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Chapter 4 - Terms Flashcards

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a/pnea

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no, not, without/breathing

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an/oxia

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no, not, without/oxygen (condition)

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ab/norm/al

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away from/rule, order/pertaining to

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ab/duct/or

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away from/lead, carry/one who

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ad/duct/or

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toward/lead, carry/one who

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ad/ren/al glands

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toward/kidney/pertaining to glands

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ana/bol/ism

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up, apart/to cast/process, condition

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ana/lysis

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up, apart/breakdown, destruction, separation

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ante cibum

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before meals (a.c.)

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ante/flex/ion

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before, forward/to bend/process

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ante/partum

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before/birth, labor

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anti/bio/tic

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against/life/pertaining to

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anti/body

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against/(foreign) body

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anti/gen

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antibody/substance that produces

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anti/seps/(s)is

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against/infection/state of, condition

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anti/tox/in

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against/poison/substance

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auto/immune

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self, own/protection

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bi/furc/ation

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two/forking, branching/process, condition

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bi/later/al

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two/side/pertaining to

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brady/cardi/(i)a

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slow/heart/condition

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cata/bol/ism

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down/to cast/process, condition

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con/genit/al

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with, together/birth/pertaining to

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con/nect/ive

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together/to tie, bind/adjective ending

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contra/indic/ation

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against/to point out/process, condition

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contra/later/al

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opposite/side/pertaining to

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de/hydr/ation

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lack of/water/process, condition

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dia/meter

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through, complete/measure

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dia/rrhea

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through, complete/flow, discharge

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dia/lysis

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through, complete/breakdown, destruction, separation

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dys/pnea

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abnormal, bad, difficult, painful/breathing

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dys/enter/y

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abnormal, bad, difficult, painful/small intestines/condition

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dys/trophy

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abnormal, bad, difficult, painful/nourishment, development

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dys/plasia

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abnormal, bad, difficult, painful/development, formation, growth

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ec/top/ic

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out, outside/place, position, location/pertaining to

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endo/cardi/um

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within/heart/structure, tissue, thing

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endo/scope

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within/instrument to visually examine

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endo/trache/al

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within/trachea/pertaining to

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epi/theli/um

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upon, on, above/nipple/structure, tissue, thing

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eu/phoria

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good, normal/feeling

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eu/thyroid

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good, normal/thyroid gland

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ex/ophthalmo/s

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out, outside/eye/condition

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hemi/gloss/ectomy

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half/tongue/removal

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hyper/glyc/emia

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excessive/sugar/blood condition

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hyper/plasia

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excessive/development, formation, growth

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hyper/trophy

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excessive/nourishment, development

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hypo/derm/ic

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under/skin/pertaining to

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hypo/glyc/emia

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deficient/sugar/blood condition

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in/somn/iac

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not/sleep/pertaining to

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in/cis/ion

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into/to cut/process

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infra/cost/al

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under/rib/pertaining to

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inter/cost/al

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between/rib/pertaining to

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intra/ven/ous

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in, within/vein/pertaining to

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macro/cephal/y

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large/head/condition

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mal/aise

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discomfort

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mal/ign/ant

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bad/fire/one that performs

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meta/carp/al

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beyond/wrist bones/pertaining to

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meta/morph/osis

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change/shape, form/condition

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meta/stasis

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beyond/controlling, stopping

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micro/scope

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small/instrument to visually examine

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neo/nat/al

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new/birth/pertaining to

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neo/plasm

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new/formation, structure

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pan/cyto/penia

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all/cell/deficiency

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para/lysis

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abnormal, beside, near/breakdown, destruction, separation

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para/thyroid

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beside/thyroid glands

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per/cutane/ous

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through/skin/pertaining to

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peri/cardi/um

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surrounding/heart/structure

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poly/morpho/nucle/ar

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many/shape, forms/nucleus/pertaining to

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poly/neur/itis

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many/nerves/inflammation

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post/mort/em

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after/death/in

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post/partum

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after/birth, labor

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pre/cancer/ous

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before, in front of/cancer/pertaining to

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pre/nat/al

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before, in front of/birth/pertaining to

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pro/drome

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before, forward/to run

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pro/lapse

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before, forward/slide, sag, fall

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pros/the/sis

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before, forward/to place/state of, condition

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re/lapse

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back, again/slide, sag, fall

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re/mission

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back, again/to send

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re/combin/ant

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back, again/combine/one that performs

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retro/peritone/al

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behind, backward/peritoneum/pertaining to

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retr/flex/ion

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behind, backward/to bend/process

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sub/cutane/ous

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under/skin/pertaining to

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supra/pub/ic

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above/pubis/pertaining to

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syn/dactyl/y

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together/fingers, toes/condition

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syn/thesis

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together/placing, arranging

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syn/drome

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together, with/to run

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sym/bi/osis

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together/life/condition

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sym/metr/y

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together, with/to measure/condition

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sym/physis

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together, with/to grow

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tachy/pnea

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fast/breathing

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trans/fusion

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across, through/to pour, to come together

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trans/urethr/al

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across, through/urethra/pertaining to

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ultra/sono/graphy

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beyond/sound/process of recording

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uni/later/al

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one/side/pertaining to

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