Unit # 1 Terms on Test for Prefix, Root Word, Suffix/Word Ending Flashcards

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gland

A

aden/o

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vessel

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angi/o

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joint

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arthr/o

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heart

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cardi/o

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bile

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chol/e

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bladder or fluid filled space

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cyst/o

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cell

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cyt/o

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skin

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derm/at/o

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stomach

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gastr/o

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sweet or sugar

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glyc/o

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blood

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hem/at/o

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stone

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lith/o

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breast or nipple

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mast/o

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muscle

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myo

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kidney

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nephr/o

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nervous system

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neur/o

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testicles

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orch/i/o

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bone

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oste/o

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ear

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ot/o

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hard

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scler/o

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spleen

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splen/o

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tendon

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ten/o, tend/o

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thyroid gland

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thyroid/o

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urine

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ur/o

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vessel

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vas/o

26
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What is the Medical English plural of plexus?

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plexi

27
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What is the Medical English plural of necropsy?

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necropsies

28
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What is the Medical English plural of plica?

A

plicae

29
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What is the Medical English plural of vertebra?

A

vertebrae

30
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What is the Medical English plural of diagnosis?

A

diagnoses

31
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What is the Medical English plural of appendix?

A

appendices

32
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What is the Medical English plural of bacterium?

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bacteria

33
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What is the Medical English plural of ganglion?

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ganglia

34
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What is the Medical English plural of spermatozoon?

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spermatozoa

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What is the Medical English plural of carcinoma?

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carcinomata

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a– or an–

A

not

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olig– or oligo–

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several; a handful

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micro-

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small

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di– or dia– or trans–

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through

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hyper-

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too much

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pan-

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all; everything or everyone

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dys-

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bad

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tachy-

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fast

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meso-

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in the middle

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endo- or intra-

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inside

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–rrhea

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abnormal flow

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–desis

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binding together by a disease process

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–lysis

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breaking down; destroying

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–poiesis

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creation process

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–ectomy

A

cutting out of

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–pathy

A

disease process

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–ptosis

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drooping

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–megaly

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enlargement due to disease

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–itis

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inflammation

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–algia or –dynia

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pain

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–penia

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low levels of

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–trophy

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nourishment; growth

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–logist

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someone who studies

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–rrhexis

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rupture

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–malacia

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softening due to disease

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–plasty

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surgical revision

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–oma

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tumor