Ch.4 Flashcards
(115 cards)
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Cib/o
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Meals
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Carp/o
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Wrist bones
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Cis/o
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To cut
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Cost/o
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Rib
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Cutane/o
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Skin
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Dactyl/o
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Fingers, toes
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Duct/o
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To lead, carry
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Flex/o
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To bend
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Furc/o
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Forking, branching
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Gloss/o
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Tongue
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Glyc/o
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Sugar
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Immun/o
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Protection
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Mort/o
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Death
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Nat/i
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Birth
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Nect/o
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To bind, tie, connect
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Norm/o
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Rule, order
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Ox/o
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Oxygen
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Pub/o
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Pubis (pubic bone); anterior portion of the pelvic or hip bone
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Seps/o
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Infection
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Somn/o
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Sleep
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Son/o
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Sound
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The/o
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To put, place
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Thel/o
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Nipple
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Thyr/o
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Thyroid gland; shield ( the shape of the thyroid gland resembles a shield to those who named it)
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Top/o
Place, position, location
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Tox/o
Poison
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Trache/o
Windpipe, trachea
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Urethr/o
Urethra
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- a berry-shaped bacterium that grows in twisted chains
- one group can cause "strep throat", tonsillitis, rheumatic fever, and certain kidney ailments
- another group causes infections in teeth, in the sinuses (cavities of the nose and face), and valves of the heart
Streptococcus!
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Berry-shaped bacteria that grows in small clusters like grapes
-lesions may be external (skin abscesses, boils, styes) or internal (abscesses in bone and kidney)
-MRSA
Staphylococcus!
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MRSA
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
-is a serious staphylocccal condition that is difficult to treat with antibiotics
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-blast
Embryonic, immature
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-crine
To secrete
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-drome
To run
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-fusion
Coming together, to pour
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-gen
Substance that produces
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-lapse
To slide, fall, sag
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-lysis
Breakdown, destruction, separation
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-meter
To measure
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-mission
To send
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-or
One who
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-oxia
Oxygen
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-partum
Birth, labor
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-phoria
To bear, carry; feeling (mental state)
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-physis
To grow
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-plasia
Development, formation, growth
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-plasm
Structure or formation
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-pnea
Breathing
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-ptosis
Falling, drooping, prolapse
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-rrhea
Flow, discharge
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-stasis
Stopping, controlling
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-trophy
Development, nourishment
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Ad-
Toward
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Adductor
A muscle that draws a limb toward the body.
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Ana-
Up, apart
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Ante-
Before, forward
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Ante cibum
Before meals (seen as a.c. on prescription orders)
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Anti-
Against
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Antibody
Protein produced against an antigen (foreign body)
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Antigen
An antigen (bacterium or virus) is a substance that produces an antibody
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Antitoxin
This is an antibody, often from an animal, that acts against a toxin.
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Auto-
Self, own
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Bi-
Two
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Brady-
Slow
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Cata-
Down
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Con-
With, together
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Contra-
Against, opposite
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De-
Down, lack of
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Dia-
Through, complete
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Dialysis
Literal meaning = complete separation
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Dys-
Bad, painful, difficult, abnormal
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Ec-, ecto-
Out, outside
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Ectopic
Pertaining to out of place
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Endo-
Within
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Eu-
Good, normal
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Euphoria
Feeling of well-being
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Epi-
Upon, on, above
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Ex-
Out, outside, away from
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Hemi-
Half
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Hyper-
Excessive, above
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Hypertrophy
Increase in size of individual cells.
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Hypo-
Deficient, under
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In-
Not
Or
Into, within
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Infra-
Beneath, under
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Inter-
Between
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Intra-
In, within, into
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Macro-
Large
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Mal-
Bad
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Malaise
Discomfort
It is a symptom of illness often marking the onset of a disease.
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Meta-
Beyond, change
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Micro-
Small
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Neo-
New
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pan-
All
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Para-
Abnormal, beside, near
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Per-
Through
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Peri-
Surrounding
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Poly-
Many, much
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Post-
After, behind
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Pre-
Before, in front of
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Pro-
Before, forward
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Pros-
Before, forward
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Re-
Back, again
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Retro-
Behind, backward
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Sub-
Under
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Supra-
Above, upper
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Syn-, sym-
Together, with
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Tachy-
Fast
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Trans-
Across, through
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Ultra-
Beyond, excess
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Uni-
One
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-cyesis
Pregnancy
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a-
No, not, without
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ab-
Away from
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an-
No, not, without
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Achondroplasia
Condition of improper formation of cartilage in the embryo that leads to short bones and dwarfism
