Chapter 5 Word Parts Flashcards
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ambul/o
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to walk or move about
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articul/o
A
joint
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brachi/o
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arm
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card/o, cardi/o
A
heart
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dextr/o
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to the right
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duct/o
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to lead; to carry
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electr/o
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electricity
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fasci/o
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fibrous band; fascia
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fibr/o
A
fiber
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flex/o
A
to bend
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kines/o, kinesi/o
A
movement
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lei/o
A
smooth
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muscul/o
A
muscle
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my/o, myos/o
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muscle
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myocardi/o
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heart muscle
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neur/o
A
nerve
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orth/o
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straight; normal
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ped/o
A
child; foot
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plant/o
A
sole of the foot
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radi/o
A
X-rays
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rhabd/o
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rod-shaped
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sarc/o
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flesh; connective tissue
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son/o
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sound
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tax/o, taxi/o
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coordination; order
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ten/o, tendin/o, tendon/o
tendon
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tens/o
stretched; strained
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therm/o
hot; heat
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ton/o
tone; tension
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vers/o
turn; turning
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a-, an-
not; without
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ab-
away; away from
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ad-
toward
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ambi-
both sides
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ante-
before
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bi-
two; both
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brady-
slow
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circum-
around
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dorsi-
back
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dys-
painful; difficult
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e-, ex-
out; away from
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hemi-
half
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hyper-
above; above normal; excessive
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hypo-
below; below normal; deficient
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in-
in; into; not
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par-, para-
near; beside; alongside; beyond; abnormal
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quadri-
four
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semi-
half
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tachy-
fast
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tri-
three
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-ac, -al, -ar, -ic
pertaining to
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-algia
pain
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-asthenia
weakness
53
-cele
hernia; swelling; protrusion
54
-ceps
heads (attachments)
55
-dynia
pain
56
-ectomy
surgical removal; excision
57
-esthesia
sensation
58
-gram
record; image
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-graphy
process of recording
60
-ia
condition
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-ion
process; state; condition
62
-itis
inflammation
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-logy
study of
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-lysis
breakdown; separation; loosening
65
-malacia
softening
66
-oma
tumor; mass
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-paresis
weakness
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-penia
deficiency
69
-plasty
surgical repair
70
-plegia
paralysis
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-plegic
pertaining to paralysis
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-rrhexis
rupture
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-scope
instrument used to view
74
-scopy
visual examination using a scope
75
-tomy
process of cutting; incision
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-tonia
tone; tension
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-trophy
condition of growth or development
