Week 1-Medical Terms Flashcards
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acu-
A
needle
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acu/o, acut/o
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sharp, severe
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adip/p
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fat
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-algia
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pain
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ambul/o
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to walk
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anomal/o
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irregular
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apic/o
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apex
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bar/o
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weight, pressure
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bio-, bi/o
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life, living
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calor/i
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Heat
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carcin/o
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cancer
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cari/o
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caries, rottenness
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-cathisia, -kathiaia
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sitting
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cavit/o, cav/o
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hollow, cavity
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chem/o
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chemical, chemistry
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chron/o
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time, timing
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-coma
A
deep sleep
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consci/o
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awareness, aware
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constrict/o
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narrowing, binding
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contus/o
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to bruise
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cry/o
A
cold
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cyt/o, -cyte
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cell
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dilat/o
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enlarge, expand
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dors/o
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back
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duct/o
to lead
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-dynia
pain
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dys-
bad, difficult, painful
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enanti/o
opposite, opposed
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equi-
equality, equal
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eretjism/o
irritatopm
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eto/o
cause
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febr/i
fever
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-gen, gen/o
producing, generating
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-genesis
production, formation
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-genic
produced by, forming
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hydr/o
water, hydrogen
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-ician
specialist
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ipsi-
same
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-ist
specialist
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-itis
inflammation
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kary/o
nucleus
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later/o
side
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-logist
specialist
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-logy
study of
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-lucent
light admitting
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lumin/o
light
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-malacia
softening
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medi/o
middle
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method/o
procedure, technique
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morph/o
shape, form
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mort/o
death
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-oma
tumor, mass
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organ/o
organ
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palliat/o
soothe, relieve
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pant/o
all, whole
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path/o
disease
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pharmac/o
drugs
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-plasm
formation, growth
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posit/o
arrangement, place
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puls/o, pulsat/o
to beat, beating
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-puncture
to pierce a surface
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pyr/o
fire, fever, heat
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-receptor, -ceptor
receiver
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resuscit/o
revive
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somat/o
body
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-some
body
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spectr/o
image, spectrum
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-stabile
stable, fixed
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ger.o, geront/o
aged, old age
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hapl/o
simple, single
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hist/o
tissue
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homeo-
likeness, constant, sameness
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temp/o, tempor/o
period of time, the temples
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-therapy, therapeut/o
treatment
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therm/o
heat
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tors/o
twisting, twisted
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trem/o, tremul/o
shaking, trembling
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-stasis
standing still, standing
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-stat
device/instrument for keep something stationary
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symptom/o
ocurrence
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systol/o
contraction
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tri/o
to sort out, sorting
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-type, typ/o
class representative form
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ventil/o
to aerate, oxygenate
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ventr/o
belly, front of the body
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volv/o, volute/o
to roll
