Ch 4 - Terminology Flashcards by J Lars

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carp/o

A

wrist bones

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cis/o

A

to cut

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cost/o

A

rib

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cutane/o

A

skin

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dactyl/o

A

fingers, toes

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duct/o

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to lead, carry

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flex/o

A

to bend

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gloss/o

A

tongue

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glyc/o

A

sugar

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immun/o

A

protection

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morph/o

A

shape, form

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mort/o

A

death

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nat/i

A

birth

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norm/o

A

rule, order

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ox/o

A

oxygen

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pub/o

A

pubis (pubic bone); anterior portion of the pelvic or hipbone

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seps/o

A

infection

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somn/o

A

sleep

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son/o

A

sound

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the/o

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to put, place

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thel/o, theli/o

A

nipple

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thyr/o

A

thyroid gland; shield (the shape of the thyroid gland resembled [-oid] a shield to those who named it)

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top/o

A

place, position, location

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tox/o

A

poison

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trache/o

windpipe, trachea

urethr/o

urethra

-blast

embryonic, immature

-crine

to secrete

-drome

to run

-fusion

coming together; to pour

-gen

substance that produces

-lapse

to slide, fall, sag

-lysis

breakdown, destruction, separation

-meter

to measure

-mission

to send

-or

one who

-oxia

oxygen

-partum

birth, labor

-phoria

to bear, carry; feeling (mental state)

-physis

to grow

-plasia

development, formation, growth

-plasm

structure or formation

-pnea

breathing

-ptosis

falling, drooping, prolapse

-rrhea

flow, discharge

-stasis

stopping, controlling

-trophy

development, nourishment

a-, an-

no, not, without

ab-

away from

ad-

toward

ana-

up, apart

ante-

before, forward

anti-

against

auto-

self, own

bi-

two

brady-

slow

cata-

down

con-

with, together

contra-

against, opposite

de-

down, lack of

dia-

through, complete

dys-

bad, painful, difficult, abnormal

ec-

out, outside

endo-

in, within

epi-

upon, on, above

eu-

good, normal

ex-

out, outside

hemi-

half

hyper-

excessive, above

hypo-

deficient, under

in-

into, within

infra-

beneath, under

inter-

between

intra-

in, within, into

macro-

large

mal-

bad

meta-

beyond, change

micro-

small

neo-

new

pan-

all

para-

abnormal, beside, near

per-

through

peri-

surrounding

poly-

many, much

post-

after, behind

pre-

before, in front of

pro-

before, forward

pros-

before, forward

re-

back, again

retro-

behind, backward

sub-

under

supra-

above, upper

syn-, sym-

together, with

tachy-

fast

trans-

across, through

ultra-

beyond, excess

uni-

one