"UNIT 8 WORD PARTS Flashcards by Katie Rodriguez

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ana-

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up, towards, or against

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angi/o
vascul/o
vas/o

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blood vessel

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apher/o

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withdrawal

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aort/o

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aorta

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arteri/o

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artery

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ather/o

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plaque, fatty substance, narrowing

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atri/o

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atrium, upper chamber of the heart

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brady-

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slow

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cardi/o
coron/o

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heart

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-cardia

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heart condition

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cerebr/o

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cerebrum

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coagul/o

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coagulation, clotting

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cyan/o

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blue

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cyt/o

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cells, increase in cells

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-ectasis

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a dilation or expansion

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embol/o

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blockage, obstruction, plug,, embolus

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-emia

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blood condition

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erythr/o

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red

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-globin

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protein

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hemat/o
hem/o

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blood

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immun/o

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immunity/immune

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isch/o

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hold back, block

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leuk/o

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white

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lymph/o

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lymphatic system/tissue

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-lysis

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seperation, destruction, loosening

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-megaly

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enlargement

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myel/o
my/o

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muscle

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-ole
-ule

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small, minute

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-oma

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tumor

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path/o

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disease

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-pathy

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disease

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pector/o

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chest

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-penia

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deficiency

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perfus/o

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blood flow

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-phagia

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swallowing, eating

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-phil

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love, affinity for

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-phylaxis

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protection

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phleb/o
ven/o

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vein

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-poiesis

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blood formation

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pulmon/o

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lungs

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-rrhage

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excessive flow

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-rrhaphy

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suture

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rrhythm/o

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rhythm

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scler/o

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hardening

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-scopy

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process of looking

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sept/o

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septum

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septic/o

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infected, decay

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-spasm

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involuntary contraction

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splen/o

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spleen

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-static

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lack of movement

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tachy-

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fast

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thromb/o

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clot, thrombus- blood clot

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thym/o

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thymus

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tonsil/o

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tonsil

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valvul/o

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valve

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varic/o

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dilated vein

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vas/o

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vessel

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ventricul/o

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ventricle, lower chamber of the heart

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vol/o

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volume