Medical Terms Flashcards
1
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combining form
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vowel used to combine prefix, root word, and suffix
2
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use of medical terms
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standard, efficient, prevent errors
3
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an
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without, lack of, absence
4
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hyper
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excessive, high, above
5
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intra
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within, inside
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para
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beside, near, beyond, abnormal
7
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poly
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much, many
8
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tomy
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incision, incise, to cut into
9
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scope
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instrument, to exam or look
10
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hypo
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deficient, low, below, down
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epi
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outer, upon
12
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retro
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backward, behind
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sub
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under, below
14
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trans
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within, inside
15
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macro
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large, or long
16
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dia
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through
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circum
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around
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peri
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around, near, surrounding
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brady
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slow
20
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tachy
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fast, rapid
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dy
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difficult, abnormal
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hetero
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difference, diversity, or variation
23
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mal
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bad, normal
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pseudo
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false, fake
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cardio
heart
26
aden
gland
27
bio
life
28
cerebro
cerebrum, brain
29
cephal/o
head
30
artho
joint
31
carcin
cancer
32
cyst/o
bladder
33
cyt/o
cell
34
derm/o or dermat/o
skin
35
electro/o
electricity
36
iatr/o
treatment, physian
37
oma
tumor, abnormal growth
38
al
pretaining to
39
itis
inflammation
40
logy
the study of
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scopy
examination
42
ic
pertaining to
43
gram
photo
44
opsy
the process of viewing
45
erythr/o
red
46
gastr/o
stomach
47
hema/t/o/
blood
48
nephr/o
kidey
49
leuk/o
white
50
lyrng/o
lyrnx
51
hapat/o
liver
52
neur
nerve
53
kindey
ren
54
disease
path
55
eye
opthalm
56
nose
rhino
57
mind
physco
58
urinary tract
ur
59
bone
oste
60
clotting
thromb
61
tumor
onc
62
algia
pain
63
emia
blood condition
64
osis
condition, increase
65
ectomy
exersion
66
gen/ic
causing
67
pathy
disease
