Ch. 1 Word Parts Flashcards

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1
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Proxim/O

A

near;close

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Poster/O

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back;behind

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3
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Path/O
• what do pathogens cause?

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disease

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4
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Neur/O
•nervous

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nerve

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5
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My/O
•ohh myy 👀💪🏼

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muscle

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6
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Medi/O

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middle

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7
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Log/O
•logically 🧐💭

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study

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8
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Lip/O

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fat

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9
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Later/O

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Side

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10
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-tomy

A

process of cutting; incision

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11
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-um

A

structure; tissue; thing

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12
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-stomy

A

surgical opening

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13
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-plasty

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surgical repair

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14
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-pathy

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disease

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15
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-osis

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abnormal condition

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16
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-oma

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tumor; mass

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17
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-megaly
•mega

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enlargement

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18
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-logy

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study of

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19
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Sarc/O

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flesh; connective tissue

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20
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-logist

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specialist
(one who studies)

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21
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-itis
•i inflammation

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inflammation

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22
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-ine

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a substance (noun) pertaining to (adjective)

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23
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-gen
•generations keep producing people 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦

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substance that produces

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24
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-ia

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condition

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25
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-emia

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blood condition

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26
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-ectomy

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surgical removal; excision

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27
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-cyte

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cell

28
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-algia

A

pain

29
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-ac, -al, -ar, -ary, -iac, -ial, -ic, -ical, -ior

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pertaining to

30
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trans-

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across

31
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tachy-

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fast

32
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supra-
•sUP

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above

33
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sub-
•submarine

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below; under

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inter-
•in the middle

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between

35
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intra-
•within

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within; into

36
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peri-

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around; surrounding

37
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Super/O
•sUP

A

above

38
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Thorac/O

A

chest

39
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Ventr/O

A

belly side of the body; ventral aspect

40
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Infer/O

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below

41
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Hepat/O

A

liver

42
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Hist/O

A

tissue

43
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Glyc/O

A

sugar; glucose

44
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Gastr/O

A

stomach

45
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Enter/O

A

intestines
(usually small)

46
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Dors/O

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back of body

47
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Dist/O

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far; distant

48
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Cost/O

A

rib

49
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Cyt/O

A

cell

50
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Cervic/O

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neck; cervix

51
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Col/O, Colon/O

A

large intestine; colon

52
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Cephal/O

A

head

53
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Caud/O

A

tail

54
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Cardi/O

A

heart

55
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Bi/O
•think of biology, the study of _______.

A

life

56
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Arthr/O

A

joint

57
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Anther/O

A

front

58
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epi-

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on; over; upon

59
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hypo-
•po (below)

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below; below normal; deficient

60
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hyper-
•hy (high)

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above; above normal; excessive

61
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endo-

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in; within

62
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brady-

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slow

63
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anti-

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against

64
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bi-

A

two; both

65
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a-, an-

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not; without

66
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ante-

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before

67
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Viscer/O

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internal organs