Med Term Ch. 3 Flashcards
(92 cards)
1
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abdomin/o
A
abdomen
2
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acr/o
A
extremities, top, extreme point
3
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acu/o
A
sharp, severe, sudden
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aden/o
A
gland
5
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adip/o
A
fat
6
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amni/o
A
amnion (sac surrounding the embryo in the in the uterus)
7
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angi/o
A
vessel
8
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arteri/o
A
artery
9
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arthr/o
A
joint
10
Q
axill/o
A
armpit
11
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bi/o
A
life
12
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blephar/o
A
eyelid
13
Q
bronch/o
A
bronchial tubes
14
Q
leuk/o
A
white
15
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lymph/o
A
lymph
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mamm/o
A
breast
17
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mast/o
A
breast
18
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morph/o
A
shape, form
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muc/o
A
mucus
20
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my/o
A
muscle
21
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myel/o
A
spinal cord, bone marrow
22
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necr/o
A
death
23
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nephr/o
A
kidney
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neur/o
A
nerve
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neutr/o
neutrophil
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nucle/o
nucleus
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ophthalm/o
eye
28
oste/o
bone
29
ot/o
ear
30
path/o
disease
31
peritone/o
peritoneum (double walled sac)
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Phag/o
eat, swallow
33
phleb/o
vein
34
plas/o
formation, development
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pleur/o
pleura (membrane surrounding lungs and adjacent to chest wall)
36
pneumon/o
lungs
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pulmon/o
lungs
38
radi/o
x-rays
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rect/o
rectum
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ren/o
kidney
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rhin/o
nose
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sarc/o
flesh
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splen/o
spleen
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staphyl/o
clustered
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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
50
ven/o
vein
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-algia
pain
52
-cele
hernia
53
-centesis
surgical puncture to remove fluid
54
-coccus (-cocci)
berry shaped bacterium
55
-cyte
cell
56
-dynia
pain
57
-ectomy
removal, excision, resection
58
-emia
blood condition
59
-genesis
condition of producing, forming
60
-gram
record
61
-graph
instrument for recording
62
-graphy
process of recording
63
-itis
inflammation
64
-logy
study of
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-lysis
breakdown, destruction, separation
66
-malacia
softening
67
-megaly
enlargement
68
-oma
tumor, mass, collection of fluid
69
-opsy
to view
70
-osis
condition, usually abnormal
71
-pathy
disease condition
72
-penia
deficiency
73
-phobia
fear
74
-plasia
development, formation, growth
75
-plasty
surgical repair
76
-ptosis
dropping, sagging, prolapse
77
-sclerosis
hardening
78
-scope
instrument for visual examination
79
-scopy
process of visual examination
80
-stasis
stopping, controlling
81
-stomy
opening to form a mouth (stoma)
82
-therapy
treatment
83
-tomy
incision, cutting into
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-trophy
development, nourishment
85
-er
one who
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-ia
condition
87
-ist
specialist
88
-ole
little, small
89
-ule
little, small
90
-um, -ium
structure, tissue
91
-us
structure, substance
92
-y
condition, process
