Medical Terminology Flashcards
(180 cards)
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aer
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air, gas
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ather
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plaque, fatty substance
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blast
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immature cell
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chondrio, chodro
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cartilage, grainy, gritty
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cyst(o), cysti
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bladder
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cyt
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cell
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glue, glyc
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glucose, sugar
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hydr
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water
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lip
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fat
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salping
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tube
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alges, algi, alg
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pain
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cry
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cold
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kin
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movement
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phon
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sound
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therm
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heat
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andr
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masculine
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crypt
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hidden, obscure
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eosin
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red
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gyn, gyne, gynec
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women
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home, hom
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same
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ichthy
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dry, scaly, fishy
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idi(o)
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distinct, unkown
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Macr, meg, megal
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large
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melan
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dark
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micr
small
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pseud
false
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scler
hardness
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sten
narrow
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xanth
yellow
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anteri
front
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dextr
right
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dors
back
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later
lateral, to one side
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medi
middle
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mes
middle, median
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orth
straight, normal
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crin
secrete
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gen
producing
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log
speech, word, thought
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phago
eating, devouring, swallowing
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spri
breath, breathe
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carcin
cancer
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pachy
thick
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path
disease
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pyr
fever, fire, heat
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bar
weight
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chrono
time
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eti
cause
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fibr
fiber
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galact, lact, lacti
milk
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lith
stone
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lys
dissolution, destruction
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necr
death, dying
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py(o)
pus
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troph
food, nutrition
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brachy
short
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hemi
half
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iso
equal, same
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mega, megalo
large
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pan, pant(o)
all
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ab, abs
away from
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ad
toward
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ana
up, toward
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circum
around
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di, Dif, dir, dis
not, seperated
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ect(o)
outside
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epi
over
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ex
out of
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exo, extra
outside
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infra
beneath
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inter
between
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intra
within
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mes(o)
middle
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para, peri
near, adjacent, beside
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retro
behind, backward
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sub
less than, under
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supra
above, over
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trans
across, through
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ante
before
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post
after
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pre
before
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primi
first
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a, an
without
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anit
against
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brady
slow
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co, col, con
together
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contra
against
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dys
abnormal, difficult, painful
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eu
well, good, normal
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hyper
above normal
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hypo
below normal
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mal
bad, inadequate
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syl, syn sys
together
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tachy
fast
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ultra
beyond, excessive
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auto
self
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meta
behind, after, beyond
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par(a)
beside, abnormal, involving two parts
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algia
pain
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asthenia
weakness
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dynia
pain
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esthesia
sensation
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kinesis, kinesis
movement
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phobia
fear
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phonia
sound
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phoria
feeling, carrying
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cele
hernia
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cytosis
condition of cells
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ectasia, ectasis
expanding, dilating
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edema
swelling
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iasis
pathological condition, presence of
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ism
disease, conditon
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itis
inflammation
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lithiasis
presence of stones
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mealy
enlargement
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oma
tumor
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opia, opsia
vision
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osis
condition, state, process
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paresis
slight paralysis, feeling of numbness or tingling
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pathy
disease
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penia
deficiency, small
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philia
attraction, affinity for
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phrenia
of the mind
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plegia, pelgic
paralysis
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ptosis
falling down, drooping
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rrhea
flow, discharge
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rhagia
excessive bleeding
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rrhexis
rupture
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trophic, trophy
nutrition
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blast
immature, forming
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cidal, cide
destroying, killing
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crine
secreting
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malacia
softening
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pepsia
digestion
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phage, phagia
eating, devouring
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phagy
swallowing
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phasia
speaking
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plasia
formation, development, growth
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pnea
breath
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poiesis
production, formation
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para
bearing
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porosis
lessening in density
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rrhage
discharging heavily
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rhea
flowing
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somnia
sleep
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stalsis
contration
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stasis
stopping, constant
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stenosis
narrowing
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cyte
cell
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derma
skin
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emir, emic
blood
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global, globulin
protein
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oxia
oxygen
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plasm
thing formed
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uria
urine
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ectomy
removal of all or part of an organ or body part
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lysis, lytic
destruction
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ostomy
opening to the outside of the body
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pexy
fixation
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plasty
surgical repair
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graphs
surgical surturing
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static, stasis
maintaining a state
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stomy
opening
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tome, tomy
cutting, cutting instrument
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gen, gensis
producer, origin
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gram
a recording
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graph
a recording instrument
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meter, metry
measuring device, measurement
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pheresis
removal
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phil
attraction, affinity for
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scope, scopy
instrument used for observing or measuring
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class, clast
breaking, breaking instrument
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ic, ics,
pertaining to, treatment, practice, body of knowledge
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logs, logy
one who studies, study, practice
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oid
resembling
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phylasis
prevention, protection
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plegic
one who is paralyzed
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state
agent that maintains protection
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trophic, tropic
turing towards
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version
turning
