Medical Term (A-C) Flashcards
(120 cards)
1
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axill/o
A
armpit
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bacill/o
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bacilli (bacteria)
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bacteri/o
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bacteria
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balan/o
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glans penis
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bar/o
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pressure; weight
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bartholin/o
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Bartholin glands
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bas/o
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base; opposite of acid
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bi-
A
two
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bil/i
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bile; gall
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bilirubin/o
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bilirubin
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-blast
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embryonic; immature cell
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blephar/o
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eyelid
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brachi/o
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arm
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brachy-
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short
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brady-
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slow
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bronch/o
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bronchial tube
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bronchi/o
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bronchial tube
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bronchiol/o
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bronchiole
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bucc/o
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cheek
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burs/o
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bursa (sac of fluid near joints)
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calc/o
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calcium
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calcane/o
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calcaneus (heel bone)
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calci/o
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calcium
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calcul/o, -calculia
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to compute
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cali/o
calyx
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calic/o
calyx
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calor/i
heat
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capn/o
carbon dioxide
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caps/o, capsul/o
capsule, container
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carcin/o
cancerous; cancer
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cari/o
caries, rottenness
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cardi/o
heart
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carp/o
wrist bone (carpals)
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cata-
down
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cathar/o, cathart/o
cleansing, purging
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caud/o
tail; lower part of the body
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caus/o
burn; burning
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cauter/o
heat; burn
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cav/o
hollow, cavity
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cec/o
cecum (first part of the colon)
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-cele
hernia
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celi/o
belly; abdomen
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-centesis
surgical puncture to remove fluid
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cephal/o
head
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cerebell/o
cerebellum (posterior part of the brain)
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cerebr/o
cerebrum (largest part of the brain)
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cerumin/o
cerumen (earwax)
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cervic/o
neck; cervix (neck of uterus)
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cheil/o
lip
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chem/o
drug; chemical
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chir/o
hand
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chlor/o
green
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chlorhydr/o
hydrochloric acid
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chol/e
bile; gall
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cholangi/o
bile; vessel
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cholecyst/o
gallbladder
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choledoch/o
common bile duct
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cholesterol/o
cholesterol
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chondr/o
cartilage
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chori/o, chorion/o
chorion (outermost membrane of the fetus)
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choroid/o
choroid layer of the eye
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chrom/o
color
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chron/o
time
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chyl/o
chyle
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chym/o
to pour
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cib/o
meal
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-cide
killing
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-cidal
pertaining to killing
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circum-
around
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cirrh/o
orange-yellow
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cis/o
to cut
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-clast
to break
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-clasis
to break
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-ago
abnormal condition, disease
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-aise
comfort, ease
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alb/i
white
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alg/e, algi/o, alg/o, algesi/o
relationship to pain
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-algesic
painful, pain sense
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allign/o
bring into the line or correct position
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aliment/o
to nourish
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all-
other, different from normal, reversal
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alopec/o
baldness, mangy
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ambul/o, ambulat/o
walk
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ametr/o
out of proportion
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amph-
around, on both sides, doubly
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amput/o, amputat/o
cut away, cut off a part of the body
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-ancy
state of
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angin/o
angina, choking, strangling
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anomal/o
irregularity
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apic/o
apex
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aplast/o
defective development, lack of development
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apoplect/o
a stroke
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aqu/i, aqu/o
water
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arc/o
bow, arc, or arch
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areat/o
occurring in patches or circumscribed areas
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areol/o
little open space
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-aria
connected with
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arrect/o
upright, lifted up, raised
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as-
toward, to
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asthen-
weakness, lack of strength
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asthmat/o
gasping, choking
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at-
toward, to
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athet/o
uncontrolled
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-ation
state or action
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atop/o
strange, out of place
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atres/i
without an opening
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attenuat/o
diluted, weakened
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aud-
ear, hearing, the sense of hearing
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aur/i
ear, hearing
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auscult/a
listen
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-ax
noun ending
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ax/o
axis, main stem
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bacill/o
rod-shaped bacterium
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bifid/o
split, divided into two parts
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bifurcat/o
divide or fork into two branches
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bin-
two
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borborygm/o
rumbling sound
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brev/i, brev/o
short
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bronch/i, bronch/o
bronchial tube, bronchus
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brux/o
grind
