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vocab 11 Flashcards

1
Q

cyst-

vesic-

A

sac cyst bladder (urinary system refers to bladder)

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2
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nephr-

ren

A

kidney

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3
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pyel-

A

renal pelvis, urine reservoir in kidney (which passes urine to ureter)greek
Pelvis can be used not in the bony sense

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4
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ur-

urin-

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urine urinary tract urination

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5
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ureter0

A

ureter: tube carrying urine from kidney to bladder

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6
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urethr-

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urethra: tube carrying urine from bladder to outside body

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7
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uric-

A

uric acid

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8
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aden-

A

gland, lymph node

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adren-

A

adrenal gland

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hormon-

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hormone

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11
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amygdal0

tonsill-

A 
tonsil greek (almond shaped structure or amygdala in the brain)
 refers to texture of tonsils not shape
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12
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lymph-

A

lymph

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13
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lymphatic-

A

lymphatic system, lymphatic duct

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14
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por-

A

pore; passage

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15
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splen-

lien-

A 
spleen humoral theory,
 personality types (sanguis/phlegmatic(hot), choleric, melancholic) melancholer
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16
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adip-
lip-
steat-

A

fat (better sometimes to use oil)

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17
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seb-

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sebum; oily secretion (of the sebaceous gland)

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18
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crin-

A

secretion

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19
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eme-

A

vomit

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20
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hidr-

A

sweat; sweat gland

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21
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hist-

A

tissue (of animal or plant)

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22
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hygr-

A

moisture

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23
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py-

A

pus

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24
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tox-
toxic
toxin-
ven-
venen-
venom-
A

poison greek arrows toxa cause dipped in poison

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25
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zym-

A

enzyme, fermentation Greek yeast

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26
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aeti-

eti-

A

cause greek. Most usually used with -logy

OFTEN JUST the cause of a disease or ailment

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27
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antr-

A

antrum, cavity

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28
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aux-

A

increase

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29
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bar-

bary-

A

weight, pressure

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30
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carcin-

A

cancer (noun) cancerous (adj.)

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31
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chron-

A

time

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32
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drom-

A

flow , a running

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33
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dynam-

A

power

34
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helc-

A

ulceration

35
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hypn-

somn-

A

sleep

36
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icter-

A

jaundice

37
Q

sept-

saept-

A

septum (wall that divides two cavities)

Usually nasal septum (but can be anything) can be normal or abnormal

38
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all-

A

other; another; divergent; alternating use context! Allogamy: cross-fertilization

39
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anis-

A

unequal

40
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atel-

A

incomplete

41
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atret-

A

without an opening (to an organ/structure )

42
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brachy-

A

short no conn vowel follows

43
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brady-

A

slow no conn vowel follows

44
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idi-

A

individual; distinct, distinctive, unknown

45
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is-

A

equal

46
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equ-

A

followed by conn vowel i

47
Q

lept-

A

thin

48
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macr-

A

large/long

49
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megal-

A

large

50
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mes-

A

middle

51
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micr-

A

small

52
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olig-

A

Olig- few, small, scanty

53
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orth-

A

straight, normal, correct

54
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oxy-

A

acute, swift, sharp, sour NO CONN VOWEL follows careful with adj or noun

55
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pachy-

A

thick NO CONN VOWEL follows

56
Q

pale-

A

old, ancient

57
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poikil-

A

mottled, varied, irregular

58
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prosthet-

prosth-

A

artificial

59
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prot-

A

earliest, first

60
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pseud-

A

false, imaginary

61
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scirrh-

A

hard (adj) hard, cancerous tumour (noun)

62
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scoli-

A

crooked, laterally curved

63
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sten-

A

narrow, constricted

64
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tach-

tachy-

A

rapid

NO CONN VOWEL follows tachy

65
Q

xen-

A

strange, foreign (Adj.) foreigner (noun) greek xenos stranger/guest

66
Q

xer-

sicc-

A

dry makin paper

Sicc-

67
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-agogue

A

agent used to induce (an action)
Agent used to induce the flow (of a substance or from an organ or tissue)
Agent used to induce the expulsion (of a foreign body)

68
Q

anti-agogue

A

agent used to suppress (an action)
Agent used to suppress the flow (of a substance or from an organ or tissue)
Agent used to suppress the expulsion (of a foreign body)

69
Q
  • auxe
  • auxis
  • auxesis
A

enlargement (of an organ or structure)

70
Q

-crine

A

secretion

71
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-elcosis

A

ulceration (of an organ or structure)

72
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-emesis

A

the vomiting (of a substance)

73
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-emetic

A

causing vomiting (of a substance)

74
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-emphraxis

A

obstruction; blockage

75
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-lepsy

A

seizure

76
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  • phyma

- phymata (pl.)

A

a swelling

77
Q

-pore

A

pore/passage

78
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-toxin

A

substance poisonous to (an organ or tissue)

Poisonous substance present in (a plant or life form)

79
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anti- -toxin

A

agent used to counteract a substance poisonous to (organ or tissue)
Agent used to counteract a poisonous substance present in (a plant or life form)

80
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-uria

A

urination, presence of (a substance) in the urine

(abnormal) condition of the urine

81
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a- -uria

A

absence of (a substance) in the urine

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