Skills Medical Terminology Lesson 10 Flashcards
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ana-
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against; up; back
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dipl-
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double
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exo-
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outside; outward
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hyper-
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excessive; above normal
5
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-ectomy
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excision; removal
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-plasty
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surgical repair
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-tomy
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incision
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-acusis
A
hearing
9
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-algia
A
pain
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-edema
A
swelling
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-itis
A
inflammation
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-malacia
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softening
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-opia
A
vision
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-oma
A
tumor
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-osis
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abnormal condition; increase
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-pathy
A
disease
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-ptosis
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prolapsed; downward displacement
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-rrhexis
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rupture
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-salpinx
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tube
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-stenosis
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narrowing; stricture
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-dynia
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pain
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acous/o
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hearing
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aden/o
A
gland
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blephar/o
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eyelid
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choroid/o
choroid
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corne/o
cornea
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dacry/o
tear; lacrimal apparatus
28
dipl/o
double
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irid/o
iris
30
ketat/o
horny tissue; hard; cornea
31
myring/o
tympanic membrane
32
ocul/o
eye
33
ot/o
ear
34
retin/o
retina
35
rhin/o
nose
36
salping/o
tube (usually eustachian or fallopian tube)
37
scler/o
hardening
38
erythr/o
red
39
my/o
muscle
40
xanth/o
yellow
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lacrim/o
tear; lacrimal apparatus
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tympan/o
tympanic membrane
43
opthalm/o
eye
44
en-
in; within
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hemi-
one half
46
hypo-
under, below, deficient, decreased
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inter-
between
48
peri-
around
49
quadri-
four
50
-centesis
surgical procedure
51
-ectomy
excision; removal
52
-plasty
surgical repair
53
-rrhaphy
suture
54
-tomy
incision
55
-algia
pain
56
-cele
hernia, swelling
57
-cyte
cell
58
-emia
blood condition
59
-genesis
forming; producing; origin
60
-gram
recording of; writing
61
-graphy
process of recording
62
-ist
specialist
63
-itis
inflammation
64
-malacia
softening
65
-meter
instrument for measuring
66
-oma
tumor
67
-osis
abnormal condition; increase
68
-pathy
disease
69
-plegia
aralysis
70
-rrhexis
rupture
71
arthr/o
joint
72
calc/o
calcium
73
calcane/o
calcaneum (heel bone)
74
carp/o
carpus (wrist bone)
75
cephal/o
head
76
cervic/o
neck; cervix uteri (neck of the uterus)
77
chondr/o
cartilage
78
cost/o
ribs
79
crani/o
cranium (skull)
80
encephala/o
brain
81
femor/o
femur
82
fibul/o
fibula
83
humer/o
humerus
84
lumb/o
loin (lower back)
85
metacarp/o
metacarpus
86
myel/o
bone marrow; spinal cord
87
my/o
muscle
88
oste/o
bone
89
patell/o
patella
90
sacr/o
sacrum
91
spin/o
spine
92
spondyl/o
vertebrae
93
stern/o
sternum
94
tend/o
tendon
95
tibi/o
tibia
96
vertebr/o
vertebrae
97
cyt/o
cell
98
cyst/o
bladder
99
dist/o
far, farthest
100
enter/o
intestine
101
hepat/o
liver
102
proxim/o
near
103
radi/o
radiation, x-ray
104
radi/o
radius (lower arm bone)
105
roentgen/o
x-rays
106
scler/o
hardening
