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Unit 1-2 Roots Flashcards

1
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aden/o

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gland

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ang/i/o

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vessel

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arthr/o

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joint

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card/i/o

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heart

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chol/e

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bile

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cyt/o

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cell

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derm/at/o

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skin

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gastr/o

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stomach

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glyc/o

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sweet, sugar

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hem/at/o

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blood

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lith/o

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stone

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mast/o

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breat; nipple

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my/o/s

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muscle

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nephr/o

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kidney

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neur/o

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nervous system

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orch/i/o

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testicles

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os/t/e/o

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bone

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ot/o

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ear

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scler/o

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hard

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splen/o

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spleen

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ten/d/o

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tendon

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thyroid/o

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thyroid gland

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ur/o

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urine

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vas/o

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vessel, tube, duct

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abdomin

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belly

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acerb/o/a

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harsh, bitter

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acute

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sharp

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aise/ease

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state of rest or wellbeing

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alert

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viligant/aware of surrounding

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anter/i

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front

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antrum

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cave

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assur

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secure

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33
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ausculta

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listen attentively to…

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benign

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well-mannered

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caud

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tail

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36
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charge

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obligation

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chondr

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cartilage (ribs)

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chronic

A

pertaining to time

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coron

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crown

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cran/i

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head; skull

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crino

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secretion

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42
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different

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set apart

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43
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dila

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increase in size

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44
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dist

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farther away

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dors/um

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back

46
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drome

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route, road

47
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endo

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inside

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etio

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cause

49
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febr

A

fever

50
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front

A

front

51
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genera

A

ancestry

52
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genet

A

birth

53
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gnos

A

knowing

54
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graph

A

device used for a test or procedure

55
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hereditar

A

transmitted in a family line

56
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homeo

A

same

57
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horizon/t

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parallel to the ground

58
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il/eum
(that one word we dont know and sounds like a piratey eel word)

A

flank

59
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fer
(skin is ___ the fur)

A

undernearth

60
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inguin

A

groin

61
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later

A

to the sidele

62
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sion

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damage, injury

63
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lethargic

A

drowsy

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lipid

A

fat

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local

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place

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lumb/us

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lower back

67
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marked

A

making an impression

68
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med/i

A

towards the middle

69
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morbid
(puking is morbid)

A

sick

70
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mortal

A

dead

71
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observa

A

what is seen

72
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occult

A

what is unseen

73
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orient

A

towards the east

74
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ox

A

shortening of oxygen

75
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palliat
(sounds like an indian viel thing)

A

covering

76
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palm

A

front surface of the hand

77
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palpa

A

feeling with the fingers

78
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path/o

A

disease

79
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pend

A

hanging

80
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percuss

A

tapping

81
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phylax

A

protection

82
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physi/o

A

function (“nature”)

83
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plant

A

bottom surface of the foot

84
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port

A

carry

85
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posi
(a posi follows you to each and every ___ yoi go)

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place

86
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poster/i

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behind

87
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press

A

pressure; dent

88
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produc

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giving rise to

89
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progress

A

moving forward

90
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prone
(prone to smoosh your nose)

A

face down, bending forward

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prox/im

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near

92
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ptom

A

something that falls on you

93
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recurr

A

happening again

94
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remark

A

making a dent again

95
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remiss

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diminishing, becoming less

96
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rostr

A

nose

97
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rupt

A

breaking, bursting

98
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sagitt

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arrow

99
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sequel

A

what comes next

100
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skelet

A

bones

101
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stas

A

standing still

102
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stem

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standing

103
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sterile

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not producing offspring

104
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super/i

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toward the top

105
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supine
(this is how u drink soup)

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face up, bending forward

106
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tens

A

stretching, pressure

107
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tribut

A

to pay

108
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umbilic/us

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navel, belly button

109
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vascul

A

little vessel

110
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ventr

A

belly

111
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vers

A

across

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