A Flashcards
(46 cards)
1
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acanth/o
A
spiny, thorny
2
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acous/o
A
hearing
3
Q
acr/o
A
extremities, extreme point
4
Q
acromi/o
A
acromion (extension of shoulder bone)
5
Q
actin/o
A
light
6
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acu/o
A
sharp, severe, sudden
acumen
7
Q
-acusis
A
hearing
8
Q
adren/o
A
adrenal gland
9
Q
adrenal/o
A
adrenal gland
10
Q
aer/o
A
air
11
Q
af-
A
toward
If after it go toward it
12
Q
agglutin/o
A
clumping, sticking together
13
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-agon
A
assemble, gather
14
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-agra
A
excessive pain
15
Q
alb/o
A
white
16
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albin/o
A
white
17
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alges/o
A
sensitivity to pain
18
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-algesia
A
sensitivity to pain
19
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-algia
A
pain
20
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all/o
A
other
21
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ambly/o
A
dim, dull
22
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-amine
A
nitrogen compound
23
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amni/o
A
amnion (sac surrounding embryo)
24
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amyl/o
A
starch
25
ana-
backward, up, apart, again, anew
| anaplastic is cells anewed
26
anis/o
unequal (an - not, to be is to be equal)
27
ankyl/o
stiff
28
ante-
before, forward (anterior pit gland is before and forward the posterior pit gland)
29
anthrac/o
coal
| DNE acanth/o - spiny & thorny because in the "C"
30
anthr/o
antrum of stomach (Bottom where gastric juice meets food)
31
-apheresis
removal
32
aphth/o
ulcer
33
apo
off, away (aponeurosis is off, off and away)
34
aponeur/o
aponeurosis - type of tendon
| DNE acromi/o - bc you put your arm around a "cromie"
35
-arche
beginning (menarche is the beginning of menses)
36
arthria
articulate - speak distinctly
37
-ase
enzyme
38
-asthenia
lack of strength
39
atel/o
incomplete
40
ather/o
plaque - fatty substance
41
-ation
process, condition
42
audi/o
hearing
43
audit/o
hearing
44
auricul/o
ear
45
axill/o
armpit
46
azot/o
urea, nitrogen
