Medical Term (P-S) Flashcards
(149 cards)
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pont/o
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pons (a part of the brain)
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por/o, -pore
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opening, passageway
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-porosis
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condition of pores (spaces)
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-posia
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drinking
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post-
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after; behind
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poster/o
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back of body, behind
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-prandial
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meal
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-praxia
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action
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pre-
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before; in front of
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presby/o
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old age
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primi-
A
first
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pro-
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before; in behalf of
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proct/o
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anus and rectum
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pros/o
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forward, anterior
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prostat/o
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prostate gland
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prot/o, prote/o
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first
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proxim/o
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near
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prurit/o
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itching
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psor/o
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itching
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psych/o
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mind
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-ptosis
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droop; sag; prolapse; fall
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ptyal/o
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saliva
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-ptysis
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spitting
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pub/o
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pubis (anterior part of hip bone)
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pulmon/o
lung
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puls/o, pulsat/o
to beat, beating
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pupill/o
pupil (dark center of eye)
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purpur/i
purple
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quadr/i, quadr/o
four
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rabi/o
madness, rage
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rachi/o
spinal column, vertebrae
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radi/o
radiation, x-rays, radius (lateral lower arm bone)
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radiat/o
giving off rays or radiant energy
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radicul/o
nerve root
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raph/o
seam, suture
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re-
back , again
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recept/o
receive, receiver
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recipi/o
receive, take to oneself
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rect/o
rectum, straight
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reticul/o
network
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recuperat/o
recover, regain health
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reduct/o
bring back together
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regurgit/o
flood or gush back
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remiss/o
give up, let go , relax
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ren/o
kidney
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restor/o
rebuild, put back, restore
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resuscit/o
revive
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retent/o
hold back
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reticul/o
network
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retin/o
retina, net
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retract/o
draw back or in
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retro-
behind, backward, back of
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rhabd/o
rod, rod-shaped
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rhabdomy/o
striated muscle
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rheum/o, rheumat/o
watery flow, subject to flow
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rhin/o
nose
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rhiz/o
root
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rhonc/o
snore, snoring
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rhythm/o
rhythm
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rhytid/o
wrinkle
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ris/o
laugh
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rotat/o
rotate, revolve
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-rrhage, -rrhagia
bleeding, abnormal excessive fluid discharge
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-rrhaphy
surgical suturing
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-rrhea
flow or discharge
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-rrhexis
rupture
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rube-
red
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rug/o
wrinkle, fold
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sacc/i, sacc/o
sac
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sacchar/o
sugar
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sacr/o
sacrum
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saliv/o
saliva
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salping/o
uterine (fallopian) tube, auditory (eustachian) tube
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-salpinx
uterine (fallopian) tube
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san/o
sound, healthy, sane
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sangu/i, sanguin/o
blood
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sanit/o
soundness, health
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saphen/o
clear, apparent, manifest
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sapr/o
decaying, rotten
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sarc/o
flesh, connective tissue
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scalp/o
carve, scrape
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scapul/o
scapula, shoulder blade
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schiz/o
division, split
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scirrh/o
hard
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scler/o
sclera, white of eye, hard
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-sclerosis
abnormal hardening
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scoli/o
curved, bent
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-scope
instrument for visual examination
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-scopic
pertaining to visual examination
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-scopy
visual examination
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scot/o
darkness
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scrib/o, script/o
write
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scrot/o
bag or pouch
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seb/o
sebum
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secret/o
produce, separate out
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sect/o, secti/o
cut, cutting
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segment/o
pieces
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sell/o
saddle
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semi-
half
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semin/i
semen, seed, sperm
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sen/i
old
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senesc/o
grow old
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senil/o
old age
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sens/i
feeling, sensation
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sensitiv/o
sensitive to, affected by
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seps/o
infection
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sept/o
infection, partintion
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ser/o
serum
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seros/o
serous
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sial/o
saliva
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sialaden/o
salivary gland
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sigm/o
greek letter sigma
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sigmoid/o
sigmoid colon
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silic/o
glass
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sin/o, sin/u
hollow, sinus
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sinistr/o
left, left side
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sinus/o
sinus
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-sis
abnormal condition, disease
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sit/u
place
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skelet/o
skeleton
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soci/o
companion, fellow being
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-sol
solution
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solut/o, solv/o
loosened, dissolved
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soma-, somat/o
body
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somn/i, somn/o
sleep
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son/o
sound
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sopor/o
sleep
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spad/o
draw off, draw
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-spasm, spasmod/o
sudden involuntary contraction, tightening, cramping
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spec/i
look at, a kind or sort
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specul/o
mirror
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sperm/o, spermat/o
sperm, spermatozoa, seed
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sphen/o
sphenoid bone, wedge
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spher/o
round, sphere, ball
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sphincter/o
tight band
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sphygm/o
pulse
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spin/o
spine, backbone
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spir/o
to breathe
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spirill/o
little coil
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spirochet/o
coiled microorganism
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splen/o
spleen
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spondyl/o
vertebrae, verebral column, backbone
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spontane/o
unexplained, of one's own accord seed, spore
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spor/o
seed, spore
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sput/o
sputum, spit
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squam/o
scale
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-stalsis
contraction, constriction
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staped/o, stapedi/o
stapes (middle ear bone)
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staphyl/o
clusters, bunch of grapes
