Chapter Three Flashcards
Terms
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abdomin/o
A
abdomen
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acr/o
A
extremities, top, extreme point
3
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acu/o
A
sharp, severe, sudden
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aden/o
A
gland
5
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adip/o
A
fat
6
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amni/o
A
amnion (sac surrounding the embryo in the uterus)
7
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angi/o
A
vessel
8
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arteri/o
A
artery
9
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arthr/o
A
joint
10
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axill/o
A
armpit
11
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bi/o
A
life
12
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blephar/o
A
eyelid
13
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bronch/o
A
bronchial tubes (two tubes, one right and one left, that branch from the trachea to the lungs)
14
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carcin/o
A
cancer
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cardi/o
A
heart
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chem/o
A
drug, chemical
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chondr/o
A
cartilage
18
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chron/o
A
time
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col/o
A
colon (large intestine)
20
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cyst/o
A
urinary bladder
21
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encephal/o
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brain
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erythr/o
A
red
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hem/o
A
blood
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hepat/o
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liver
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hydr/o
water
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ingin/o
groin
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isch/o
to hold back
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lapar/o
abdomen, abdominal wall
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laryng/o
larynx
30
leuk/o
white
31
lymph/o
lymph (a clear fluid that bathes tissue spaces, is contained in special lymph vessels and noes throughout the body).
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mamm/o
breast
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mast/o
breast
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morph/o
shape, form
35
muc/o
mucus
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my/o
muscle
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myel/o
spinal cord, bone marrow (context usage indicates the meaning intended)
38
necro/o
death (of cells or whole body)
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nephr/o
kidney
40
neur/o
nerve
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neutr/o
neutrophil (a while blood cell)
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nucle/o
nucleus
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ophthalm/o
eye
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oste/o
bone
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ot/o
ear
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path/o
disease
47
peritone/o
peritoneum
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phag/o
to eat, swallow
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phleb/o
vein
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plas/o
formation, development
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pleur/o
pleura (membrane surrounding lungs and adjacent to chest wall).
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pneumon/o
lungs
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pulmon/o
lungs
54
radi/o
x-rays
55
rect/o
rectum
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ren/o
kidney
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rhin/o
nose
58
sarc/o
flesh
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splen/o
spleen
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staphyl/o
clusters
61
strept/o
twisted chains
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thorac/o
chest
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thromb/o
clot
64
tonsill/o
tonsils
65
trache/o
trachea (windpipe)
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ven/o
vein
67
-algia
pain
68
-cele
hernia
69
-centesis
surgical puncture to remove fluid
70
-coccus
berry shaped bacterium
71
-cocci
(plural) berry shaped bacteria
72
-cyte
cell
73
-dynia
pain
74
-ectomy
excision, removal, resection
75
-emia
blood condition
76
-genesis
condition of producing, forming
77
-gram
record
78
-graph
instrument for recording
79
-graphy
process of recording
80
-itis
inflammation
81
-logy
study of
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-lysis
breakdown, destruction, separation
83
-malacia
softening
84
-megaly
enlargement
85
-oma
tumor, mass, collection of fluid
86
-opsy
to view
87
-osis
condition, usually abnormal
88
-pathy
disease condition
89
-penia
deficiency
90
-phobia
fear
91
-plasia
development, formation, growth
92
-plasty
surgical repair
93
-ptosis
drooping, falling, prolapse
94
-rrhea
flow, discharge
95
-schlerosis
hardening
96
-scope
instrument for visual examination
97
-scopy
process of visual examination (with an endoscope)
98
-stasis
controlling, stopping
99
-stomy
opening to form a mouth (stoma)
100
-therapy
treatment
101
-tomy
incision, cutting into
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-trophy
development, nourishment
103
-er
one who
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-ia
condition
105
-ist
specialist
106
-ole
little, small
107
-ule
little, small
108
-um, ium
structure, tissue
109
-us
structure, substance
110
-y
condition, process
111
-ac, -iac
pertaining to
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-al
pertaining to
113
-ar
pertaining to
114
-ary
pertaining to
115
-eal
pertaining to
116
-genic
pertaining to producing, produced by or in
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-ic, ical
pertaining to
118
-oid
resembling, derived from
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-ose
pertaining to, full of
120
-ous
pertaining to
121
-tic
pertaining to
