Med Words D-G Flashcards
(86 cards)
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dacry/o
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tear; lacrimal apparatus (duct, sac, or gland)
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dacryocyst/o
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lacrimal sac
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dactyl/o
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fingers; toes
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de-
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cessation
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dendr/o
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tree
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dent/o
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teeth
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derm/o -derma dermat/o
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skin
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-desis
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binding, fixation (of bone or joint)
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di-
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double
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dia-
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through, across
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dipl- dipl/o
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double
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dips/o -dipsia
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thirst
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dist/o
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far, farthest
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dors/o
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back (of body)
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duct/o
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to lead; carry
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-duction
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act of leading, bringing, conducting
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duoden/o
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duodenum (first part of small intestine)
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dur/o
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dura mater; hard
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-dynia
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pain
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dys-
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bad; painful; difficult
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-eal
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pertaining to
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ec-
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out, out from
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echo-
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a repeated sound
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-ectasis
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dilation, expansion
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ecto-
outside, toward
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-ectomy
excision, removal
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-edema
swelling
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ef-
away from
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electr/o
electricity
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-ema
state of; condition
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embol/o
embolus (plug)
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-emesis
vomiting
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-emia
blood condition
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emphys/o
to inflate
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en-
in, within
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encephal/o
brain
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end- endo-
in, within
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enter/o
intestine (usually small intestine)
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eosin/o
dawn (rose-colored)
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epi-
above, upon
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epididym/o
epididymis
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epiglott/o
epiglottis
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episi/o
vulva
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erythem/o erythmat/o erythr/o
red
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-esis
condition
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eso-
inward
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esophag/o
esophagus
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esthes/o
feeling
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eti/o
cause
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eu-
good, normal
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ex-
out, out from
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exo-
outside, outward
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extra-
outside
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faci/o
face
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fasci/o
band, fascia (fibrous membrane supporting band, fascia (fibrous membrane supporting and separating muscles)
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femor/o
femur (thigh bone)
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-ferent
to carry
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fibr/o
fiber, fibrous tissue
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fibul/o
fibula (small bone of the lower leg)
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fluor/o
luminous, fluorescnence
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galact/o
milk
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gangli/o
ganglion (knot or knotlike mass)
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gastr/o
stomach
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-gen gen/o -genesis
forming, producing, origin
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genit/o
genitalia
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gest/o
pregnancy
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gingiv/o
gum(s)
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glauc/o
gray
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gli/o -glia
glue; neuroglial tissue
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-globin
protein
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glomerul/o
glomerulus
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gloss/o
tongue
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glott/o
glottis
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gluc/o glucos/o glyc/o glycos/o
sugar, sweetness
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gnos/o -gnosis
knowing
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gonad/o
gonads, sex glands
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goni/o
angle
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gon/o
seed (ovum or spermatozogen)
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-grade
to go
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-graft
transplantation
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-gram
record, writing
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granul/o
granule
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-graph
instrument for recording
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-graphy
process of recording
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-gravida
pregnant woman
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gyn/o gynec/o
woman, female
