prefixes #1 Flashcards by Megan Poynter | Brainscape

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itis

A

inflammation

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(o)logy

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study of, science of

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ac/al

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resembling, pertaining to

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graph

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an instrument for recording

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gram

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something recorded

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megaly

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enlargement

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spasm

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contraction

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(o)logist

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specialist

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brady

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slow

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pathy

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disease

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peri

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around

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tachy

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fast

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rraphy

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surgical repair

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endo

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within

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tomy

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incision, cutting into

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cardi(o) or cardi(a)

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heart

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dynamics

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force

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rrhagia

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excessive flow, bleeding

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sclerosis

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hardening

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plasty

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plastic surgery

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rrhexis

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rupture

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ectasis

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dilation, expansion

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strepsis

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twisting

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phleb(o)

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vein or veins

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art or arteri(o)

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arteries

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cyte

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cell

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poiesis

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form, formation

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osis

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condition, process, increase, disease

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gen, genesis

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producing

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ic

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pertaining to

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clasis

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break, fracture

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ectomy

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excision, removal

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oid

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like, resembling

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penia

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decrease

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thromb(o)

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blood clot, or thrombus

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sphygm(o)

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pulse or blood pressure

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palpation

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feeling

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mano

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thin, scanty

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meter

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measure

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scopy

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examine

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vas(o)

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vessel or duct

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motor

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producing movement

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sect

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cut

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Cheir(o) or chir(o)

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Hands

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Arthr(o)

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Joints

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Pod

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Foot

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Algia

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Pain

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Brachi(o)

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Arm

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Pract

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To do, to practice

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Fibr(o)

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Fibrous

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Oma

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Tumor

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Poros

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Pore, opening

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Osis

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Condition

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Genesis

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Producing

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Hyper

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Above, over abundant

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Trophy

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Nourishment

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(O)lysis

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Dissolve, break down

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Ectopia

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Out of place

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Pexy

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Fix, fasten

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Dys

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Abnormal, painful

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Plasia

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Formation

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Centesis

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Surgical puncture

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Lith

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Stone

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Desis

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Binding, fixation

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Synov(i)

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Synovial membrane

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Phyma

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Tumor, swelling

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Py(o)

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Pus, suppuration

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Listhesis

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To slip

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Therapy

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Treatment

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Ex

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Out

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Phytos

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Growth

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Lip(o)

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Fat

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Cost

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Rib

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A

A

Without, lack of

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Sthenia

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Strength

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Kinesis

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Movement

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Tasis

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Stretching

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Blast

A

Immature cell