Scientific Terminology #6 Flashcards

1
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-graft

A

transplantation

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2
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-poiesis

A

formation, production

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3
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-rrhaphy

A

suturing, stitching

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4
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-rrhagia

A

hemorrhage (bursting forth of blood)

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5
Q

-clysis

A

washing or irrigation

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6
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dia-

A

through, across

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7
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retro-

A

backward, behind

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8
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iso-

A

same, equal

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9
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macro-

A

large

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10
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micro-

A

small

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11
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mono-

A

one

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12
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poly-

A

many

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13
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ren/o

A

kidney

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14
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nephr/o

A

kidney

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15
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cyst/o

A

bladder

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16
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ur/o

A

urine; urinary tract

17
Q

kal/i

A

potassium (electrolyte)

18
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lith/o

A

stone

19
Q

agglutin/o

A

clumping

20
Q

hem/o

A

blood

21
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hemat/o

A

blood

22
Q

kary/o

A

nucleus

23
Q

nucle/o

A

nucleus

24
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morph/o

A

form, shape, structure

25
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sider/o

A

iron

26
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splen/o

A

spleen

27
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xen/o

A

foreign, strange

28
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scler/o

A

hardening

29
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arteri/o

A

artery

30
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angi/o

A

vessel (blood)

31
Q

xenograft

A

a foreign transplatation

32
Q

hemopoiesis

A

the formation of blood cells

33
Q

arteriosclerosis

A

condition where the arteries harden

34
Q

nephrolith

A

kidney stone

35
Q

hypokalemia

A

low potassium in the blood

36
Q

mononucleosis

A

disease of monocytes which have one nucleus