Chap 12-13 Flashcards
(75 cards)
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Bi
A
Two
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Ante
A
In front of, before
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Con-
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With
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Dis-
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Free of, undo, take apart
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Febr/ile
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Fever
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Furc/o
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Divide, branch
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Genit/o
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Male or female genitals
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Hemi-
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Half
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In-
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In, not
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Inter
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Between
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Mal
A
Bad
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Morbid/o
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Illness
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Mort/o
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Death
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Nat/o
Nat/al
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Birth (baby)
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Part/o
Part/um
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Delivery (mother)
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Pre-
A
Before, in front of
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Alveol/o
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Alveoli
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Bronch/o
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Bronchus
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Chir/o
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Hand
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Dextr/o
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Right
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Ger/i
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Elderly
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Iatric
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Medical, physician
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Lacrimal
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Pertaining to tears
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Laryn/o
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Voice box, larynx
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Myc/o
Fungus
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Nas/o
Nose
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Ped/i
| Pod/o
Foot
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Pedi/a
Child
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Pharyng/o
Throat, pharynx
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Pluer/o
Sac (lining) around the lungs
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Phren/o
Diaphragm
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Pnea
Breathing
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Pnea
Breathing
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Pneum/o
Air ( sometimes lung)
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Pneumon/o
Lung
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Practor
Practitioner
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Pulmon/o
Lung
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Rhin/o
Nose
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Sinistr/o
Left
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Trache/o
Windpipe (trachea)
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Thorax
Chest
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Mediastinum
Space between the lungs
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Epiglottis
Flap that covers the larynx
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Abnormality
Abnormal
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Esophagus
Food pipe
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Continence
Ability to control body waste
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Operative
Surgery
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Sanguin/o
Bloody
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Semi
Half
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Semin/o
Semen
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Tri
Three
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Uni
One
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In/continence
Lack of bowel control
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Mal/aise
General feeling of illness
| feeling bad
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Bi/furc/ates
Branch into two
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Con/genit/al
Born with
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Post
Behind, after
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Ante/ pyr/etic
Before the fever
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Ante/flex/ion
Bending forwards
| Forward bending
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Morbidity
Related to illness
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Mortality
Related to death
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Myc/osis
Any condition caused by a fungus
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CPR
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
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Pneum/o/py/o/thorax
A collection of air and pus in the thoracic cavity
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Apnea
Absence of breathing
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Dyspnea
Difficult breathing
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Hyper/pnea
Increased rate and depth of breathing
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Tachy/pnea
Rapid breathing
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Brady/ pnea
Slow breathing
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Orthopnea
Able to breath only when sitting up or standing
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Pleur/o/centesis
Surgical puncturing of the pleura
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Phren/o/plegia
Paralysis of the diaphragm
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Ger/ont/o/logy
The study of treatment of aging and the elderly
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Nasolacrimal
Pertaining to the nose and lacrimal ducts
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Pedal
Pertaining to the foot