chapter 1 Flashcards
(37 cards)
1
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-malacia
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softening
2
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-aldiga, -dynia
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pain
3
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-ac, -al, -ary, -eal, -ic, -ical, -ior, -ous, -tic
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pertaining to
4
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-iatry
A
medicine; treatment
5
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-clasis
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to break; surgical fracture
6
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-desis
A
binding, fixation (of a bone or joint)
7
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-toxic
A
poison
8
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-scopy
A
visual examination
9
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-rrhexis
A
rupture
10
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-graph
A
instrument for recording
11
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-esthesia
A
feeling
12
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-gram
A
record, writing
13
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-emia
A
blood condition
14
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-scope
A
instrument for examining
15
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-rrhea
A
flow, discharge
16
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-tome
A
instrument to cut
17
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-itis
A
inflammation
18
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-ia
A
condition
19
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-lysis
A
separation; destruction; loosening
20
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-lith
A
stone, calculus
21
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-megaly
A
enlargement
22
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-meter
A
instrument for measuring
23
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-metry
A
act of measuring
24
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-osis
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abnormal condition; increase (used primarily with blood cells)
25
-penia
decrease, deficiency
26
-phobia
fear
27
-plasia
formation, growth
28
-plegia
paralysis
29
-rrhaphy
suture
30
-graphy
process of recording
31
-esis, -ism
condition
32
-rrhage, rrhagia
bursting (of)
33
-stenosis
narrowing, stricture
34
-edema
swelling
35
-plasty
surgical repair
36
-iasis
abnormal condition (produced by something specific)
37
-ectasis
dilation, expansion
