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Medical Word Elements Flashcards

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Cyto

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Cell

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Histo

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Tissue

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Karyo

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Nucleus

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Nucleo

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Nucleus

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Antero

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Anterior, front

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Caudo

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Tail

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Cephalo

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Head

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Disto

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Far, furthest

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Dorso

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Back (of body)

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Infero

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Lower, below

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Latero

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Side, to one side

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Medio

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Middle

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Poster/o

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Back, behind, posterior

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Proxim/o

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Near, nearest

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Ventr/o

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Belly, belly side

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Albin/o

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White

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Leuk/o

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White

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Chrom/o

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Color

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Cirrh/o

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Yellow

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Jaund/o

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Yellow

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Xanth/o

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Yellow

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Cyan/o

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Blue

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Erythr/o

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Red

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Melan/o

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Black

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Poli/o

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Gray

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Radi/o

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Radiation, xray

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Tom/o

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To cut

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Viscer/o

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Internal organs

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Adip/o

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Fat

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Lip/o

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Fat

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Steat/o

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Fat

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Hidr/o

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Sweat

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Sudor/o

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Sweat

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Ichthy/o

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Dry, scaly

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Kerat/o

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Horny tissue;
Hard; cornea

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36
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Myc/o

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Fungus

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Onych/o

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Nail

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Ungu/o

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Nail

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39
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Pil/o

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Hair

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Trich/o

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Hair

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Scler/o

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Hardening

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42
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Seb/o

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Sebum; sebaceous

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Squam/o

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Scale

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Xen/o

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Foreign, strange

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xer/o

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Dry

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46
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sial/o

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saliva, salivary gland

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47
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gingiv/o

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gum(s)

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48
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dent/o

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teeth

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49
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odont/o

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teeth

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cheil/o

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lip

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labi/o

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bucc/o

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gloss/o

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lingu/o

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or/o

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stomat/o

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esophag/o

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gasser/o

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pharyng/o

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pylor/o

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duoden/o

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enter/o

A

intestine (small)

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jejun/o

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jejunum (2nd part of small intestine)

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ile/o

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ileum (3rd part of small intestine)

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append/o

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appendic/o

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col/o

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colon/o

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sigmoid/o

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sigmoid colon

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rect/o

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proct/o

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anus, rectum

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an/o

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hepat/o

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pancreat/o

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cholangi/o

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bile vessel

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chol/e

A

bile, gall

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cholecyst/o

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gallbladder

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choledoch/o

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Nas/o

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Rhin/o

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Sept/o

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Sinus/o

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Sinus, cavity

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Pharyng/o

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Pharynx, throat

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Adenoid/o

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Tonsill/o

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Epiglott/o

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Epiglottis

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Laryng/o

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Trache/o

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Trachea, windpipe

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Bronchi/o

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Bronchiol/o

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Bronchiole

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Alveol/o

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Pleur/o

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Pneumon/o

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Pulmon/o

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Anthrac/o

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Coal, coal dust

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Atel/o

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Incomplete, imperfect

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Coni/o

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Lob/o

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Orth/o

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Ox/o

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Pector/o

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Steth/o

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Thorac/o

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Phren/o

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Diaphragm; mind

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Spir/o

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aneurysm/o

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angi/o

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vessel (blood or lymph)

108
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vascular/o

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vessel (blood/lymph)

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aort/o

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arteri/o

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arterial/o

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atri/o

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ather/o

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fatty plaque

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cardi/o

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coron/o

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electr/o

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electricity

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embol/o

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embolus (plug)

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hemangi/o

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blood vessel

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my/o

120
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phleb/o

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ven/o

122
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scler/o

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narrowing, stricture

123
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thromb/o

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blood clot

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valv/o

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valvul/o

126
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ventricul/o

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ventricle (of the heart or brain)

Medical Terminology (10 decks)

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