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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

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Meaning: bursting forth, profuse flow, hemorrhage Dont forget to double the r when adding a root

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-rhea

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Meaning: flow, dischargeDont forget to double the r when adding a root

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-rhexis

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Meaning: ruptureDont forget to double the r when adding a root

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-schisis

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Meaning: fissure, splitting

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dilation, dilatation

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Meaning: expansion, widening

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ectasia, ectasis

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Meaning: dilation, dilatation, distension

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edema

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Meaning: accumulation of fluid, swelling

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lysis

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Meaning: separation, loosening, dissolving, destruction

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malacia

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Meaning: softening

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necrosis

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Meaning: death of tissue

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ptosis

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Meaning: dropping, downward displacement, prolapse

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sclerosis

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Meaning: hardening

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spasm

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Meaning: sudden contraction, cramp

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stasis

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Meaning: suppression, stoppage

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stenosis

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Meaning: narrowing, constriction

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toxin

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Meaning: poison

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staphyl/o

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Meaning: grapelike cluster

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strept/o

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Meaning: twisted chain

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bacill/i, bacill/o

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Meaning: bacillus

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bacteri/o

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Meaning: bacterium

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myc/o

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Meaning: fungus, mold

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vir/o

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Meaning: virus

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