Medical Word Components Flashcards by jasmine gunnels

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a-

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without, away from

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ab-

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away from

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ad-

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toward

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an-

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without

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ana-

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up, apart

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ante-

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before

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anti-

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against

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arthr(o)

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joint

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auto-

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self

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bi-

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two

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brady-

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slow

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cardi(o)-

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heart

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circum-

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around

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contra-

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opposite

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cysto-

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bladder

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derm-

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skin

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dis-

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apart

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dys-

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abnormal, difficult, painful

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ect(o)-

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outside

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endo-

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within

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enter(o)-

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intestine

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epi-

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above, upon, over

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ex-

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external, outward

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hemi-

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half

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hyp(o)-

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below, under, deficient

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hyper-

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above, beyond, excessive

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in-

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inward, without, not, within

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inter-

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between

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intra-

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within

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macr(o)-

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large

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micro-

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small

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mon(o)-

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one

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my(o)-

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muscle

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nephr(o)-

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kidney

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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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para-

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beside, near, abnormal

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path(o)-

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disease

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per-

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through

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peri-

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around

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phago-

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eating

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phleb(o)-

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vein

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poly-

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many

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pneum(o)-

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lung

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post-

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after

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pre-

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before

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psych(o)-

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mind

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quadr(i)-

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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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below

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super-/supra-

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above, beyond

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tachy-

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fast, rapid

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tox(o)-

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poison

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trans-

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across, through

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tri-

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three

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un(i)-

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one

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vas(o)-

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blood vessel

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-algia

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pain

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-cidal

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killing

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-cyte

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cell

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-cytosis

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more than the normal number of cells

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-derma

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skin condition

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-dips(o)

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thirst

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-ectomy

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surgical removal

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-edema

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swelling

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-emia

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blood condition

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-globin/-globulin

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protein

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-ia

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condition, state

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-iasis

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abnormal condition

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-iatry

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specialty of

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-ist

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specialist

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-itis

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inflammation

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-lith(o)

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stone

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-lithiasis

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condition of stones

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-logy

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study of

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-megaly

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enlargement

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-oma

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mass, tumor

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-orexia

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appetite

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-osis

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abnormal condition

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-paresis

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weakness

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-pathy

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disease

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-phagia

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eat, swallow

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-penia

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deficiency

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-phasia

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speech

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-plegia

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paralysis

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-pnea

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breathing

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-poiesis

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formation

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-rrhage/-rrhagia

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abnormal flow, excessive

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-rrhea

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discharge

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-sclerosis

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hardening

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-stasis

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standing still

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-sten(o)

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narrowing

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-stomy

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surgical opening

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-thorax

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chest

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-tension

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pressure

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-trophy

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nourishment

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-uria

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condition of the urine