Chapter 3- combining forms Flashcards
(40 cards)
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Acr
A
extremities, top, extreme point
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acu
A
sharp, severe, sudden
3
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Amni
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amnion (sac surrounding the embryo in the uterus)
4
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angi
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vessel
5
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arteri
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artery
6
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axill
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armpit
7
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blephar
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eyelid
8
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bronch
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bronchial tubes (two tubes, one right and one left, that branch from the trachea to enter the lungs)
9
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chem
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drug
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chron
A
time
11
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col
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colon
12
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hydr
A
water, fluid
13
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inguin
A
groin
14
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isch
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to hold back
15
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lapar
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abdomen, abdominal wall
16
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laryng
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larynx
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lymph
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Lymph (clear fluid that bathes tissue spaces, is contained in special lymph vessels and nodes throughout the body)
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mamm
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breast
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mast
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breast
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morph
A
Shape, form
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muc
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mucus
22
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my
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muscle
23
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myel
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spinal cord, bone marrow (context of usage indicates the meaning intended)
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necr
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death (of cells or whole body)
25
neutr
neutrophil (a white blood cell)
26
ot
ear
27
peritone
peritoneum
28
phag
to eat, swallow
29
phleb
vein
30
plas
formation, development
31
pleur
pleura (membrane surrounding lungs and adjacent to chest wall)
32
pneumon
lungs
33
pulmon
lungs
34
rect
rectum
35
splen
spleen
36
staphyl
clusters
37
strept
twisted chains
38
tonsill
tonsils
39
trache
trachea
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ven
vein
