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Module 11 - Bodily Fluids Flashcards

1
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pyel-

A

renal pelvis; urine reservoir in kidney [which passes urine to ureter]

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cyst-

vesic-

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sac; cyst; bladder

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nephr-

ren-

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kidney

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ur-

urin-

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urine; urinary tract; urination

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ureter-

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ureter; tube carrying urine from kidney to bladder

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urethr-

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urethra; tube carrying urine from bladder to outside the

body

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uric-

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uric acid

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aden-

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gland; lymph node

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adren-

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adrenal gland

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hormon-

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hormone

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11
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amygdal-*

tonsill-

A

tonsil

[See Mod. 12, amygdal-]

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12
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lymph-

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lymph

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13
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lymphatic-

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lymphatic system; lymphatic duct

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14
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por-

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pore; passage

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15
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splen-

lien-

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spleen

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16
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adip-
lip-
steat-

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fat

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seb-

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sebum; fatty secretion [of the sebaceous gland]

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crin-

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secretion

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eme-

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vomit

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hidr-

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sweat; sweat gland

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21
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hist-

A

tissue [of an animal or plant]

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22
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py-

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pus

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tox- 
toxic-
toxin- 
ven-*
venen-
venom-
A

poison [See Mod. 8, ven-]

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zym-

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enzyme; fermentation

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25
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aeti-

eti-

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cause

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antr-

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antrum; cavity

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27
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bar-

bary-

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weight; pressure

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28
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carcin-

A

cancer; cancerous [adjective]

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29
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chron-

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time

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30
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drom-

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a running; flow

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31
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dynam-

A

power

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32
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helc-

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ulceration

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33
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aux-

A

increase

34
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hypn-

somn-

A

sleep

35
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icter-

A

jaundice

36
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sept-*

saept-

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septum [a wall that divides two cavities] [See Mod. 8, sept-]

37
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all-

A

other; another; divergent; alternating

38
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anis-

A

unequal

39
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atel-

A

incomplete

40
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atret-

A

without an opening (to an organ/structure)

41
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brachy-

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short [no connecting vowel follows]

42
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brady-

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slow [no connecting vowel follows]

43
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idi-

A

individual; distinct; distinctive; unknown

44
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is-

equ-

A

equal

[equ- is followed by connecting vowel i]

45
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lept-

A

thin

46
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macr-

A

large; long

47
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megal-

A

large

48
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mes-

A

middle

49
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micr-

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small

50
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olig-

A

few; small; scanty

51
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orth-

A

straight; normal; correct

52
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oxy-*

A

acute; swift; sharp; sour [no connecting vowel follows]

[See Mod. 6, oxy-]

53
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pachy-

A

thick [no connecting vowel follows]

54
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pale-

A

old; ancient

55
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poikil-

A

mottled; varied; irregular

56
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prosth-

prosthet-

A

artificial

57
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prot-

A

earliest; first

58
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pseud-

A

false; imaginary

59
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schist-

schiz-

A

split

60
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scirrh-

A

hard [adjective]; hard, cancerous tumour [noun]

61
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scoli-

A

crooked; laterally curved

62
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sten-

A

narrow; constricted

63
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tach-

tachy-

A

rapid [no connecting vowel follows tachy-]

64
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xen-

A

strange; foreign [adjectives]; foreigner [noun]

65
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xer- sicc-

A

dry

66
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-agogue

A

agent used to induce (an action); agent used to induce the flow (of a substance, or from an organ or tissue); agent used to induce the expulsion (of a foreign body)

67
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anti- … -agogue

A

agent used to suppress (an action); agent used to suppress the flow (of a substance, or from an organ or tissue); agent used to suppress the explusion (of a foreign body)

68
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  • auxe
  • auxis
  • auxesis
A

enlargement

69
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-crine

A

secretion

70
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-elcosis

A

ulceration (of an organ or structure)

71
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-emesis

A

the vomiting (of a substance)

72
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-emetic

A

causing vomiting (of a substance)

73
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-emphraxis

A

obstruction; blockage

74
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-lepsy

A

seizure

75
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  • phyma

- phymata [pl.]

A

a swelling

76
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-pore

A

pore; passage

77
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-toxin

A

substance poisonous to (an organ or tissue);

poisonous substance present in (a plant or life form)

78
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anti- … -toxin

A

agent used to counteract a substance poisonous to (an organ or tissue); agent used to counteract a poisonous substance present in (a plant or life form)

79
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-uria

A

urination; presence of (a substance) in the urine; (abnormal) condition of the urine

80
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a- … -uria

A

absence of (a substance) in the urine

81
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note: additional notes at the front of the module have not been included yet

A

why are you reading this there’s nothing to memorize!

82
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hygr-

A

moisture

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