Lab 1 - Med Terms Flashcards by Allie Fetzer

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Carcin/o

A

Cancer

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Gastr/o

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Stomach

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Cyst/o

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Urinary bladder

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Derm/o

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Skin

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Enter/o

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Intestines

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Erythr/o

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Red

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Gloss/o

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Tongue

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Hemat/o

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Blood

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Leuk/o

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White

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Aden/o

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Gland

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Cephal/o

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Head

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Nephr/o

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Kidney

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Onc/o

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Tumor; bulk; volume

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Oste/o

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Bone

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Ot/o

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Ear

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Path/o

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Disease

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Rhin/o

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Nose

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Disc/o

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Separation; taking apart

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-algia

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Pain

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-cide

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Killing, destroying

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-cle

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Little

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-cyte

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Cell

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-dyne

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Pain

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-ectomy

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Surgical operation; removal of a body part; resection; excision

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-lith

Stone; calculus

-lysis

Destruction; separation

-malacia

Softening

-megaly

Enlargement; million

-oid

Resemblance to

-ology

Study of

-ostomy

Surgical creation of an artificial opening

-penia

Deficiency

-phasia

Speech

-phobia

Exaggerated fear; sensitivity

-pnea

Respiration; breathing

-rrhage

Burst forth

-rrhea

Flowing; discharge

-scopy

Use of instrument for viewing

-spasm

Involuntary contraction

-stasis

Stop; stand

-stenosis

Abnormal narrowing in a blood vessel or other tubular organ or structure

-trophy

Nourishment; development

-uria

Urine

A-

Without; not; separation; away from

Ad-

Toward; in the direction of

Ab-

Away

Ambi-

Both sides; both of 2

Ante-

In front of something

Antero-

Situated in front

Anti-

Against or opposed to another

Auto-

Self

Bi-

Twice; double

Brady-

Slow

Circum-

Around another

Contra-

Against

Dia-

Through; during; across

Dorso-

Back

Dys-

Bad; difficult

Endo-

Inside; within

Epi-

On; upon

Hemi-

One-half

Hyper-

Extreme; beyond normal

Hypo-

Below normal

Inter-

Between; among

Intra-

Within

Latero-

Lateral

Medi-

Middle

Peri-

Surrounding; around another

Poly-

Plurality of something

Postero-

Posterior

Pre-

Before another

Retro-

Backward; behind

Sub-

Beneath

Super-

In excess; above; superior

Syn-

Similarity

Tachy-

Fast; irregularly fast

Trans-

Moving; situated across or through

Semi-

One-half; partly

Alb-

White or pale

Chloro-

Green

Cirrho-

Yellow

Cyano-

Blue

Melano-

Black

Purpuro-

Purple

Neur/o

Nerves and the nervous system

-otomy

To cut

Supra-

Above; excessive