Test 2 Flashcards

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Brady

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Slow (Ex: Bradycardia = slow pulse, heartbeat)

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Contra

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Against (Ex: Contraceptive = prevents pregnancy)

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Dis

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Apart, Free Form (Ex: Disinfected = free form microorganisms)

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Dys

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Bad, Painful (Ex: Dysuria = painful urination)

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Endo

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Inner (Ex: Endoscope = instrument for examining the inside of an organ)

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Erythro

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Red (Ex: Erythrocyte = red blood cell)

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Hemi

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Half (Ex: Hemisphere = one of the two parts of the brain)

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Hyper

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Too Much, High (Ex: Hypertension = high blood pressure)

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Hypo

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Below, Under (Ex: Hypotension = low blood pressure)

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Inter

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Between, Within (Ex: Interdisciplinary = between disciplines)

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Leuk

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White (Ex: Leukocyte = White Blood Cell

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Mal

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Bad, Illness, Disorder (Ex: Malformed = badly made)

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Patho

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Disease, Suffering (Ex: Pathology = study of a disease)

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Per

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By, Through (Ex: Perforate = to make a hole through)

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Peri

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Around (Ex: Pericardium = Membrane enclosing the heart)

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Poly

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Many, Much (Ex: Polyuria = much urine)

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Post

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After, Behind (Ex: Postmortem = period after death)

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Pre

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Before, In Front Of (Ex: Prenatal = period before birth)

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Sub

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Under, Beneath (Ex: Subcutaneous = beneath the skin)

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Supra

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Above, Over (Ex: Suprapelvic = located above the pelvis)

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Tachy

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Swift, Fast, Rapid (Ex: Tachycardia = rapid heartbeat)

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Aden(o)

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Gland (Ex: Adenitis = inflammation of a gland)

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Angi(o)

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Vessel (Ex: Angioplasty = surgical repair of a vessel using a balloon)

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Arteri(o)

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Artery (Ex: Arteriosclerosis = hardening of artery walls)

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Arthr(o)

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Joint (Ex: Arthrotomy = cut into a joint)