Midterm Flashcards
1
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albin/o
A
white
2
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burs/o
A
bursa (sac of fluid near a joint)
3
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contus/o
A
to bruise
4
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cost/o
A
rib
5
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dactyl/o
A
digits (fingers and toes)
6
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dist/o
A
away from the point of origin
7
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dors/o
A
back of the body
8
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electr/o
A
electricity
9
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esthesi/o
A
nervous sensation
10
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ichthy/o
A
dry; scaly
11
Q
immun/o
A
immune; protection
12
Q
lacrim/o
A
tears
13
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lip/o
A
fat
14
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lob/o
A
lobe
15
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onc/o
A
tumor
16
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opthalm/o
A
eye
17
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phalang/o
A
phlanges; fingers or toes
18
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spondyl/o
A
vertebra; backbone
19
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synovi/o
A
lubricating fluid of joints
20
Q
therm/o
A
hot; heat
21
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tom/o
A
to cut
22
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carp/o
A
wrist
23
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caus/o
A
burn; burning; heat
24
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chrom/o
A
color
25
chron/o
time
26
fasci/o
fibrous band; fascia
27
flex/o
to bend
28
gyn/o
female; women
29
narc/o
numbness; sleep; stupor
30
necr/o
death
31
proxim/o
near the point of origin
32
psor/o
itching
33
psych/o
mind
34
pulmon/o
lung
35
scler/o
hardening
36
ventr/o
belly side of body
37
-esis
action; condition; state of
38
-lysis
breakdown; separation; loosening
39
-carcinoma
cancerous tumor
40
-phobia
fear
41
-esthesia
feeling; sensation
42
-plegic
pertaining to paralysis
43
-lepsy
seizure
44
-sis
state; condition
45
-asthenia
weakness
46
-physis
growth; growth plate
47
-motor
movement
48
-spasm
muscle contraction
49
-plegia
paralysis
50
-plasty
surgical repair
51
-cide
to kill
52
-leptic
to seize; take hold of
53
supra-
above
54
post-
after; behind
55
anti-
against
56
contra-
against
57
circum-
around
58
re-
back again; backward
59
mal-
bad
60
ante-
before
61
pre-
before; in front of
62
retro-
behind; backward
63
soma-
body
64
semi-
half
65
multi-
many
66
para-
near; beside
67
ex-
out; away from
68
ecto-
out; outside
69
micro-
small
70
per-
through
71
pseudo-
false
72
endo-
in; within
73
inter-
between
74
-malacia
softening
75
-stenosis
narrowing
76
cervic/o
neck
77
vertebr/o
spinal column
78
xer/o
dry
79
xanth/o
yellow
80
sarc/o
flesh
81
rhin/o
nose
82
ren/o
kidney
83
nephr/o
kidney
84
myel/o
spinal cord, bone marrow
85
my/o
muscle
86
melan/o
black
87
hydr/o
water
88
hist/o
tissue
89
hepat/o
liver
90
hemat/o
blood
91
chondr/o
cartilage
92
cephal/o
head
93
cardi/o
heart
94
carcin/o
cancer
95
thorac/o
chest
96
tars/o
ankle; tarsals
97
somat/o
body
98
scoli/o
crooked; bent
99
pleur/o
lung
100
path/o
disease
101
oste/o
bone
102
orth/o
straight
103
olig/o
scanty (very few)
104
ocul/o
eye
105
neur/o
nerve
106
lumb/o
lumbar region
107
leuk/o
white
108
later/o
lateral; side
109
kinesi/o
movement
110
jaund/o
yellow
111
erythr/o
red
112
enter/o
small intestine
113
encephal/o
brain
114
derm/o
skin
115
dermat/o
skin
116
cyt/o
cell
117
cyst/o
cyst; sac of fluid
118
cyan/o
blue
119
cutane/o
skin
120
crani/o
skull
121
cirrh/o
orange-yellow
122
brachi/o
arm
123
arthr/o
joint
124
adip/o
fat
125
en-
in; within
126
intra-
within; into
127
bi-
two
128
ad-
toward
129
dia-
through; complete
130
tri-
three
131
brady-
slow
132
epi-
above
133
an-
not; without
134
a-
not; without
135
poly-
many
136
mega-
large
137
macro-
large
138
tachy-
fast
139
sub-
below
140
infra-
below; beneath
141
hypo-
below; below normal; deficient
142
dorsi-
back
143
ab-
away from
144
peri-
around; surrounding
145
trans-
across
146
hyper-
above, above normal; excessive
147
-ous
pertaining to
148
-ic
pertaining to
149
-al
pertaining to
150
-ac
pertaining to
151
-scopy
visual examination
152
-opsy
viewing
153
-oma
tumor
154
-clast
break down; destroy
155
-ectomy
removal
156
-algia
pain
157
-scope
instrument used to view
158
-tome
instrument for cutting
159
-graph
instrument for recording
160
-itis
inflammation
161
-sclerosis
hardening
162
-rrhea
discharge
163
-logy
study of
164
-logist
specialist
165
-gram
record
166
-genic
produced by
167
-osis
abnormal condition
168
-graphy
process of recording
169
-tomy
incision
170
-megaly
enlargement
171
-pathy
disease
172
-blast
immature cell
173
-trophy
growth; development
174
-cyte
cell
