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USMLE® Step 1 flashcards
1
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cyst/o, cyst/i

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pertaining to the urinary bladder

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lith/o

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stone, calculi

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nephr/o, ren/o

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pertaining to the kidney

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olig/o

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scanty

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meat/o

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opening, meatus

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-uria

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urine

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uri/c, uric/o

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uric acid

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urin-, ur/o

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urine, urinary system

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vesic/o

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pertaining to the bladder

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amin/o

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pertaining to the membranous fetal sac

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balano

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of the glans penis or glans clitoris

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cerv/o

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cervix

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colp/o, vagin/o

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pertaining to the vagina

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crypt/o

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hidden

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episi/o

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pertaining to the pubic region

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galact/o, lact/i, lact/o

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milk

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gon/o

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seed, semen, reproductive

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hyster/o, metr/o, metri/o, uter/o

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pertaining to the womb, the uterus

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inguin/o

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groin

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mamm/o, mast/o

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pertaining to the breast

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men/o

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menstruation

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oo-

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pertaining to an egg, a woman’s egg, the ovum

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oophor/o, ovari/o

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pertaining to the woman’s ovary

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orch/o, orchi/o, orchid

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testis

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ovo, ovi, ov-

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pertaining to the eggs, the ovum

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phallo-

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phallus

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salping/o, -salpinx

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pertaining to the fallopian tubes

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-spadias

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slit, opening

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sperma, spermato

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semen, spermatozoa

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uter/o

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pertaining to the uterus or womb

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vagin

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pertaining to the vagina

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vas/o

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vas deferens

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vesicul/o

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seminal vesicle

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prostat/o

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prostate

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Pyel/o

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renal pelvis

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End- stage Renal disease

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any kidney disease when there is little to no remaining kidney function and when dialysis or transplant is needed for survival

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fistula

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abnormal passage from a hollow organ to another organ

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urgency

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sensation of the need to void immediately

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Wilms Tumor

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rapidly developing malignant neoplasm of the kidney that usually occurs in children

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diuretic

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type of Rx that promotes and increases excretion of urine

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Perine/o

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perineal

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gynec/o

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woman, female

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nat/o

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birth

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-arche

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beginning

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-gravida

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pregnant woman

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-version

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turning

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Primi-

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first

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orifice

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entrance or outlet of any anatomical structure

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breast cancer

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uncontrolled growth of cells of any breast tissue

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Pap test

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cytological study used to detect abnormal cells from the cervix & vagina

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sterility

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inability of the female to become pregnant or inability of the make to impregnate the female

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placental previa

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obstetric complication in which the placenta is attached close to or covers the cervical canal

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ectopic pregnancy

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pregnancy in which the fertilized ovum implants somewhere other than the uterus

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breech presentation

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common abnormality of delivery in which the fetal buttocks or feet are present first , rather than the head

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-para

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to bear offspring

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Andr/o

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male

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Genit/o

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genitalia

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gonad/o

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gonads, sex glands

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varic/o

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dilated vein

60
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-cide

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killing

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STD

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Sexually transmitted diseases - any contagious disease acquired thru sexual activity

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erectile dysfunction

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repeated inability to initiate or maintain an erection

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Priapism

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prolonged and painful erection of the penis which occurs without stimulation

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testicular torsion

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spontaneous twisting of a testicle within the scrotum, leading to decrease in blood flow to the testis

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DRE digital rectal examination

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screening test that uses a physician’s finger to evaluate for abnormalities of the rectum and prostate

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circumcision

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removal of the foreskin, which covers the glans penis; usually performed on infants for religious or social reasons

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