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Prefix Word Practice Flashcards

1
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Apnea

A

No breath

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Antepartum

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Before birth

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Antiseptic

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Substances used to fight against infection

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Brachydactyly

A

Condition where fingers and toes are abnormally short

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Bradycardia

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Slow heart rate

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Connective tissue

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Tissue that binds tissues to other parts of body together

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Contraindication

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Goes against the recommended usage

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Dysfunctional

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Abnormal behaviour

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Ectopic pregnancy

A

Pregnancy outside of uterus

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Endotracheal tube

A

Tube within trachea

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Epithelium

A

Tissue covering the body

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12
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Exophthalmus

A

Protrusion if eyeball

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Forebrain

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Front of brain

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14
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Gerontology

A

Study of all aspects of aging

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Glycopenia

A

Deficiency of sugar in blood or tissue

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Hematoma

A

Mass or collection of blood in organ, space or tissue

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Heterogenous

A

Having dissimilar elements or parts

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Homoblastic

A

Developing from a single type of tissue

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Hyperacidity

A

Excessive amounts of acid in the stomach

20
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Hypodermic

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Pertaining to an area below the skin

21
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Infraorbital

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Pertaining to the area beneath the floor of the bony cavity where the eyeball is located

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Intercostal

A

Space between ribs

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Intravenous

A

Inside of vein

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Leukemia

A

Increased number of wbc in blood or tissue

25
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Macrocephaly

A

Abnormal largeness of head

26
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Malabsorption

A

Abnormal absorption of nutrients from gi tract

27
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Metamorphisis

A

Change in development

28
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Microblast

A

A very small immature RBC

29
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Neoplasm

A

Abnormal growth of new tissue

30
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Nonunion

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Pertaining to fractured bone that is not healing properly

31
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Parathyroid glands

A

Glands beside thyroid

32
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Pseudocyesis

A

Women believes she is pregnant when she is not

33
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Retroflexion

A

Abnormal position of organ in which it is tipped backwards acutely

34
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Suprapatellar

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Pertaining to the location above the patella

35
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Synarthrosis

A

Joints that are joined together

36
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Tachycardia

A

Fast heart rate

37
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Transhepatic

A

Through the liver

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