Word Parts Pt 2 Flashcards by Casey Tangen | Brainscape

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Carcin/o

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Cancerous, cancer

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Cephal/o

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Head

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Cerebr/o

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Cerebrum (Largest part of the brain)

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Cis/o

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To cut

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Crin/o

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To secrete (To form and give off)

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Cyst/o

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Urinary bladder; a sac or a cyst (sac containing fluid)

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Cyt/o

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Cell

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Derm/o

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Skin

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Dermat/o

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Skin

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Electr/o

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Electricity

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Encephal/o

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Brain

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Glyc/o

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Sugar

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Gnos/o

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Knowledge

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Gynec/o

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Woman/female

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Iatr/o

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Treatment, physician

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Log/o

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Study of

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Onc/o

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Cancerous Tumor

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Ophthalm/o

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Eye

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Ped/o

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child

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Psych/o

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Mind

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Radi/o

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X-Rays

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Ren/o

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Kidney

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Sarc/o

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Flesh

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Sect/o

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To cut

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Thromb/o

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Clot, Clotting

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Ur/o

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Urinary tract, urine

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-cyte

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cell

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-genic

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pertaining to producing, produced by, or produced in

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-globin

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Protein

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-ical

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Pertaining to

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-ion

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Process

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-ist

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Specialist

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-opsy

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Process of viewing

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-scope

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Instrument to visually examine

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-sis

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State of; Condition

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-y

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process, condition

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A-, An-

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no, not, without

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Aut-, Auto-

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self, own

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Dia-

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Complete, through

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Endo-

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Within

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Epi-

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Above, upon

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Ex-, Exo-

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Out, outside of, outward

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In-

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Into, in

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Pro-

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Before, forward

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Re-

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Back, backward, again

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Retro-

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Behind

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Sub-

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Below

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Trans-

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Across, through

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Adip/o

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Fat or fatty

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Anter/o

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Before Earlier or Front

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Caud/o

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Tail or lower part

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Plasia-

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formation/growth (especially of cells)

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Poster/o

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The back of

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-stasis

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a slowing or stoppage of the normal flow of a bodily fluid

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Transverse Plane

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Divides the body into upper and lower halves

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Horizontal Plane

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Divides the body into upper and lower halves

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Superior

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Body parts above others.

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Inferior

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Body parts below other.

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Cephalic

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Body parts located near the head.

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Caudal

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Body parts located near the tailbone or sacrum.

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Midsagittal Plane

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Divides the body into left and right halves.

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Median Plane

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Divides the body into left and right halves.

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Medial

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Body parts located near the midline.

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Lateral

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Body parts located away from the midline.

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Coronal Plane

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Divides the body into front and back sections.

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Frontal Plane

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Divides the body into front and back sections.

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Ventral

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Body parts on the fron side of the body.

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Anterior

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Body parts on the fron side of the body.

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Dorsal

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Back of the body

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Posterior

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Back of the body