Appendix A Flashcards by Havelah Kusi

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lei/o

leio

A

smooth

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lord/o

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curved, bent

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mamm/o

mast/o

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breast, mammary gland

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maxill/o

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upper jaw bone (maxilla)

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meat/o

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meatus(opening)

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mediastin/o

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mediastinum ( middle septum)

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meta-

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change, beyond

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metr/o

metri/o

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Uterus

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myel/o

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bone marrow, spinal cord

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narc/o

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stupor, numbness, sleep

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natr/i

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sodium

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neutr/o

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neutral

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nulli

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none

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odont/o

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tooth

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omphal/o

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umbilicus, navel

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oophor/o

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ovary

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or/o

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mouth

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orch/o
orchi/o
orchid/o

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testes

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ox/a

ox/o

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oxygen

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pachy/o

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thick

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perine/o

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perineum (taint)

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-pexy

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surgical fixation

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phas/o

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speech

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phleb/o

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vein

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phon/o

sound, voice

-phonia

condition of voice

phren/o

mind

polyp/o

polyp

presby/o

related to aging

phren/o

diaphragm

proct/o

rectum, anus

pyel/o

renal pelvis

pylor/o

pylorus (opening to small intestine)

rachi/o

spine

sacrum

triangular bone in pelvis

salping/o

fallopian tube

scler/o

hard, sclera

sial/o

saliva

sigmoid/o

sigmoid colon

somn/i

sleep

sphygm/o

pulse

spir/o

breath

spondyl/o

vertebra

squam/o

scale-like structure

steth/o

chest

stomat/o

mouth

tel-

end

thalam/o

thalamus

thromb/o

blood clot

thym/o

thymus gland, mind, soul, emotion

toc/o

labor, birth

-tomy

incision

ton/o

tension, pressure, tone

trich/o

hair

-tripsy

crushing

troph/o | -trophy

development, nourishment

valv/o | valvul/o

valve

varic/o

swollen or twisted vein

vas/o

vessel

diverticulum

pouch opening from tubular organ

duodenum

first part of the small intestine

dur/o

hard, dura matter

enter/o

small instestine

enur/o

to urinate in

epididymis

duct behind the testes

epiglottis

cartilage at root of tongue, covers windpipe

-esis

condition of

esthesi/o

sensation, perception

fibr/o

fiber

fundus

part farthest from opening or exit

galcact/o

milk

ganglion

swelling on nerve fiber

gravid/o

pregnancy

gyn/o | gynec/o

woman

hyster/o

uterus

ictero-

jaundice

ir/o | irid/o

iris

ischium

the curved bone forming the base of each half of the pelvis

kal/i

potassium

kary/o

nerve

kerat/o

hard, cornea

kyph/o

humpback

lapar/o

abdomen