Clubbymcwankfist Flashcards

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What is a Word Root?

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Core meaning of the term

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What is a Suffix?

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Added to the end; procedures, conditions, or disease

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What is a prefix?

What do they refer to?

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Attached to beginning,

Refer to time,position, direction, number, negation

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Intra-

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Within or inside

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sub-

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below

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Arthr/o

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joints

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hepat/o

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liver

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oste/o

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bone

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ven/o

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vein

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-algia

Arthralgia

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pain

Joint pain

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-centesis

Abdominocentesis

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surgical puncture to remove fluid

removing fluid from your abs

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-cyte

leukocyte

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cell

white blood cells

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-dynia

Arthrodynia

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pain

Joint pain

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-ectomy

appendectomy

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surgical removal

surgical removal of appendix

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-emia

hypoglycemia

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blood condition

low blood sugar

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-gram, -graph

sonogram

photograph

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record, x-ray, picture

sound waves to create images

picture or record

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-graphy

photography

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processing of recording picture or record

process of developing or creating pictures

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-itis

Hepastitis

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inflammation

inflammation of the liver

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-malacia

osteomalacia

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abnormal softening

softening of the bones

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-megaly

cardiomegaly

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enlargement

englarged heart

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-meter

Thermometer

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instrument used to measure

used to measure temperature

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-oid

android

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like, resembling

resembling a man

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-ologist

psychologist

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specialist

studies mind and emtoin

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-ology

psychology

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study of

study of the mind

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-oma Blastoma
tumor A type of cancer
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-osis psychosis
abnormal condition abnormality of the mind
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-ostomy colostomy
creating an artificial opening artifical opening into the colon
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-otomy
surgical incision
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-pathy cardiopathy
disease heart disease
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-phobia arachnophobia
abnormal fear of specific things fear of spiders
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-plasty arthroplasty
surgical repair surgical repair of a joint
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-ptosis nephroptosis
drooping, sagging, prolapse drooping of the kidney
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-**_rrh_**agia, --**_rrh_**age Hemorrhage
abnormal flow or discharge (blood) abnormal flow or discharge of blood
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-**_rrh_**aphy myorrhaphy
suturing stitching muscle tissue
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-**_rrh_**ea diarrhea
abnormal flow or discharge (not blood) abnormal flow of excrement
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-**_rrh_**exis myorrhexis
rupture ruptured muscle
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-sclerosis arteriosclerosis
abnormal hardening abnormal hardening of the arteries
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-scope microscope
instrument used for visual examination see's small things
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-scopy colonscopy
visual examination visual examination of colon
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-stasis hemostasis
stop, control stop or control bleeding
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-stenosis arteriostenosis
abnormal narrowing narrowing of the ateries
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