Book3 Flashcards
(169 cards)
1
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sud/o
A
sweat
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super-
A
above, beyond
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-suppression
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to stop
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supra-
A
above; upper
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sym-
A
together; with
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symptom/o
A
occurrence
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syn-
A
together; with
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synaps/o, synapt/o
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point of contact, to join
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syncop/o
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to cut off, cut short; faint
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syndesm/o
A
ligament
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synov/o
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synovia; synovial membrane; sheath around a tendon
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syring/o
A
tube
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system/o
A
system
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systol/o
A
contraction
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tachy-
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fast
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tal/o
A
talus
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tars/o
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tarsus; hindfoot or ankle
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tauto-
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identical, same
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tax/o
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order; coordination
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techn/o
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skill, art
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tel/o
A
complete
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tele/o
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distant
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temp/o, tempor/o
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period of time, the temples
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deca-
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ten
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ten/o
tendon
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tendin/o
tendon
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-tension
pressure
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tens/o
stretched, strained
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tephr/o
gray (ashen)
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terat/o
monster; malformed fetus
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test/o
testis
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tetan/o
tetanus
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tetra-
four
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thalam/o
thalamus
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thalass/o
sea
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thanat/o
death
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the/o
put; place
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thec/o
sheath
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thel/o
nipple
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therapeut/o
treatment
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-therapy
treatment
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therm/o
heat
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thorac/o
chest
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-thorax
chest; pleural cavity
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tri-
three
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thromb/o
clot
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-tropia
to turn
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thym/o
thymus gland
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-thymia
mind (condition of)
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-thymic
pertaining to mind
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thyr/o
thyroid gland; sheild
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thyroid/o
thyroid gland
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tibi/o
tibia (shin bone)
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-tic
pertaining to
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toc/o
labor; birth
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-tocia
labor; birth (condition of)
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-tocin
labor; birth (a substance for)
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tom/o
to cut
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-tome
instrument to cut
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-tomy
process of cutting
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ton/o
tension
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tone/o
to stretch
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tonsill/o
tonsil
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top/o
place; position; location
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torso
twisted
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tox/o
poison
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toxic/o
poison
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trache/o
trachea (windpipe)
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trans-
across; through
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traumat/o
trauma, injury, wound
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trem/o, tremul/o
shaking, trembling
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-tresia
opening
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tri-
three
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trich/o
hair
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trigon/o
trigone (area within the bladder)
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tri/o
to sort out, sorting
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-tripsy
to crush
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troph/o
nourishment; development
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-trophy
nourishment; development (condition of)
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-tropia
to turn
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-tropic
turning
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-tropin
stimulate; act on
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tub/o
tube
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tumesc/o, -tumescence
swelling
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tympan/o
tympanic membrane (eardrum); middle ear
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-type
classification; picture
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typhl/o
cecum, blindness
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-ule
little; small
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uln/o
ulna (middle lower arm bone)
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ul/o
scar, scarring
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ultra-
beyond; excess
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-um
structure; tissue; thing
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umbilic/o
umbilicus (navel)
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ungu/o
nail
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uni-
one
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uran/o
palate
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-uresis
urination
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ur/o
urine; urinary tract
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ureter/o
ureter
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urethr/o
urethra
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-uria
urination; condition of urine
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uric/o
urine condition
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urin/o
urine
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-us
structure; thing
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uter/o
uterus (womb)
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uve/o
uvea, vascular layer of eye (iris, choroid, ciliary body)
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uvul/o
uvula
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vaccin/o
vaccine
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vag/o
vagus nerve
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vagin/o
vagina
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valv/o
valve
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valvul/o
valve
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varic/o
varicose veins
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vas/o
vessel; duct; vas deferens
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vascul/o
vessel (blood)
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ven/o
vein
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ven/i
vein
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vener/o
venereal (sexual contact)
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ventil/o
to aerate, oxygenate
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ventr/o
belly side of body
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ventricul/o
ventricle (of heart or brain)
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venul/o
venule (small vein)
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verm/i
worm
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verruc/i
wart
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-verse
to turn
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-version
to turn
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vers/o, -verse
turn, turning
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vertebr/o
vertebra (backbone)
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vesic/o
urinary bladder
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vesicul/o
seminal vesicle
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vestibul/o
vestibule of the inner ear
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vir/o
virus
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viscer/o
internal organs
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vit/o
life
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vitr/o
vitreous body (of the eye)
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vitre/o
glass
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viv/o
life
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-volemia
blood volume
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volv/o, volut/o
to roll
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vulv/o
vulva
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-ward
in the direction of
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-where
location e.g. anywhere
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-wise
direction e.g. clockwise
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with-
together, united
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xanth/o
yellow
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xen/o
stranger, foreigner
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xer/o
dry, dryness
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xiph/o or xiphi-
sword shaped
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xylo-
wood e.g. xylum
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xys-
file, scrape
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-y
condition; process
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yalos
Glass
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ydor
Water
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-yne
ending for alkynes
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yocto-
prefix: one septillionth part of; the factor 10: yoctosecond
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yoeides
U-shaped
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-yl
suffix - a monovalent hydrocarbon radical, e.g. ethyl
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-ylene
suffix - A bivalent organic radical
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yper
Above
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ypo
Under
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ypsi
High
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ystera
Uterus
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zeo-
boil
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zinco-
Pertaining to or containing the element zinc
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zo/o
animal life
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zon-
girdle, belt
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zyg/o
union, junction, pair, yoke, tied together
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zym/o
enzyme, ferment
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-zyme
enzyme
