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USMLE® Step 1 flashcards
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chrom/o

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color(s)

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chlor/o

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green

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cyan/o

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blue

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erythr/o

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red

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leuk/o

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white

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poli/o

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grey

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melan/o

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black

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xanth/o

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yellow

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(Combining forms) aden/o

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gland

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cyt/o

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cells

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epitheli/o

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epithelium, external covering

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hist/o

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tissue

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lip/o

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fat

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my/o

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muscle

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viscer/o

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internal organs

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system/o

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system

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neur/o

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nerve

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-pathy, path/o

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disease

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cancer/o or carcin/o

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cancer

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eti/o

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cause (of disease)

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sarc/o

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flesh, connective tissue

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-oma, onc/o

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tumor, mass

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rhabd/o

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rod-shaped, striated

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lei/o

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smooth

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dia-

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through

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dys-

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difficult, painful, bad

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hyper-

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excessive or above

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hypo-

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below

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meta-

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beyond

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neo-

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new

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-al, -ic, -ous

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pertaining to

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-osis

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abnormal condition, increase when used with blood

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-gen

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substance that causes or produces

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-genic

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producing, causing

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-sarcoma, sarcoma

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malignant tumor (cancerous tumor)

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-plasia

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development or formation

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-plasm

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material or substance that develops or forms cells or tissue

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diagnosis

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identification of a disease or condition

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benign

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not malignant (not cancerous), non-recurrent

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malignant

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tending to become progressively worse, can cause death

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encapsulated

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enclosed in a capsule

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remission

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improvement or absence of signs of disease

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carcinoma in situ

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cancer in early stage, before invading surrounding tissue

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chemotherapy

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treatment for cancer with drugs

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radiation therapy

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treatment of cancer with radioactive substance, x-ray

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