Chapter 6 Flashcards by Sarah sharp | Brainscape

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Alg/o, algi/o, algesi/o

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Pain

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Carcin/o

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Cancer, carcinoma

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Cyst/o

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Filled sac or pouch, cyst, bladder

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Lith

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Calculus, stone

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Onc/o

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Tumor

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Path/o

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Disease

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Py/o

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Pus

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Pyr/o, pyret/o

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Fever, fire

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Scler/o

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Hard

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Tox/o, toxic/o

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Poison

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Brady-

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Slow

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Dys-

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Abnormal, painful, difficult

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Mal-

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Bad, poor

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Pachy-

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Thick

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Tachy-

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Rapid

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Xero-

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Dry

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-algia, -algesia

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Pain

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-cele

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Hernia, localized dilation

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-clasis, -clasia

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Breaking

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-itis

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Inflammation

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-megaly

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Enlargement

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-odynia

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Pain

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-oma

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Tumor

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-pathy

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Any disease of

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-rhage, -rhagia

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Bursting forth, profuse flow, hemorrhage

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-rhea

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Flow, discharge

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-rhexis

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Rupture

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-schisis

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Fissure, splitting

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Dilation, dilatation

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Expansion, widening

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Ectasia, ectasis

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Dilation, dilatation, distension

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Edema

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Accumulation of fluid, swelling

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Lysis

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Separation, loosening, dissolving, destruction

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Malacia

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Softening

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Necrosis

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Death of tissue

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Ptosis

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Dropping, downward displacement, prolapse

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Sclerosis

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Hardening

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Spasm

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Sudden contraction, cramp

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Stasis

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Suppression, stoppage

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Stenosis

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Narrowing, constriction

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Toxin

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Poison

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Staphyl/o

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Grape- like cluster

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Strept/o

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Twisted chain

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Bacill/i, bacill/o

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Bacillus

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Bacteri/o

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Bacterium

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Myc/o

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Fungus, mold

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Vir/o

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Virus