Module 3 - Medical Terminology Flashcards by Tatum Erickson | Brainscape

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Dia-

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Thorough; complete

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Dys-

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Difficult; laboured; painful; abnormal

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Hemi-

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Half

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Infra-

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Under; below

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Micro-

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Small

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Para-

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By the side of; beside; alongside

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Post-

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After; rear; behind

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Pre-

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Before; in front of

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Sub-

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Under; below

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Super- ; supra-

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Over; above

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-gram

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Record; x-ray film

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-graph

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Instrument used to record

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-lepsy

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Seizure

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-mania

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Madness; insane desire

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-oid

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Shaped; resembling

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-opia

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Vision (condition)

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-paresis

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Slight paralysis

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-plegia

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Paralysis

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-phobia

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Abnormal fear of or aversion to specific objects or things

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-phoria

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Feeling

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Acou/o

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Hearing

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Adren/o

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Kidney; adrenal gland

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Algesi/o

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Pain

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Arachn/o

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Spider

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Aur/o; ot/o

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Ear

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Aut/o

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Self

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Cerebell/o

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Cerebellum (little brain)

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Cerebr/o

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Cerebrum; brain

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Cortex

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Outer region

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Crani/o

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Cranium (skull)

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Dur/o

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Hard; tough; dura mater

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Ech/o ; son/o

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Sound

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Electr/o

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Electricity; electrical activity

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Encephal/o

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Brain

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Esthesi/o

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Sensation; sensitivity; feeling

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Gangli/o

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Ganglion (knot)

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Gnos/o

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Knowledge

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Lacrim/o

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Tear duct; tear

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Mater

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Mother

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Medulla

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Marrow; middle

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Mening/o

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Meninges (membrane)

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Ment/o ; phren/o ; psych/o

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Mind

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Neur/o

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Nerve

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Ogli/o

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Little

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Ocul/o

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Eye

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Opt/o

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Vision

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Phot/o

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Light

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Pia

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Tender; soft

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Pons

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Bridge

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Radic/o ; radicul/o

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Nerve root

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Ren/o

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Kidney

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Retin/o

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Retina

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Somn/o

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Sleep

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Sulci

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Groove; furrow

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Therm/o

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Heat

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Prefix: difficult; laboured; painful; abnormal

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Dys-

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Prefix: half

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Hemi-

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Prefix: by the side of; beside; alongside

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Para-

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Prefix: after; rear; behind

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Post-

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Prefix: before; in front of

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Pre-

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Prefix: under; below

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Sub- Or Infra-

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Prefix: over; above

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Super- ; supra-

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Suffix: record; x-ray film

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-gram

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Suffix: instrument used to record

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-graph

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Suffix: seizure

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-lepsy

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Suffix: madness; insane desire

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-mania

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Suffix: shaped; resembling

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-oid

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Suffix: vision (condition)

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-opia

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Root: pain

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Algesi/o