A-D Flashcards
(203 cards)
1
Q
a-, an-
A
no; not; without0
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Q
ab-
A
away from
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Q
abdomin/o
A
abdomen
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Q
-ac
A
pertaining to
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Q
acanth/o
A
spiny; thorny
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Q
acetabul/o
A
acetabulum (hip socket)
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Q
acous/o
A
hearing
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Q
acr/o
A
extremities; top; extreme point
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Q
acromi/o
A
acromion (extension of the shoulder bone)
10
Q
actin/o
A
light
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Q
acu/o
A
sharp; severe; sudden
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Q
-acusis
A
hearing
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Q
ad-, -ad
A
toward
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Q
aden/o
A
glands
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Q
adenoid/o
A
adenoids
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adip/o
A
fat
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adren/o, adrenal/o
A
adrenal gland
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Q
aer/o
A
air
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Q
af-
A
toward
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Q
agglutin/o
A
clumping; sticking together
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Q
-agon
A
assemble, gather
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Q
agora-
A
marketplace, leaving home
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-agra
A
excessive pain
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-al
A
pertaining to
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alb/o, albin/o
white
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albumin/o
albumin (protein)
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alges/o, -algesia
sensitivity to pain
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-algia
pain
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all/o
other
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alveol/o
alveolus; air sac; small sac
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ambly/o
dim; dull
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-amine
nitrogen compound
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amni/o
amnion (sac surrounding the embryo)
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amyl/o
starch
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an/o
anus
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-an
pertaining to
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ana-
up; apart; backward; again; anew
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andr/o
male
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aneurysm/o
aneurysm (widened blood vessel)
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angi/o
vessel (blood)
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anis/o
unequal
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ankyl/o
stiff
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ante-
before; foward
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anter/o
front
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anthrac/o
coal
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anthr/o
antrum of the stomach
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anti-
against
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anxi/o
uneasy; anxious
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aort/o
aorta (largest artery)
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-apheresis
removal
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aphth/o
ulcer
52
apo-
off, away
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aponeur/o
aponeurosis (type of tendon)
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append/o, appensic/o
appendix
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aque/o
water
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-ar
pertaining to
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-arche
beginning
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arter/o, arteri/o
artery
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arteriol/o
arteriole (small artery)
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arthr/o, articul/o
joint
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-arthria
articulate (speak distinctly)
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-ary
pertaining to
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asbest/o
asbestos
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-ase
enzyme
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-asthenia
lack of strenght
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atel/o
incomplete
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ather/o
plaque (fatty substance)
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-ation
process; condition
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atri/o
atrium (upper heart chamber)
70
audi/o, audit/o
hearing
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aur/o, auricul/o
ear
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aut/o, aut-, auto-
self, own
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axill/o
armpit
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azot/o
urea; nitrogen
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bacill/o, bacteri/o
Bacteria
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balan/o
glans penis
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bar/o
pressure; weight
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bartholin/o
bartholin glands
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bas/o
base; opposite of acid
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bi-
two
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bi/o
life
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bil/i
bile; gall
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-blast
embryonic; immature cell
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-blastoma
immature tumor (cell)
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blephar/o
eyelid
86
bol/o
cast; throw
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brachi/o
arm
88
brachy-
short
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brady-
slow
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bronch/o, bronchi/o
bronchial tube
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bronchiol/o
bronchiole
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bucc/o
cheek
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bunion/o
bunion
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burs/o
bursa (sac of fluid near joints)
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byssin/o
cotton dust
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cac/o
bad
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calc/o, calci/o
calcium
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calcane/o
calcaneus (heel bone)
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cali/o, calic/o
calyx (cup-shaped)
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capillar/o
capillary (tiniest blood vessel)
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capn/o, -capnia
carbon dioxide
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carcin/o
cancerous; cancer
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cardi/o
heart
104
carp/o
wrist bones (carpals)
105
cata-
down
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caud/o
tail; lower part of body
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caus/o
burn; burning
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cauter/o
heat, burn
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cec/o
cecum (first part of the colon)
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-cele
hernia
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celi/o
belly; abdomen
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-centesis
puncture to remove fluid
113
cephal/o
head
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cerebell/o
cerebellum (posterior part of the brain)
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cerebr/o
cerebrum (largest part of the brain)
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cerumin/o
cerumen (ear wax)
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cervic/o
neck, cervix of uterus
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cheil/o
lip
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-chalasia, -chalasis
relaxation
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chem/o
drug; chemical
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-chezia
defecation; elimination fo wastes
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chir/o
hand
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chlor/o
green
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chlorhydr/o
hydrochloric acid
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chol/e
bile; gall
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cholangi/o
bile vessel
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cholecyst/o
gallbladder
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choledoch/o
common bile duct
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cholesterol/o
cholesterol
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chori/o, chorion/o
chorion (outermosy membrane of the fetus)
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choroid/o
choroid layer of eye
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chrom/o
color
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chron/o
time
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chym/o
to pour
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cib/o
meal
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-cide
killing
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-cidal
pertaining to killing
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cine/o
movement
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cirrh/o
orange-yellow
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cis/o
to cut
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-clasis, -clast
to break
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claustr/o
enclosed space
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clavicul/o
clavicle (collar bone)
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-clysis
irrigation; washing
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coagul/o
coagulation (clotting)
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coccyg/o
coccyx (tail bone)
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cochle/o
cochlea (inner part of ear)
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col/o
colon
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coll/a
glue
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colon/o
colon (large intestine)
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colp/o
vagina
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comat/o
deep sleep
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comi/o
to care for
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con-
together, with
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coni/o
dust
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conjunctiv/o
conjunctiva (lines of the eyelids)
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-constriction
narrowinf
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contra-
against; opposite
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cor/o, core/o
pupil
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corne/o
cornea
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coron/o
heart (crown or circel)
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corpor/o
body
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cortic/o
cortex, outer region
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cost/o
rib
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crani/o
skull
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cras/o
mixture; temperameny
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crin/o
secrete
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-crine
secrete; separate
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-crit
separate
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cry/o
cold
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crypt/o
hidden
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culd/o
cul-de-sac
173
-cusis
hearing
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cutane/o
skin
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cyan/o
blue
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cycl/o
ciliary body of eye; cycle; circle
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-cyesis
pregnancy
178
cyst/o
urinary bladder; cyst; sac of fluid
179
cyt/o, -cyte
cell
180
-cytosis
abnormal condition of cells; slight increase in numbers
181
dacry/o
tear (like sad tear)
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dacryoaden/o
tear gland
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dactyl/o
fingers, toes
184
de-
lack of; down; less; removal of
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dem/o
people
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dent/i
tooth, teeth
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derm/o, -derma, dermat/o
skin
188
desicc/o
drying
189
-desis
bind, tie together
190
dia-
complete; through
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diaphor/o
sweat
192
-dilation
widening; stretching; expanding
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dipl/o
double
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dips/o
thirst
195
dist/o
far, distant
196
dors/o, dorsi-
back of body
197
-dote
to give
198
-drome
to run
199
duct/o
to lead, carry
200
duoden/o
duodenum
201
dur/o
dura mater
202
-dynia
pain
203
dys-
abnormal, bad difficult, painful
