Chapter 1 Flashcards

1
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Bi/o

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life

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Carcin/o

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cancer

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3
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Cardi/o

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heart

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Chem/o

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Chemical

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5
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Cis/o

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to cut

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6
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Dermat/o

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skin

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Enter/o

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small intestine

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Gastr/o

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stomach

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Gynec/o

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female

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Hemat/o

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blood

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Immun/o

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immunity

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Laryng/o

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larynx

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Nephr/o

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kidney

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14
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Neur/o

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nerve

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15
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Opthalm/o

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eye

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Ot/o

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ear

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Path/o

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disease

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18
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Pulmon/o

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lung

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Rhin/o

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nose

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20
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a-

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without

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21
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an-

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without

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anti-

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against

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23
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auto-

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self

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24
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brady-

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slow

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25
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de-

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without

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dys-

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painful; difficult; abnormal

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27
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endo-

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within; inner

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28
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epi-

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above

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29
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eu-

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normal

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30
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ex-

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outward

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extra-

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outside of

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hetero-

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different

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homo-

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same

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hyper-

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excessive

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35
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hypo-

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below; insufficient

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36
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in-

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not; inward

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37
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inter-

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between

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38
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intra-

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within

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39
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macro-

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large

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40
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micro-

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small

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41
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neo-

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new

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42
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para-

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beside;abnormal;two like parts of a pair

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43
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per-

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through

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44
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peri-

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around

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45
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post-

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after

46
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pre-

A

before

47
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pro-

A

before

48
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pseudo-

A

false

49
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re-

A

again

50
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retro-

A

backward; behind

51
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sub-

A

under

52
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tachy-

A

fast

53
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trans-

A

across

54
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ultra-

A

beyond

55
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un-

A

not

56
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bi-

A

two

57
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hemi-

A

half

58
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mono-

A

one

59
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multi-

A

many

60
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nulli-

A

none

61
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pan-

A

all

62
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poly-

A

many

63
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quadri-

A

four

64
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semi-

A

partial

65
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tetra-

A

four

66
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tri

A

three

67
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-algia

A

pain

68
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-cele

A

protrusion

69
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-cyte

A

cell

70
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-dynia

A

pain

71
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-ectasis

A

dilation

72
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-gen

A

that which produces

73
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-genic

A

producing

74
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-ia

A

state, condition

75
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-iasis

A

abnormal condition

76
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-ism

A

state of

77
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-itis

A

inflammation

78
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-logist

A

one who studies

79
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-logy

A

study of

80
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-lytic

A

destruction

81
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-malacia

A

abnormal softening

82
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-megaly

A

enlarged

83
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-oma

A

tumor, mass

84
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-opsy

A

view of

85
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-osis

A

abnormal condition

86
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-pathy

A

disease

87
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-plasm

A

formation

88
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-plegia

A

paralysis

89
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-ptosis

A

drooping

90
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-rrhagia

A

abnormal flow condition

91
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-rrhea

A

discharge

92
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-rrhexis

A

rupture

93
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-sclerosis

A

hardening

94
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-stenosis

A

narrowing

95
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-therapy

A

treatment

96
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-trophy

A

development

97
Q

What are the adjective suffixes, that mean pertaining to/

A

-ac, -atic, -iac, -ic, -nic, -tic, -an, -al, -eal, -ile, -ine, -ior, -ar, -ary, -ory, -ose, -ous

98
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-centesis

A

puncture to w/draw fluid

99
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-ectomy

A

surgical removal

100
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-ostomy

A

surgically create an opening

101
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-otomy

A

cutting into

102
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-pexy

A

surgical fixation

103
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-plasty

A

surgical repair

104
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-rrhaphy

A

to suture

105
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-tome

A

instrument to cut

106
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-gram

A

record or picture

107
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-graphy

A

process of trecording

108
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-meter

A

instrument for measuring

109
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-metry

A

processing of measuring

110
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-scope

A

instrument for viewing

111
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-scopic

A

pertaining to visually examining

112
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-scopy

A

process of visually examining