, script/o

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to write

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seb/o

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sebum

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-sect

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to cut

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secund/i

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second

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sedat/o

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to calm

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semi-

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half

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semin/i

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semen

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senil/o

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old, old age

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sens/o, sensat/o

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feeling, perception

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sensor/i

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sensory

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-sepsis, septic/o

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putrefaction, putrifying

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sept-, septi-

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seven

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sept/o

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partition

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ser/o

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serum, serous

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sesqui-

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one and a half

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sex-

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six

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sial/o

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saliva

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sicc/o

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to dry

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sider/o

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iron

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sigmoid/o

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sigmoid colon

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silic/o

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silica, quartz

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sinistr/o

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left

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sinus/o, sin/o

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cavity, sinus

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sit/o

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food

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skelet/o

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skeleton

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soci/o

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social, society

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sodi/o

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compound containing sodium

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solut/o

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dissolved

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somat/o

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body

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-some

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body

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somn/i, -somnia

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sleep

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son/o

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sound

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span/o

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scanty, scarce

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-spasm, spasm/o

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involuntary contraction

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spectr/o

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image, spectrum

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sperm/o, spermat/o

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spermatozoa

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sphen/o

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wedge, sphenoid bone

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spher/o

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round, sphere

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sphygm/o

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pulse

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-sphyxia

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pulse

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spin/o

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spinal cord, spine

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spir/o

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breathe

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splanchn/o

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viscera

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splen/o

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spleen

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spondyl/o

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vertebrae, spinal column

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spongi/o

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spongelike, spongy

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spor/o

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spore, seed

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squam/o

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squamous, scales

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-stabile

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stable, fixed

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-stalsis

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contraction

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staped/o

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stapes

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stahyl/o

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uvula, grape like clusters

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-stasis

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standing still, standing

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-stat

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device/instrument for keeping something stationary

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steat/o

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fat

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-stenosis, sten/o

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narrowed, constricted

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stere/o

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solid, three dimensional

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steril/o

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barren

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stern/o

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sternum

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steth/o

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chest

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sthen/o, -sthenia

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strength

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stich/o, -stichia

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rows

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stigmat/o

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mark, point

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stomat/o

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mouth

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-stomy

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surgical opening

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strat/i

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layer

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strept/o

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twisted, curved

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strict/o

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to tighten, bind

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-stroma

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supporting tissue of an organ

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stroph/o

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twisted

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sub-

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under, beneath

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succ/o

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juice

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suct/o

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to suck

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sud/o

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sweat

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sulc/o

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furrow, groove

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super-

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above, beyond

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supra-

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above, beyond

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suspend/o, suspens/o

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to hang up, suspend

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sym-, syn-

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with, together

103
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symptom/o

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occurrence

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synaps/o, synapt/o

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point of contact, to join

105
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syndesm/o

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ligament, connective tissue

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synov/o

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synovia, synovial membrane

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syphil/o

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syphilis

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syring/o

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tube, fistula

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system/o

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system

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systol/o

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contraction

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