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Module 2 - Disease And Treatment Flashcards

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algo/o , algi/o , algesi/o

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Pain

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Carcin/o

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Cancer, carcinoma

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Cyst/o

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Filled sac or pouch, cyst, bladder

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Lith

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Calculus, stone

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Onc/o

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Timor

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Path/o

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Disease

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Py/o

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Pus

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Pyr/, pyret/o

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Fever, fire

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Scler/o

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Hard

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Tox/o , toxic/o

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Poison

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Brady-

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Slow

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Dys-

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Abnormal, painful, difficult

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Mal-

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Bad, poor

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Pachy-

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Thick

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Tachy-

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Rapid

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Xero-

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Dry

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-algia, -algesia

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Pain

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-cele

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Hernia, localized dilation

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-clasis, -clasia

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Breaking

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-itis

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Inflammation

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-megaly

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Enlargement

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-odynia

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Pain

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-oma

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Tumor

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-pathy

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Any disease of

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-rhage, -rhagia

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Bursting forth, profuse flow, hemorrhage

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-rhea

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Flow, discharge

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-rhexis

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Rupture

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-schisis

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Fissure, splitting

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Dilation, dilatation

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Expansion, widening

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Ectasia, ectasis

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Dilation, dilatation, distension

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Edema

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Accumulation of fluid, swelling

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Lysis

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Separation, loosening, dissolving, destruction

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Malacia

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Softening

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Necrosis

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Death of tissue

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Ptosis

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Dropping, downward, displacement, prolapse

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Sclerosis

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Hardening

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Spasm

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Sudden contraction, cramp

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Stasis

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Suppression, stoppage

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Stenosis

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Narrowing, construction

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Toxin

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Poison

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Staphyl/o

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Grape like cluster

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Strept/o

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Twisted chain

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Bacill/i, bacill/o

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Bacillus

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Bacteri/o

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Bacterium

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Myc/o

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Fungus, mold

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Vir/o

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Virus

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aer/o

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Air, gas

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bar/o

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Pressure

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chrom/o , chromat/o

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Colour, stain

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chron/o

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Time

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Cry/o

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Cold

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Electr/o

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Electricity

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Erg/o

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Work

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Phon/o

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Sound, voice

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Phot/o

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Light

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Radi/o

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Radiation, X-ray

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son/o

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Sound

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Therm/o

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Heat, temperature

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-graph

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Instrument for recording data

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-graphy

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Act of recording data

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-gram

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A record of data

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-meter

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Instrument for measuring

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-metry

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Measurement of

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-scope

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Instrument for viewing or examining

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-scopy

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Examination of

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-centesis

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Puncture, tap

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-desis

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Binding, fusion

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-ectomy

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Excision, surgical removal

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-pexy

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Surgical fixation

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-plasty

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Plastic repair, plastic surgery, reconstruction

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-rhaphy

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Surgical repair, suture

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-stomy

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Surgical creation of an opening

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-tome

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Instrument for incising (cutting)

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-tomy

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Incision, cutting

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-tripsy

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Crushing

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-lytic

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Dissolving, reducing, loosening

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-mimetic

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Mimicking, simulating

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-tropic

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Acting on

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Anti-

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Against

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Contra-

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Against, opposite, opposed

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Counter-

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Against, opposed

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alg/o, algi/o, algesi/on

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Pain

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Chem/o

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Chemical

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Hypn/o

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Sleep

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Narc/o

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Stupor

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Pharm, pharmac/o

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Drug, medicine

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Pyr/o, pyret/o

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Fever

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Tox/o, toxic/o

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Poison, toxin

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Vas/o

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Vessel

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