Med Term 7 Flashcards
(130 cards)
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auto-
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self
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con-
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together, with
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dys-
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bad
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endo-
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inside
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epi-
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on top of
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eu-
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good, well
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ex-
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out, off, from, beyond
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exo-
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out, outside, without
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hyper-
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too much
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hypo-
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too little
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in-
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in, into
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pan-
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all; everything or everyone
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para-
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beside, near
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per-
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through; by means of
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poly-
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many;much
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pro-
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in front of; in favor
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pseudo-
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false, lying
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retro-
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backwards; behind
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syn-
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with, together
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acid
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acid; presence of hydrogen ions
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acro
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high
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adeno
adreno
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gland, adrenal gland
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agon
A
driver of action
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ald[ehyde]
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checmical group
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alkali
alkali; absence of hydrogen ions
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angio
vessel
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arche
beginning
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bol
throw (anabolism, catabolism, metabolism)
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calci
calcium
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carcin
cancer
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catechol
chemical group
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chor
chlorine
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chole
bile
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cortic
coritco
adrenal cortex (outside of adrenal gland)
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crine/o
secretion
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cyst
fluid-filled space
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diabet
polydipsia and polyuria, greek "go through"
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dips
drinking
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drome
to run
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farc
packed; latin "to stuff"
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fus
pouring into
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galacto
milk
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genit
reproduction; birth
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glucos
glyco
sugar
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glycogen
sugar colecules assembled into larger structure
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gonado
sex organs
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grade
movement (time or space)
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gyneco
female
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hemo
blood
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hirsute
hairy
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hormono
hormone
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hypophysis
pituitary gland
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insulin
island; hormone insulin, which is made in pancreatic islets
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kalium
potassium
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keton
chemical group
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lact
milk
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laparo
flank, loin
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lipid/o
fat
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lith
stone
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mast
breast
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men
monthly
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mineralo
pertaining to sodium or potassium
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natr
sodium
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neo
new
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nephr
kidney
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neuro
brain
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ophthalmos
the eye
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ox
oxygen
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pancreato
pancreas
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parathyroid
parathyroid gland
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permiss
allowing to pass through
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phag
eat
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phosphat
phosphorus-containing chemical group
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pituitar
pituitary gland
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receptor
a protein on the surface of the cell that turns a chemical on the outside to a signal on the inside of the cell
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scop
device for looking inside
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somato
body
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status
standing
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sterol
chemical group
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suficiens
Latin "adequate"
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thel
nipple; breast
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thym
thymus gland
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thyroid
thyroid gland
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tox
poison
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trop
turning towards
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troph
nourishing
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ur
urine
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viril
maleness; machismo
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-al
pertaining to
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-algia
pain
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-amine
chemical group
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-bulum
suffix forming the name of an instrument
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-cele
hernia
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-ectomy
cutting out of
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-em
present in blood (shortening of heme)
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-emia
present in blood, indicating disease
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-genesis
the process of creating
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-genic
giving rise to
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-graphy
test or procedure
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-ia
disease
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-iasis
presence of an abnormality
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-ic
pertaining to
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-in
chemcial name ending for a protein
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-ine
chemical name ending
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-ion
word ending that turns a verb into a noun
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-is
anatomical structure
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-ism
belief; process word ending
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-lith
stone
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-logist
one who studies
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-lysis
breaking down; destroying
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-megaly
enlargement dur to disease
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-oid
looks like; resembles
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-oma
tumor
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-osis
process
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-pathy
disease process
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-penia
low levels of
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-plasia
the process of molding or growing
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-poiesis
creation process
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-ptosis
drooping
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-rrhea
abnormal flow
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-sive
capable of
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-sterone
chemical name ending
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-tion
word ending that turns a verb into a noun
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-tomy
cutting
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-toxin
poisonous to
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-tropic
influencing the activity of a gland
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-tropin
chemical which influences the activity of gland
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