Medical Terminology (Word Parts) Flashcards

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Anti-

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Against

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Bi-

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Two

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Brady-

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Slow

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Dys-

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Painful, difficult

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Endo-

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Within, inside

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Hemi-

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Half

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Hyper-

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Over, above

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Hypo-

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Under, below

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Intra-

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Within, inside

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Macro-

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Large

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Micro-

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Small

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Mono-

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One

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Peri-

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Around

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Poly-

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Many

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Post-

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After

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Pre-

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Before

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Quad-

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Four

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Semi-

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Partial, half

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Sub-

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Under, below

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Supra-

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Over, above

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Tachy-

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Rapid

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Tri-

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Three

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Aden/o

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Gland

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Arteri/o

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Artery

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Arthr/o

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Joint

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Cardi/o

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Heart

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Chondr/o

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Cartilage

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Col/o

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Colon

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Dermat/o

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Skin

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Enter/o

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Small intestines

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Gastr/o

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Stomach

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Hemat/o

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Blood

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Immun/o

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Immune

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Laryng/o

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Throat

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My/o

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Muscle

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Myel/o

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Spinal cord

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Nephr/o

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Kidney

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Neur/o

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Nerve

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Ophthalm/o

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Eye

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Oste/o

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Bone

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Ot/o

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Ear

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Path/o

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Disease

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Pulmon/o

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Lung

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Rhin/o

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Nose

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-algia

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Pain

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-dynia

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Pain

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-ectomy

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Surgical removal

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-gram

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Record, picture

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-graphy

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Record, picture

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-itis

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Inflammation

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-logy

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Study of

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-logist

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Specialist

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-malacia

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Abnormal softening

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-megaly

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Abnormal enlargement

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-necrosis

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Tissue death

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-osis

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Abnormal state

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-otomy

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Cutting into

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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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-rrhage

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Excessive flow

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-rrhaphy

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Suture (stitch)

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-rrhea

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Discharge, flow

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-rrhexis

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Rupture

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-sclerosis

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Abnormal hardening

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-scopy

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Visual examination

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-stenosis

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Narrowing