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Prefixes Flashcards

1
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Baro

A

Pressure

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Pluri

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Several

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Mega

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Large

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4
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Semi

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Half

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Isch

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Keep back

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A

A

Not or not normal

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7
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Arrhythmia

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Not normal rhythm

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8
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Brady

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Slow

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Tachy

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Fast

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ECG

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Electrocardiogram - looking for electoral activity

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ECHO

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ECG with sound waves

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12
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TEE

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Transesophageal echocardiogram

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13
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AML

A

Acute Myloid Leukemia

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CML

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Chronic myloid leukemia

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15
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MI

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Myocardial infarction

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16
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IVC

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Inferior vena cava

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17
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SVC

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Superior vena cava

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18
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IV

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Inferior vena, intravenous, interventricular

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19
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ALL

A

Actress lymphoblastic leukemia

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20
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CLL

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Chronic Lymphoblastic Leukemia

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21
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Apheresis

A

Separation of blood
Components

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22
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Gurgita

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Flood

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23
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Phylaxis

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Safeguard/protection

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24
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Poikilo

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Take on many shapes

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25
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Titer

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Amount of antibody needed

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26
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Vegeta

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Growth

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27
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Tamponade

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Plug up

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28
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Sphygmo

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Pulse

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29
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Palpita

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Trembling or quivering

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30
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Petechia

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Small, red spots on skin

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31
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Phoresis

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Movement of particles

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32
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Atrium

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Large vessel leading from the heart

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33
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Ventricle

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“Little belly”

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34
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Mitr

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Type of hat with a crease in the center

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35
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Coagul

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Clot

36
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Aden

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Gland

37
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Ather

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Plaque

38
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Angi

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Vessel

39
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Biconcave disc

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Bent inward twice

40
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Cuspid

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Pointed end

41
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Diastolic

A

Heart is relaxed

42
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Stenoic

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Full or partial blockage

43
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Systolic

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Heart is contracted

44
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Intercalated discs

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Discs that hold the heart muscles together

45
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Ization

A

Placing something into a vessel

46
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Ectomy

A

Cutting out of

47
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Ectasia

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Dilation

48
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Ptosis

A

Drooping

49
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Centesis

A

Puncture

50
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Ose

A

Having that quality

51
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Pan

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All

52
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Inter

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Between, among

53
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Endo

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Inside

54
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Poly

A

Many

55
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Hypo

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Too little

56
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Eu

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Good

57
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Tachy

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Fast

58
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Alveol

A

Small hollow space

59
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Ausculta

A

Listening carefully

60
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Bronch

A

Tubes joining trachea to the bronchioles

61
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Choncha

A

Shell

62
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Carina

A

Place where the trachea divides into two primary bronchi

63
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Chylo

A

Lymph fluid

64
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Coni

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Dust

65
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Cost

A

Rib

66
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Adenoid

A

Collection of immune tissue at top of oral cavity

67
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Glott

A

Vocal chords

68
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Nebul

A

Clouds

69
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Nares

A

Nostril

70
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Phren

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Diaphragm

71
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Phon

A

Sound

72
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Pnea

A

Respiration

73
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Py

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Pus

74
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Stern

A

Breast bone

75
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Tuss

A

Cough

76
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Ptysis

A

Spitting

77
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Spir

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Breath

78
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Trach

A

Tune between pharynx and lungs

79
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DPT

A

Vaccine

80
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Ate

A

Shaped like

81
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Cele

A

Hernia

82
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Centesis

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Punture

83
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Emia

A

Present in blood

84
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Malacia

A

Softening due to disease

85
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Plegia

A

Inability to move

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