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Skills Section Week 2 > Words > Flashcards

Words Flashcards

1
Q

chol/e

A

bile; gall

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2
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cholecyst/o

A

gallbladder

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3
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col/o; colon/o

A

colon

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4
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choledoch/o

A

bile duct

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5
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dent/o; adont/o

A

teeth

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6
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enter/o

A

intestine

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7
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gastro/o

A

stomach

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8
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gloss/o; lingu/o

A

tongue

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9
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or/o; stoma/o

A

mouth

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10
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ptyal/o; sial/o

A

saliva; salivary gland

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11
Q

sigmoid/o

A

sigmoid colon

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12
Q

carcin/o

A

cancer

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13
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nemat/o

A

blood

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14
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litho

A

stone; calculus

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15
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maxill/o

A

maxilla

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16
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orth/o

A

straight

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17
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ptyal/o

A

saliva

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18
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therm/o

A

heat

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19
Q

tox/o; toxic/

A

poison

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20
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ab-

A

away from

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21
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epi-

A

above; upon

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22
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-ectomy

A

excision; removal

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23
Q

-plasty

A

surgical repair

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24
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-rrhaphy

A

suture

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25
Q

-stomy

A

forming an opening

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26
Q

-tome

A

instrument to cut

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27
Q

-tomy

A

incision

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28
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-algia; -dynia

A

pain

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29
Q

-emesis

A

vomiting

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30
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-gram

A

record; writing

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31
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-graphy

A

process of recording

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32
Q

-iasis

A

abnormal condition

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33
Q

-itis

A

inflammation

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34
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-lith

A

stone; calculus

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35
Q

-logist

A

specialist

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36
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-logy

A

study of

37
Q

-megaly

A

enlargement

38
Q

-oma

A

tumor

39
Q

-osis

A

abnormal condition; increase

40
Q

-pepsia

A

digestion

41
Q

-phagia

A

swalling; eating

42
Q

-rrhea

A

discharge; flow

43
Q

-scope

A

instrument used to examine

44
Q

-scopy

A

visual examination

45
Q

-stenosis

A

narrowing; stricture

46
Q

adip/o; lip/o; steat/o

A

fat

47
Q

cutane/o; derm/o; dermat/o

A

skin

48
Q

cyt/o

A

cell

49
Q

hidr/; sudor/o

A

sweat

50
Q

hydro/o

A

water

51
Q

ichthy/o

A

dry; scaly

52
Q

kerat/o

A

horny tissue; hard; cornea

53
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myc/o

A

fungus

54
Q

necr/o

A

death; necrosis

55
Q

pil/o; trich/o

A

hair

56
Q

onchy/o

A

nail

57
Q

scler/o

A

hardening; sclera

58
Q

squam/o

A

scale

59
Q

xer/o

A

dry

60
Q

cyan/o

A

blue

61
Q

erythro; erythemat/o

A

red

62
Q

leuk/o

A

white

63
Q

melan/o

A

black

64
Q

xanth/o

A

yellow

65
Q

auto-

A

self; own

66
Q

epi-

A

above; on

67
Q

hypo-

A

under; below deficient

68
Q

sub-

A

under; below

69
Q

-plasty

A

surgical repair

70
Q

-tome

A

instrument to cut with

71
Q

-cele

A

hernia; swelling

72
Q

-cyte

A

cell

73
Q

-derma

A

skin

74
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-emia

A

blood condition

75
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-esis

A

condition

76
Q

-itis

A

inflammation

77
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-malacia

A

softening

78
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-pathy

A

disease

79
Q

penia

A

decreased; deficiency

80
Q

-phagia

A

swalling; eating

81
Q

-phoresis

A

carrying; transmission

82
Q

-rrhea

A

discharge; flow

83
Q

-therapy

A

treatment

84
Q

-spasm

A

involuntary contraction; twitching

85
Q

hyper-

A

excessive; above normal

86
Q

dys-

A

bad; difficult

87
Q

peri-

A

around

88
Q

proct/o

A

anus; rectum

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