Terms Flashcards by Jennifer Bonnett

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root

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foundation of term

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suffix

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word ending

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prefix

A

word beginning

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combining vowel

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vowel (usually o) that links the root to the suffix or the root to another root and aids pronunciation

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combining form

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of the root combination and the combining vowel

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cyt/o

A

cell

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derm/o or dermat/o

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skin

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electr/o

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electricity

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encephal/o

A

brain

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enter/o

A

intestines

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erythr/o

A

red

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gastr/o

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stomach

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gnos/o

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knowledge

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glyc/o

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sugar

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gynec/o

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woman/female

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hemat/o or hem/o

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blood

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iatr/o

A

treatment

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leuk/o

A

white

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log/o

A

study of

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nephr/o

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kidney

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neur/o

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nerve

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hepat/o

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liver

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iatr/

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treatment, physician

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onc/o

A

tumor

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ophthalm/o

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eye

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oste/o

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bone

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path/o

A

disease

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ped/o

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child

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psych/o

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mind

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radi/o

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x-rays

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ren/o

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kidney

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rhin/o

A

nose

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sarc/o

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flesh

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sect/o

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to cut

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thromb/o

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clot, clotting

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ur/o

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urinary tract, urine

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-emia

A

blood condition

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-genic

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produced by or in

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-globin

A

protein

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-gram

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record

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-ic, ical

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pertaining to

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-ion

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process

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-ist

A

specialist

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-itis

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inflammation

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-logy

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process of study

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-oma

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tumor, mass, swelling

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-opsy

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process of viewing

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-osis

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condition, usually abnormal

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-pathy

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disease condtion

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-scope

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instrument to visually examine

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-scopy

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process of visually examining (with an endoscope)

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-sis

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state of, condition

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-tomy

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process of cutting

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-y

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process, condition

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aut-, auto

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self, own

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dia-

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through, complete

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end-, endo-

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within

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epi-

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above, upon

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ex-

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out

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exo-

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outside of, outward

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hyper-

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excessive, above, more

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hypo-

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deficient, below, under, less

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in-

A

into, in

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peri-

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surrounding, around

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pro-

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before, forward

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per-

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through

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peri-

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surrounding

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poly-

A

many, much

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post-

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after, behind

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pre-

A

before, in front of

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pro-

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before, forward

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Adductor

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means a muscle that draws a limb TOWARD the body

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Dyspnea

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painful breathing

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tachy-

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fast

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trans-

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across, through

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ultra-

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beyond, excess

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uni-

A

one