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Word Parts Flashcards

1
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Cyst/o

A

Urinary bladder,cyst, sac of fluid

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Dia-

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Through, between, apart, complete

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3
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-ecstasis

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Stretching,dilation, enlargement

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4
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Glomerul/o

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Glomerulus

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5
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Lith/o

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Stone, calculus

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6
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-lysis

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Breakdown,separation, setting free, destruction, loosening

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7
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Nephr/o

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Kidney

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8
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-pexy

A

Surgical fixation

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9
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-tripsy

A

To crush

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10
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Ur/o

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Urine, urinary tract

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11
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Ureter/o

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Ureter

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12
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Urethr/o

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Urethra

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13
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-uria

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Urination, urine

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14
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-cele

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Hernia,tumor, swelling

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15
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Pyel/o

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Renal pelvis, bowl of kidney

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16
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-ptosis

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Drooping down

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17
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Caus/o

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Burning, burn

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18
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Cerebr/o

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Cerebrum, brain

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19
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Concuss/o

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Shaken together, violently shaken together

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20
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Contusion/o

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Bruise

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21
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Encephal/o

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Brain

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22
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-esthesia

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Sensation, feeling

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23
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Esthet/o

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Feeling, nervous sensation, sense of perception

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24
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-graphy

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The process of producing a picture or record

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25
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Mening/o

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Membranes, meninges

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26
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Myel/o

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Spinal cord, bone marrow

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27
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Neur/o, neur/i

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Nerve, nerve tissue

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28
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Phobia

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Abnormal fear

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29
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Psych/o

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Mind

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30
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Radicul/o

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Root or root nerve

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31
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Tropic

A

Having an affinity for

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32
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Klept/o

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To steal

33
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Blephar/o

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Eyelid

34
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-cusis

A

Hearing

35
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Irid/o

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Iris, colored part of eye

36
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Kerat/o

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Horny, hard, cornea

37
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Myring/o

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Tympanic membrane, eardrum

38
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Ophthalm/o

A

Eye, vision

39
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-opia

A

Vision condition

40
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Opt/o

A

Eye, vision

41
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Ot/o

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Ear, hearing

42
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Phak/o

A

Lens of eye

43
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Presby/o

A

Old age

44
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Retin/o

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Retina, net

45
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Scler/o

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Sclera, white of eye, hard

46
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Trop/o

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Turn, change

47
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Tympan/o

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Tympanic membrane, eardrum

48
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Cutane/o

A

Skin

49
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Derm/o

A

Skin

50
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Hidr/o

A

Sweat

51
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Hirsut/o

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Hairy, rough

52
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Kerato/o

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Horny, hard

53
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Lip/o

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Fat, lipid

54
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Melan/o

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Black,dark

55
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Myc/o

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Fungus

56
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Onych/o

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Fingernail or toenail

57
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Pil/i, pil/o

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Hair

58
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Py/o

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Pus

59
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Rhytid/o

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Wrinkle

60
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Seb/o

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Sebum

61
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Urtic/o

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Rash, hives

62
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Xer/o

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Dry

63
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Pedicul/o

A

Lice

64
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Bi/o

A

Life

65
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Cervic/o

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Cervix (neck of uterus)

66
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Colp/o

A

Vagina

67
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-gravida

A

Pregnant

68
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Gynec/o

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Woman/female

69
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Hyster/o

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Uterus

70
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Mast/o

A

Breast

71
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Men/o

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Menstruation, menses

72
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Orchid/o

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Testicles

73
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Ov/o

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Egg, ovum

74
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Ovari/o

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Ovary

75
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-para

A

To give birth

76
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-pexy

A

Surgical fixation

77
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Salping/o

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Uterine (fallopian) tube

78
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Test/i

A

Testicles, testis

79
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Vagin/o

A

Vagina

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