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Terminology Flashcards

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Adip-/adipo-

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fat

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-al

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pertaining to

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alge-/algesi-/algio-/algo-

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pain

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allo-

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other, different

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ambi-

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around, on (both) sides, on all sides, both

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an-

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not, without, -less

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ana-

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up, toward, apart

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andro-

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male

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ankylo-

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crooked

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-arche

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beginning

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arthr-/arthro-

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joint, articulation

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-ary

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pertaining to

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athero

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pasty,fatty

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aur-/auri-/ auro-

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ear

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blasto-

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budding by cell or tissue

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carpo-

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wrist

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encephal-/encephalo-

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brain

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-dynia

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pain

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duodeno-

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duodenum

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di-/dif-/dis-/dir-

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separation, taking apart, reversal, not un-

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dextr-/dextro-

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right, toward or on the right side

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-desis

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binding

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cyt-/cyte-/cysto

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bladder, cyst, cystic duct

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cry-/cryo-

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cold

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-crine

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secretion

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-cis-

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on this side, on the near side

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-cidal/-cide

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killing, destroying

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chol-

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bile

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celio-

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abdomen

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caud-/caudo-

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tail, the lower part of the body

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cata-

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down

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esthesio-

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sensation, perception

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gluco-

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glucose

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-gram

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a recording

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granul-

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granular, granule

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granulo-

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granular, granule

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-graph

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recording instrcument

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hist-/histo-/histio-

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tissue

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-la

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a condition

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-iasis

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condition, state

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-ic

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pertaining to

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-ics

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organized knowledge, practice, treatment

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ileo-

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ileum

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inguino-

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groin

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intro-

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within

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ischi-/ischio-

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ischium

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laparo-

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abdomen, abdominal wall

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larying-/laryngo-

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larynx

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pre-

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anterior, before

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lateri-/latero

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lateral, to one side, side

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pro-

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before, forward, precursor

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-lepsis/ -lepsy

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seizure

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pyel-/ pyelo-

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renal, pelvis

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lip-/lipo-

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fat, lipid

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pyreto-

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fever

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melan-/ melano-

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black

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pyro-

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fire, heat, fever

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men-/ meno-

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menstruation

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-rrhaphy

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surgical suturing

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-meter

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measurement, measuring device

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-rrhea

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flow

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neur-/neuri-/ neuro-

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nerve, nervous system

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-rrhexis

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rupture

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-oid

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resemblance to

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salping-/ salpingo

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tube

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oophor- /oophoro- / ovary-/ ovario-

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ovary

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or-/ori-/oro-

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mouth

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schisto-

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split, cleft

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scolio-

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crooked

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-osis

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process, condition, state

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somat-/ somato-/ somatico-

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body, bodily

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ossi-/ ost-/ oste-/ osteo-/

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bone

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-stat

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arresting change or movement

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-pexy

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fixation, usually surgical

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steno-

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narrowness, constriction

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-plasia

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formation

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trache-/ tracheo-

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trachea

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-poeisis

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production

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