Basics Of Med Term Flashcards
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-able
A
capable of or ability to
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Alb/o-
A
white
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Ambi-
A
both
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Amphi-
A
both
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An-
A
lack of or without
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Ana-
A
apart or up
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anti-
A
against
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-ar
A
refers to or pertains to
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-ation
A
process of or procedure of
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bene-
A
good or normal
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bengin-
A
kind
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bi-
A
two
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bin-
A
two
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capn/o-
A
carbon dioxide
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cav-
A
hollow
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-cele
A
swelling or tumor
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cellul/o-
A
chambers
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centi-
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one-hundredth part (100)
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chlor/o-
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green
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chrom/o-
A
colored
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-cid
A
to kill
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cirum-
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around
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cirrh/o-
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yellow-orange
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co-
A
two
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com-
together
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corp/o-
body
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-cule
little
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de-
away
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deci-
one tenth (1/10)
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deka-
ten
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demi-
half
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dia-
across, through, total, between
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diplo-
double or two
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dis-
away from or reverse
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dromo-
running
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dy/o-
two or a pair
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dys-
difficult, faulty, painful
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-e (suffix)
instrument
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e- (prefix)
out or remove
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edema-
swelling
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ef-
away or out
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em-
in
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en-
in
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enamel
hard
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endo
within or inside
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epi-
upon
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eti/o-
cause
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ex-
out, outside, outward
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-gnosis
knowledge
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-grade
a step, stage, or degree in a process
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hemi-
half or one half
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hept/a-
seven
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heter/o-
other or opposite
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-ia
refers to, condition, state of
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-ician
one who
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Idio-
unique to or unknown cause
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-id
state of
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Im-
into or not
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Inter-
between
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-ior
one who is
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-ious
state of
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iso-
equal or same
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kil/o-
one thousand
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lat-
side
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lump-
small mass
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magni-
large or greater
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Medi-
middle
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Mega-
great or big
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meta-
beyond or change
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Micro-
small
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Morpho-
shape
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Mort/o-
death
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Multi-
many, multiple, excessive
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Nano-
1 billionth
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Necr/o-
death, dead, dying
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Nigra-
black
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Nin/o-
nine
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Null/i-
none or no
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occipit/o-
back of head
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Oct/o-
eight
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Oleo-
oil
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-oleum
oil
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Olig/o-
few, scanty, slight, little
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-olog/y
science or study of, process of
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Opisth/o-
backwards (bending)
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-osis
condition of or disease
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ox/y-
sharp or oxygen molecules
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Palm/a-
palm or palm of hand
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Pan-
all, total, complete
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Path/o-
disease
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Pedi-
child
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Pent/a-
five
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Per-
through
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-phile
love of, to love, love for
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Plan/o-
flat or a plane
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Plant/o-
sole of foot
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Poly-
many
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Post-
after or behind
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-prax/ia
movement or action
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Pre-
before
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Prim/i-
first
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Prot/o-
first
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-ptosis
to drop, fall, displace
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Quadr/i-
four
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Quint/i-
five
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Retr/o-
back of, behind, backward, after
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Rube/o-
red
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Semi-
half
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Sept/i-
seventh
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-sol
in solution or solution
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Splanchn/o-
organ
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Steat/o-
fat
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Sub-
beneath, under, less or lesser
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Sulf/o-
sulfur
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Super-
above or upon
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Supinat/o-
to throw backward
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Supra-
above or upon
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Sym-
together
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Tert/i-
third
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Tetr/a-
four
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Thanat/o-
death
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-tic
capable of or state of
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-tive
nature of or quality of
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top/o-
location
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Trans-
across or through
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Tri-
three
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Troph/o-
development, nourishment, or nutrition
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-ule
small or lesser
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Ultra-
beyond
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Viscer/a-
organ
