Page 4 Flashcards by Carla Dos Santos | Brainscape

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karyo

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nucleus

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kineso, kinesio, -kinesis

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movement

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kypho

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humped back

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-labile

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unstable; perishable

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labio-

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lip

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lacrimo

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tear duct

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lacto-

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milk

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lacuna

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an unfilled space, cavity, interval, gap, or depression

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-lalia, lalo

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speech; babble

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lamino

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lamina; layer

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-lapse

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to fall; sag

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latero

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side

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-lemma

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sheath; covering

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-lepsy, -leptic

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seizure; to seize as in to take hold of

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letho-

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death

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leuko-

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white

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levo-

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left

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lexo-, -lexia

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work; phrase

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linguo

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tongue

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lipo

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fat

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-lipsis

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omit; fail

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litho

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stone; calculus

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-lithotomy

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removal of a stone

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lobo

A

lobe

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-logist

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a specialist

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-logo

A

study

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lordo

A

curve; sway back

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-lucent

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to shine

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lumbo-

A

lower back

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-lysis, -lystic

A

break down; destroy; reduce

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macro

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large

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mal

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bad

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-mania

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obsession; obsessive preoccupation

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medio

A

middle

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medico

A

to heal; healing

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mega

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large

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-megaly

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enlargement

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melano

A

black

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meningo

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meninx, meninges (membranes covering the brain and spinal cord)

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mento

A

mind; chin

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mes, mesio, meso, mesial

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of, in, near, or toward the midline

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meta

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beyond; change

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-meter

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measure

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methodo

A

procedure; technique

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-metry

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process of measuring

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micro

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small

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-mimesis, -mimetic

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imitation; simulation; copy

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-mission

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to send

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-mnesia

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memory

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mono

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single

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morpho

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shape; form

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morto, -mortem

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death

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-motor

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movement

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multi

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many