Med Term Chapter 3 Flashcards by Cynthia Cox

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ase

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word ending for enzymes, a type of protein that speeds up chemical reactions

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blast

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rapidly dividing cell

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cyte

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cell

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elle

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diminutive suffix; it makes whatever is in front of it smaller (icicle)

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icle

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diminutive suffix; it makes whatever is in front of it smaller (icicle)

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iculum

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diminutive suffix; it makes whatever is in front of it smaller (icicle)

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ion

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diminutive suffix; it makes whatever is in front of it smaller (icicle)

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ole

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diminutive suffix; it makes whatever is in front of it smaller (icicle)

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ule

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diminutive suffix; it makes whatever is in front of it smaller (icicle)

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ula

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diminutive suffix; it makes whatever is in front of it smaller (icicle)

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ular

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diminutive suffix; it makes whatever is in front of it smaller (icicle)

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ulum

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diminutive suffix; it makes whatever is in front of it smaller (icicle)

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gen

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creation or creating; giving rise to

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genic

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creation or creating; giving rise to

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genesis

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creation or creating; giving rise to

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genous

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creation or creating; giving rise to

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ic

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referring to

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id

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word ending for many chemicals

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ide

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word ending for many chemicals

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tide

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word ending for many chemicals

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in

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word endings commonly used to indicate a protein

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ein

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word endings commonly used to indicate a protein

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globulin

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word endings commonly used to indicate a protein

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ine

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word ending commonly used to indicate and amino acid, one of the building blocks of proteins

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ium

tissue or structure

lysis

breakdown; destruction

oid

resembling

ol

word ending commonly used to indicate an alcohol

olus

smaller

oma

tumor or swelling

ose

word ending commonly used to indicate a sugar

osis

process

ote

type of cell; word ending borrowed from zygote

penia

deficiency; lack of

poiesis

process of creation

some

body

acid

a substance which gives off hydrogen ions

active

requires energy

agonist

fighter; champion

amino

chemical group containing the element nitrogen

archea

the oldest and most primitive form of living things

bio

life

cancer

a disease characterized by uncontrolled cell division and the unusual appearance of cells

capsid

latin capsa, box

cell

unit of living things, bounded by cellular membrane

centri/centro

center

chondr

granule

chrom/at | chrom/o

color

clone

cell which is an exact copy of its parent cell

deoxyrib/o

a sugar which is smaller to ribose but its missing an oxygen

dox

opinion; belief

electron

subatomic particle, used in microscopes for visualizing molecular-size objects

feedback

information in the body used to monitor a state or condition

golgi apparatus golgi bodies golgi complex

three names for the same organelle, discovered by camillo golgi, a 19th century italian anatomist

karyon

nucleus, from greek nut

lys/o | lytic

breakdown; destruction

malignant

invasive or destructive

meion

lessen; reduce

mito

thread

myel/o

marrow; especially bone marrow which makes the bodys defensive cells

necr/o

death

nucleus

the center of the cell; often bound by another membrane

onc/o

cancer

organ

tool; instrument

paradox

against prevailing opinion; unexpected

passive

does not require energy

phag/o

eating

phage

eating

pin/o

drinking

plasm

jelly

ptosis

drooping

respiration

literally breathing, but used to describe the process of turning oxygen into energy

ret/e

net

rib/o

a sugar which is the basis for many molecules

soma

body

stasis

stopping; holding

transcript

changing the form without changing the language

translate

changing the language

transmissability

the ability of a disease to move from one person to another

ves

bladder

virulence

the severity of a disease

virus

latin slimy liquid; poison

zym/o

leavening

ant

against

anti

against

apo

off

endo

inside

eu

perfect; true

homeo

same

leuko

white

micro

small

para

against; contrary

pro

before; early

sym

together

ATP

adenosine triphosphate, the energy currency of the cell

DNA

deoxyribonucleic acid

H,H+

hydrogen, Hydrogen ion

K K+

potassium, potassium ion

mRNA

messenger RNA

Na Na+

sodium, sodium ion

RER

rough endoplasmic reticulum

RNA

ribonucleic acid

rRNA

ribosomal RNA

alpha

first

beta

second

gamma

third

delta

fourth

epsilon

fith

apoptosis

intentional or programmed cell death

necrosis

pathological or unintentional cell death

homeostasis

a state of equalibrium in the body

nucleic

nucleic acids are chemicals which were first isolated from the nucleus

ribonucleic

a chemical used in cells to make proteins

deoxyribonucleic

a chemical used in cells to store info

nucleolus

small region within nucleus that makes RNA

endoplasmic

first word in endoplasmic reticulum, a cell organelle

reticulum

second word in endoplasmic reticulum

vesicle

membrane bound organelle found in cells