Pre, Roots, Suff for Disease Flashcards

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alg/o

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pain

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algi/o

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pain

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algesi/o

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pain

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carcin/o

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cancer, carcinoma

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5
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cyst/o

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filled sac or pouch, cyst, OR bladder

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lith

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calculus, stone

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onc/o

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tumor

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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/o

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fever, fire

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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

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poison

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14
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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, or 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

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pain

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-algesia

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pain

23
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-cele

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hernia, localized dilation

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-clasis

A

breaking

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-clasia

A

breaking

26
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-megaly

A

enlargement

27
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-odynia

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pain

28
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-oma

A

tumor

29
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-pathy

A

disease

30
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-rhage

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bursting forth

31
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-rhagia

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profuse flow/bursting forth

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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

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expansion, widening

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dilatation

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expansion, widening

36
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ectasia

A

dilation, dilatation, distension

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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

40
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malacia

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softening

41
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necrosis

A

death of tissue

42
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ptosis

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dropping, downward displacement, prolapse

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sclerosis

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hardening

44
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spasm

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sudden contraction, cramp

45
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stasis

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suppression, stoppage

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stenosis

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narrowing, constriction

47
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toxin

A

poison

48
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staphylo-

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grape-like cluster

49
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strepto-

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chain

50
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bacill/i

A

bacillus

51
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bacill/o

A

bacillus

52
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bacteri/o

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bacterium

53
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myc/o

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fungus, mold

54
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vir/o

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virus