Medical Term (I-M) Flashcards
(175 cards)
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kyph/o
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humpback
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labi/o
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lip
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lacrim/o
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tear; tear duct; lacrimal duct
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lact/o
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milk
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lamin/o
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lamina
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lampr/o
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clear
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lapar/o
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abdominal wall; abdomen
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-lapse
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to slide, fall, sag
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laryng/o
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larynx (voice box)
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later/o
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side
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leiomy/o
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smooth (visceral) muscle
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-lepsy
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seizure
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lept/o
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thin, slender
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-leptic
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to seize, take hold of
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leuk/o
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white
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lex/o
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word: phrase
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-lexia
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word; phrase
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ligament/o
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ligament
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ligat/o
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binding, tying
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lingu/o
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tongue
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lip/o
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fat; lipid
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-listhesis
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condition of stones
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lith/o
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stone, calculus
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lob/o
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lobe
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-logy
study (process of)
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lord/o
curve; swayback
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lumb/o
lower back; loin
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lumin/o
light
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lute/o
yellow
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lux/o
to slide
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lymph/o
lymph
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lymphaden/o
lymph gland (node)
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lymphangi/o
lymph vessel
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-lysis
breakdown; separation; destruction; loosening
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-lytic
to reduce, destroy, separate; breakdown
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macro-
large
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mal-
bad
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-malacia
softening
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malleol/o
malleolus
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mamm/o
breast
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mandibul/o
mandible (lower jaw bone)
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-mania
obsessive preoccupation
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mast/o
breast
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mastoid/o
mastoid process (behind the ear)
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maxill/o
maxilla (upper jaw bone)
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meat/o
meatus (opening)
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mediastin/o
mediastinum
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medull/o
medulla (inner section); middle; soft, marrow
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mega-
large
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-megaly
enlargement
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melan/o
black
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mel/o
limb, limbs
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men/o
menses; menstruation
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mening/o, meningi/o
meninges (membranes covering the spinal cord & brain)
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ment/o
mind; chin
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meso-
middle
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meta-
change; beyond
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metacarp/o
metacarpals (hand bones)
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metatars/o
metatarsals (foot bones)
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-meter
measure
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metr/o, metri/o
uterus (womb); measure
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-metry
process of measuring
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micro-
small
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-mimetric
mimic; copy
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-mission
to send
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morph/o
shape; form
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mort/o
death
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-ial
pertaining to
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-ian
specialist
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-iatrics
field of medicine, healing
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-iatrist
specialist
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-iatry
field of medicine
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-ible
capable of, able to
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icter/o
jaundice
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-iferous
bearing, carrying, producing
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-ific
making, producing
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-iform
shaped or formed like, resembling
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-igo
attack, diseased condition
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-ile
capable of
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illusi/o
deception
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im-
not
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impact/o
pushed against, wedged against, packed
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impress/o
pressing into
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impuls/o
pressure or pushing force, drive, urging on
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incis/o
cutting into
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incubat/o
incubation, hatching
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indurat/o
hardened
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infarct/o
filled in, stuffed
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infer/o
below, beneath
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infest/o
attack, assail, molest
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inflammat/o
flame within, set on fire
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infundibul/o
funnel
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ingest/o
carry or pour in
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inhal/o, inhalat/o
breath in
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inject/o
to force or throw in
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innominat/o
unnamed, nameless
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inocul/o
implant, introduce
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insipid/o
tasteless
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inspir/o, inspirat/o
breathe in
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insul/o
island
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intact/o
untouched, whole
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intermitt/o
not continuous
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intern/o
within, inner
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interstiti/o
the space between things
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intestin/o
intestine
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intim/o
innermost
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intoxic/o
put poison in
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intrins/o
contained within
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intro-
within, into, inside
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introit/o
entrance or passage
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intussuscept/o
take up or receive within
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involut/o
rolled up, curled inward
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-is
noun ending
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ir/i, ir/o, irid/o, irit/o
iris, colored part of eye
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iso-
equal
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-isy
noun ending
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-ive
performs, tends toward
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-ize
to make, to treat
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kata-, kath-
down
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labi/o
lip
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labyrinth/o
maze, labyrinth, the inner ear
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lacer/o, lacerat/o
torn, mangled
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lactat/o
secrete milk
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laps/o
slip, fall, slide
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lat/i, lat/o
broad
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lav/o, lavat/o
wash, bathe
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lax/o, laxat/o
loosen, relax
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lent/i
the lens of the eye
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lenticul/o
shaped like a lens, pertaining to a lens
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lepto-
small, soft
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letharg/o
drowsiness, oblivion
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lev/o, levat/o
raise, lift up
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libid/o, libidin/o
sexual drive, desire, passion
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-lithiasis
presence of stones
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loc/o
place
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loch/i
childbirth, confinement
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longev/o
long-lived, long life
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lun/o, lunat/o
moon
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lunul/o
crescent
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lup/i, lup/o
wolf
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-lyst
agent that causes lysis or loosening
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macul/o
spot
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magn/o
great, large
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major/o
larger
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malign/o
bad, evil
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malle/o
malleus, hammer
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man/i
madness, rage
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man/i, man/o
hand
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manipul/o
use of hands
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manubri/o
handle
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masset/o
chew
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mastic/o, masticat/o
chew
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matern/o
maternal, of a mother
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matur/o
ripe
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maxim/o
largest, greatest
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medic/o
medicine, physician, healing
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medicat/o
medication, healing
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mei/o
less, meiosis
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mellit/o
honey, honeyed
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membran/o
membrane, thin skin
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menisc/o
meniscus, crescent
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mens/o
menstruate, menstruation, menses
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mentru/o, menstruat/o
occurring monthly
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metabol/o
change
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-metrist
one who measures
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mictur/o, micturit/o
urinate
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mid-
middle
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midsagitt/o
from front to back. at the middle
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milli-
one-thousandth
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mineral/o
mineral
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minim/o
smallest, least
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minor/o
smaller
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mio-
smaller
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mit/o
a thread
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mitr/o
a miter; having two points on top
