Ch 1. continued Flashcards
(150 cards)
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Colic is around the colon (prefix)
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peri-colic
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dent ___ is the term for tooth pain (suffix)
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dent-algia
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___ menorrhea is painful mense (prefix)
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dys-menorrhea
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hepato__ means enlarged liver (suffix)
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hepato-megaly
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__ tension means abnormally low blood pressure (prefix)
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hypo-tension
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__ gastric is the area above the stomach
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epi-gastric
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phleb___ is incision (or going into) the vein (suffix)
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phlebo-tomy
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suffix -ectomy
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complete removal
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Combining form aer/o
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air,gas
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arther/o
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plaque, fatty substances (inside of a blood vessel)
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blast/o
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immature cells
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calc/o, calci/o
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calcium
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chondrio, chondro
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cartilage, grainy, gritty
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chyl/o
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chyle, a digestive juice
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chym/o
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chyme, semifluid production of chyme in the stomach
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cyst/o, cysti
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bladder, cyst, cystic duct
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cyt/o
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cell
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ethm/o
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ethmoid bone
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gluc/o
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glucose
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glyc/o
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sugars
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hyd/o
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hydrogen, water
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ket/o, keton/o
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ketone, acetone
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lip/o
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fat (outside of a blood vessel)
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nucle/o
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nucleus
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plasma, plasmo
formative, plasma
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salping/o
tube
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sider/o
iron
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somat/o
body
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squam/o
scale, squamous (meaning scaly)
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syring/o
tube
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A condition characterized by excessive fluid accumulation in the brain is __cephaly
hydro-cephaly
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A __ cyte is a cartilage cell
chondro-cyte
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Inflammation of the eustachian tube is __ itis
syring-titis
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-ectomy is removal of the fallopian tube
salping-ectomy
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___ toxin is a poison that acts upon a cell nucleus
nucleo-toxin
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___ oma is a tumor from a fatty deposit inside a blood vessel
arther-oma
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Relating to the ethmoid and nasal bones is __ nasal
ethmo-nasal
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An __ gen is a gas-producing microorganism
aero-gen
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Originating in the body is __ genic
somato-genis
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Producing glucose is __genic
gluco-genic
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__penia is a sugar deficiency
glyco-penia
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__penia is a calcium deficiency
calci-penia
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An embryonic fat cell (outside a vessel) is a __ blast
lipo-blast
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__pheresis is the separation of blood into parts
plasma-pheresis
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The arrangement of cells in tissue is __ architecture
cyto-architecture
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An abnormally low level of iron in the blood is __ penia
sidero-penia
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__oid is bladder-shaped
cyst-oid
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The metabolic production of ketones is __genesis
keto-genesis
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__poiesis is the production of chyle in the intestine
chylo-poiesis
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__poiesis means the production of chyme
chymo-poiesis
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Relating to the squamous part of the frontal bone is __ frontal
squamo-frontal
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algesi/o,algi/o,alg/o
pain
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cry/o
cold
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disp/o
thirst
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esthesi/o
sensation, perception
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kin/o,kine
movement, motion
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kinesi/o, kines/o
motion
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phon/o
sound, voice, speech
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phot/o
light
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son/o
sound
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therm/o
heat
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struction of tissue freezing is __ cautery
cryo
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A __ meter is an instrument for measuring light
photo-meter
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___motor relates to movements caused by sou d
sono-meter
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An instrument for measuring temp is a __meter
thermo-meter
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Pain is caused by a spams in an __spasm
algo-spasm
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___mania is alcoholism
dispo-mania
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The study of movement is __logy
kinesiology
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The perception of movement is __esthesia
kinesthesia
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A __meter is an instrument for measuring sound
phono-meter
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Measurement of tactile sensibility is __metry
esthesio-metry
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acanth/o
spiny, thorny
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andr/o
masculine
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chlor/o
chlorine, green
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chrom/o, chromat/o
color
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crypto/o
hidden, obscure
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cyan/o
blue
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eosin/o
red
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erythr/o
red, redness
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granul/o
granular
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gyn/o, gyne, gynec/o
women
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home/o, hom/o
same, constant
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ichthy/o
dry, scaly, fishy
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idi/o
distinct, uknown
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immun/o
safe, immune
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leuk/o
white
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macr/o
large, long
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meg/a, megal/o
large, million
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melan/o
black, dark
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micr/o
small, tiny
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mio
smaller, less
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morph/o
structure, shape
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norm/o
normal
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physi/o
physical, natural
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psued/o
false
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scler/o
hardness, hardening
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scoli/o
crooked, bent
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spher/o
round, spherical
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staphyl/o
grapelike clusters
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sten/o
narrowness
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strept/o
twisted chains, streptococci
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xterat/o
monster (as a malformed fetus)
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xanth/o
yellow
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Staining readily with certain (red) dyes is __philic
eosino-philic
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A _ organisms is a tiny organism
micro-organism
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_derma is yellowish skin
xantho-derma
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_cephaly is narrowness of the head
steno-cephaly
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The study of the structure of animals and plants is __logy
morpho-logy
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The formation of new.similar tissue is _ plasia
homeo-plasia
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an instrument for measuring curves is a _meter
scolio-meter
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disease of unknown origin is said to be _pathic
idio-pathic
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_diabetes is a false test for sugar in the urine
pseudo-diabetes
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_oid is spine-shaped
acanth-oid
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producing color is _genous
chromato-genous
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a common organism that can various infections is _coccus
strepto-coccus
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a _ blast is an immature white blood cell
leuko-blast
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physical therapy is also called _therapy
physio-therapy
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small, granular lesion is a _oma
granul-oma
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fragmentation of rbcs is _clasis
erythro-clasis
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abnormal skin darkening is _derma
melano-derma
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an agent that causes a malformed fetus is a _ gen
terato-gen
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_blastoma is a testicular tumor
andro-blastoma
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_uresis is the excretion of chloride in urine
chlor-uresis
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lacking in some essential immune function is _deficient
immuno-deficient
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_coccus is a common species that is the cause of a variety of infections
staphylo-coccus
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State or condition of being blue is _sis
cyano-sis
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__pathy is a disease perculiar to women
gyno-pathy
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thickening and hardening of the skin is _derma
sclero-derma
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_genis refers to obscure origin
crypto-genic
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a normal cell is a _cyte
normo-cyte
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poisoning by fish is _toxism
ichthyo-toxism
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a round red blood cell is a _cyte
sphero-cyte
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_melia is an abnormally large-sized limb
macro-melia
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_encephaly is an abnormally large head and brain
megalo-encephaly
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lessened functional activity is _pragia
mio-pragia
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bacill/o
bacilli, bacteria
bacterio-genic is caused by bacteria
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bacteri/o
bacteria
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carcin/o
cancer
A carcinogen is a cancer-producing substance
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kyph/o
humpback
Kyphosis combined with scoliosis is kyphoscoliosis
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onch/o, onc/o
tumor
oncolysis is a destruction of a cancerous tumor
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path/o
disease
A disease-causing substance is a pathogen
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pyr/o
fever, fire, heat
causing fever is pyrogenic
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schist/o
split
schisto-cytosis
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schiz/o
split,division
a spectrum of mental disorders often with a disorder in perception is schizoprenia
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spasm/o
spasm
an agent that relieves spasms is a spasmolytic
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anteri/o
front
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dextr/o
right, toward the right
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dors/o
back
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goni/o
angle
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goni/o
angle one
