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Roots I usually forget Flashcards

Remember roots, suffixes, and prefixes that I tend to forget. Information from Steiner and Capps' Quick Medical Terminology 5th ed.

1
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extremity

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acr/o-

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2
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excision

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-ectomy

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3
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new opening

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-ostomy

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4
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instrument that cuts

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-tome

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5
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condition of

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-osis

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6
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record

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gram/o

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7
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soft, soften

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malac/o-

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8
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herniation

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-cele

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9
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cartilage

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chondr/o-

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10
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rib

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cost/o-

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11
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tumor

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-oma

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12
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structure and form

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morph/o-

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13
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development

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troph/o-

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14
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tisue

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hist/o-

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15
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cranium

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crani-o-

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16
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pus

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py/o-

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17
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ear

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ot/o-

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18
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stone, calculus

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lith/o-

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19
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gallbladder, bile

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chol/e-

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20
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produce, originate

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-genesis, gen/o

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21
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harden

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scler/o

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22
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destruction, dissolution

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lys/o

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23
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ovary

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oophor/o-

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24
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renal pelvis

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pyel/o-

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25
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suture

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-oorhaphy

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26
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vagina

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colp/o-

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27
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testes

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orchid/o-

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28
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uterus

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hister/o-

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29
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ovary

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oophor/o-

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30
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small intestine

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enter/o-

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31
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wash, irrigate

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clys/o-, -clysis

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32
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dilation

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-ectasia

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33
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surgery to form a permanent opening

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-ostomy

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34
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surgical removal of

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-ectomy

35
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surgical fixation of part in its normal place

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-pexy

36
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rupture

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-orrhexis

37
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blood clot

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thrombosis

38
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crush, break

A

-tripsy

39
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vessel occluded, blocked by an embolus

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embolism

40
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blood clot in bloodstream

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thrombus

41
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vein

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phlebo

42
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formation, development in the sense of shaping, molding

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plas/o-

43
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rupture, bursting apart

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-orrhexis

44
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surgical crushing

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-tripsy

45
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pertaining to sudden, periodic attack

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paroxysmal

46
Q

fever

A

pyrexia

47
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pertaining to phase of disease before symptoms

A

prodroal

48
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pertaining to prevention of disease

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prophylactic

49
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pertaining to phase of disease before symptoms

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prodromal

50
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breathing reaches a climax, then ceases before starting again

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Cheyne-stokes respiration

51
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symptoms occurring before the onset of the disease

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prodrome

52
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outside the normal place

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ectopic

53
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raised red spot, pimple

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papule, papula

54
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nipple-shaped tumor on skin

A

papilloma

55
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overgrowth, wart

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excrescence

56
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small, nipple-like protuberance

A

papilla

57
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perianal wartlike growth

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condyloma

58
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tumor with a little foot/stem

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polyp

59
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area of the belly over the stomach

A

epigastric

60
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on or near the belly

A

ventral

61
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above the pubic arch

A

suprapubic

62
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below, beneath, under

A

infra-, sub-, hypo-

63
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over, surrounding

A

epi-

64
Q

low amniotic fluid

A

oligohydraminos

65
Q

process of uterus returning to nonpregnant state

A

involution

66
Q

change of life period

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climacteric

67
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enlarged breast in a male

A

gynecomastia

68
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female external genitals

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pudenda

69
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pelvic floor, region from vaginal lip to anus in female

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perineum

70
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incision of vagina and pelvic outlet

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episiotomy

71
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rupture of uterus

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hyesterorrhexis

72
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women who has given birth to a living child

A

para

73
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period after childbirth, involution takes place

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puerperium

74
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labor and delivery of term pregnancy

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parturition

75
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uterine atrophy

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metratrophy

76
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pupil, circular opening in the center of the eye

A

core-, core/o

77
Q

suffix meaning vision

A

-opia

78
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ciliary body, controls the shape of the iris

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cycl/o-

79
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eyelid

A

blephar/o-

80
Q

chin

A

ment/o-

81
Q

hiccup, hiccough

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singultus

82
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hemoptysis

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spitting blood from the lungs

83
Q

nosebleed

A

epistaxis

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