medt-211_ch_6_20150914234823 Flashcards
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alg/o, algi/o, algesi/o
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Meaning: pain
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carcin/o
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Meaning: cancer, carcinoma
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cyst/o, cyst/i
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Meaning: filled sac or pouch, cyst, bladder
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lith
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Meaning: calculus, stone
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onc/o
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Meaning: tumor
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path/o
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Meaning: disease
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py/o
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Meaning: pus
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pyr/o, pyret/o
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Meaning: fever, fire
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scler/o
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Meaning: hard
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tox/o, toxic/o
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Meaning: poison
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brady-
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Meaning: slow
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dys-
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Meaning: abnormal, painful, difficult
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mal-
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Meaning: bad, poor
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pachy-
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Meaning: thick
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tachy-
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Meaning: rapid
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xero-
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Meaning: dry
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-algia, -algesia
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Meaning: pain
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-cele
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Meaning: hernia, localized dilation
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-clasis, -clasia
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Meaning: breaking
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-itis
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Meaning: inflammation
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-megaly
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Meaning: enlargement
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-odynia
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Meaning: pain
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-oma
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Meaning: tumor
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-pathy
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Meaning: any disease of
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-rhage, -rhagia
Meaning: bursting forth, profuse flow, hemorrhage Dont forget to double the r when adding a root
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-rhea
Meaning: flow, dischargeDont forget to double the r when adding a root
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-rhexis
Meaning: ruptureDont forget to double the r when adding a root
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-schisis
Meaning: fissure, splitting
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dilation, dilatation
Meaning: expansion, widening
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ectasia, ectasis
Meaning: dilation, dilatation, distension
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edema
Meaning: accumulation of fluid, swelling
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lysis
Meaning: separation, loosening, dissolving, destruction
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malacia
Meaning: softening
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necrosis
Meaning: death of tissue
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ptosis
Meaning: dropping, downward displacement, prolapse
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sclerosis
Meaning: hardening
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spasm
Meaning: sudden contraction, cramp
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stasis
Meaning: suppression, stoppage
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stenosis
Meaning: narrowing, constriction
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toxin
Meaning: poison
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staphyl/o
Meaning: grapelike cluster
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strept/o
Meaning: twisted chain
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bacill/i, bacill/o
Meaning: bacillus
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bacteri/o
Meaning: bacterium
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myc/o
Meaning: fungus, mold
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vir/o
Meaning: virus
