Elements chapters 1-14 Flashcards
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idi/o
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peculiar to one organ/individual
2
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-ago
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abnormal condition, disease
3
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-desis
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to bind, tie together
4
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fasci/o
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fascia, fibrous band
5
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clon/o
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violent action
6
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-plegia
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paralysis, stroke
7
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coron/o
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coronary, crown
8
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-crasia
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a mixture or blending
9
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isch/o
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to hold back
10
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bacill/o
A
rod-shaped bacterium
11
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strept/o
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twisted chain
12
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-facient
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making, producing
13
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staphyl/o
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clusters, bunch of grapes
14
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-coccus
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spherical bacteria
15
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meta-
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change, beyond, subsequent to, behind, after, next
16
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vit/o, vit/a
A
life
17
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viti/o
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blemish
18
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fibros/o
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fibrous connective tissue
19
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capn/o
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carbon dioxide, sooty or smoky appearance
20
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-ptysis
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spitting
21
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-ectasis
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stretching, dilation, enlargement
22
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hiat/o
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opening
23
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metabol/o
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change
24
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hal/o, halit/o
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breath
25
de-
down, lack of, from, not, removal
26
intussuscept/o
take up or receive within
27
-tripsy
to crush
28
myel/o
spinal cord, bone marrow
29
caus/o
burning, burn
30
-lepsy
seizure, stroke
31
estet/o
feeling, nervous sensation, sense of perception
32
-tropic
having an affinity for
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phac/o, phak/o
lens of eye
34
mi/o
smaller, less
35
pinn/i
external ear, auricle
36
tars/o
tarsus (ankle bone), instep, edge of the eyelid
37
kerat/o
horny, hard, cornea
38
macul/o
spot
39
papill/o
nipple-like
40
trop/o
turn, change
41
ichthy/o
dry, scaly
42
kel/o
growth, tumor
43
pedicul/o
louse, lice
44
pil/i, pil/o
hair
45
prurit/o
itching
46
-aria
connected with
47
hirsut/o
hairy, rough
48
-phyma
growth
49
urtic/o
nettle, rash, hives
50
-ula
small, little
51
koil/o
hollow or concave
52
phor/o
carry, bear, movement
53
ecchym/o
pouring out of juice
54
hypophys/o
pituitary gland
55
phe/o
dusky
56
-para
to give birth
57
loch/i
child birth, confinement
58
-pareunia
sexual intercourse
59
-parous
having borne one or more children
60
episi/o
vulva
61
cel/o
abdomen, belly
62
phall/i
penis
