Skills medical terminology lesson 8 Flashcards
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angio/o
A
vessel
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aort/o
A
aorta
3
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arteri/o
A
artery
4
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atri/o
A
atrium
5
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cardi/o
A
heart
6
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electr/o
A
electric
7
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lymph/o
A
lymph
8
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phleb/o
A
vein
9
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thromb/o
A
blood clot
10
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ventricul/o
A
ventricle
11
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cerebr/o
A
cerebrum
12
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hem/o
A
blood
13
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my/o
A
muscle
14
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necr/o
A
death, necrosis
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scler/o
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hardening; sclera
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anti/o
A
against
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by/o
A
two
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brady/o
A
slow
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endo
A
in, within
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epi-
A
above, upon
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micro-
A
small
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peri-
A
around
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tachy/o
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fast, rapid
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tri/o
A
three
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-ectomy
excision; removal
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-lysis
separate; destruction; loosening
27
-plasty
ssurgical repair
28
-rrhaphy
suture
29
-cardia
heart condition
30
-cyt
cell
31
-ectasis
dilation, expansion
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-genesis
forming; producing; origin
33
-gram
record; writing
34
-graphy
process of recording
35
-lith
stone; calculus
36
-malacia
softening
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-megaly
enlargement
38
-oid
resembling
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-ole
small; minute
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-ule
small; minute
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-oma
tumor
42
-osis
abnormal condition; increase (used primarily with blood cells)
43
-pathy
disease
44
-phagia
swallowing, eating
45
-phobia
fear
46
-pnea
breathing
47
-rrhexis
rupture
48
-spasm
involuntary contraction, twitchng
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-stenosis
narrowing; stricture
50
-um
structure; thing
51
-stenosis
narrowing; stricture
52
-therapy
treatment