Chapter 2 Flashcards by Joseph Merlin

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aden/o

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Gland

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adip/o

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Fat

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anter/o

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Before, front

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caud/o

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Lower part of body, tail

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cephal/o

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Head

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cyt/o

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Cell

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endo-

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In, within, inside

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exo-

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Out of, outside, away from

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hist/o

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Tissue

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-ologist

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Specialist

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-ology

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The science or study of

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path/o

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Disease, suffering, feeling, emotion

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-plasia

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Development, growth, formation

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poster/o

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Behind, toward the back

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-stasis

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Control, maintenance of a constant level

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eti-

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Cause

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Communicable

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Capable of being transmitted

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Pathogen

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A disease-producing microorganism such as a virus

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Vector-borne transmission

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The spread of disease through bites

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Epidemiologist

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Specialists in the Study of outbreaks of disease.

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iatrogenic illness

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Unfavorable response due to prescribed medical treatment.

Burns resulting from radiation therapy

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idiopathic disease

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illness without a known cause

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nosocomial infection

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Disease acquired in a hospital or clinical

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Congenital disorder

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Condition that exists at the time of birth