Language Of Medicine 3 Flashcards
(119 cards)
1
Q
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
4
Q
aden/o
A
gland
5
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adip/o
A
fat
6
Q
amni/o
A
amnion
sac surrounding the embryo in the uterus
7
Q
angi/o
A
vessel
8
Q
anteri/o
A
artery
9
Q
arthr/o
A
joint
10
Q
axill/o
A
armpit
11
Q
bi/o
A
life
12
Q
blephar/o
A
eyelid
13
Q
bronch/o
A
bronchial tubes
between tubes, one right and one left, that branch from the trachea to enter the lungs
14
Q
carcin/o
A
cancer
15
Q
cardi/o
A
heart
16
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chem/o
A
drug, chemical
17
Q
chondr/o
A
cartilage
18
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chron/o
A
time
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Q
col/o
A
colon
large intestine
20
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cyst/o
A
urinary bladder
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encephal/o
A
brain
22
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erythr/o
A
red
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hem/o
A
blood
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hepat/o
A
liver
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hydro/o
liquid
water
fluid
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inguin/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
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lymph/o
lymph
| a clear fluid that bathes tissue spaces, is contained in special lymph vessels and nodes throughout the body
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mamm/o
breast
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mast/o
breast
34
morph/o
shape
| form
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muc/o
mucus
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my/o
muscle
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myel/o
spinal cord
| bone marrow
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necr/o
death
| of cells or whole body
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nephr/o
kidney
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neur/o
nerve
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neutr/o
neutrophil
| a white blood cell) (neutral
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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
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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
56
ren/o
kidney
57
rhin/o
nose
58
sarc/o
flesh
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splen/o
spleen
60
staphyl/o
clusters
61
strept/o
twisted chains
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thorac/o
chest
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thromb/o
clot
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tonsill/o
tonsils
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trache/o
trachea
| windpipe
66
ven/o
vein
67
-algia
pain
68
-cele
hernia
69
-centesis
surgical puncture to remove fluid
70
-coccus (singular)
berry-shaped
71
-cocci (plural)
bacterium
| plural: bacteria
72
-cyte
cell
73
-dynia
pain
74
-ectomy
excision
removal
resection
75
-emia
blood condition
76
-genisis
condition of producing, forming
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-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
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-megaly
enlargement
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-oma
tumor
mass
collection of fluid
86
-opsy
to view
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-osis
condition, usually abnormal
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-pathy
disease
| condition
89
-penia
deficiency
90
-phobia
fear
91
-plasia
development
formation
growth
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-plasty
surgical repair
93
-ptosis
drooping
falling
prolapse
94
-sclerosis
hardening
95
-scope
instrument for visual examination
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-scopy
process of visual examination
| with an endoscope
97
-stasis
controlling
| stopping
98
-stomy
opening to form a mouth (stoma)
99
-therapy
treatment
100
-trophy
development
| nourishment
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-er
one who
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-ia
condition
103
-ist
specialist
104
-ole
little
| small
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-ule
little
| small
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-um, -ium
structure
| tissue
107
-us
structure
| substance
108
-y
condition
| process
109
-ac, -iac
pertaining to
110
-al
pertaining to
111
-ar
pertaining to
112
-ary
pertaining to
113
-eal
pertaining to
114
-genic
pertaining to producing
| produced by or in
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-ic, -ical
pertaining to
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-oid
resembling
| derived from
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-ose
pertaining to
| full of
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-ous
pertaining to
119
-tic
pertaining to
