Medical Terminology Flashcards
(226 cards)
1
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metabol
A
change
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aer
A
air
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later
A
side
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rachi
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spinal column
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pariet
A
wall
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glyco
A
sweet
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gravid
A
pregnant
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ependym
A
wrapping
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radi
A
ray
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fistful
A
pipe
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dactyl
A
finger/toe
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edema
A
swelling
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trachel
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neck
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somato
A
body
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hypno
A
sleep
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sinus
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hollow space
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scirr
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hard
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sept
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wall/fence
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crine
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to secrete
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antr
A
cavity
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pneum
A
lung
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dura
A
hard
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phren
A
mind
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phage
A
to eat
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**plak**
plate
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**corne**
horney
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**kerat**
horney
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**iris**
rainbow
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**ptyal**
saliva
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**pulmo**
lung
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**Alviol**
cavity
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**Oophor**
ovary
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**oment**
covering
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**sedate**
quiet/calm
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**furca**
fork shaped
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**radic**
root
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**darcy**
Tear
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**ment**
mind
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**part**
labor, bring forth
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**sclera**
hard
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**adnexa**
ties
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**malign**
bad
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**lapar**
abdominal wall
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**ocul**
eye
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**facia**
sheet, band
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**asthenia**
weakness
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**tarsi**
ankle
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**iso**
equal
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**astr**
star shaped
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**helio**
sun
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**pod**
foot
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**tope**
place
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**gastr**
stomach
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**cardi**
heart
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**megal**
enlarged
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**itis**
inflammation
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**arthr**
joint
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**hepat**
liver
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**oligist**
specialist
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**blephar**
eyelid
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**angi**
vessel
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**aden**
gland
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**nepher**
kidney
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**oma**
tumor
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**enter**
intestines
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**ectomy**
surgical removal
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**osis**
any condition
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**otomy**
cut into
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**dermat**
skin
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**plast**
surgical repair
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**path**
disease
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**cerebr**
brain
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**gingiv**
gum
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**ology**
the study of
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**rhin**
nose
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**malacia**
soft
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**algia**
pain
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**spasm**
involuntary contractions
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**end**
inside/within
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**crani**
skull
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**oid**
like/resembling
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**hemi**
half
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**hyper**
above/more then normal
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**cyst**
sac containing fluid
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**hypo**
below/under
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**chole**
bile
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**hyster**
uterus
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**scop**
observe
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**para**
beside/beyond
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**ostomy**
create an opening
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**cervic**
neck
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**lysis**
losening,destruction
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**cyan**
blue
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**chondr**
cartilage
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**ost**
bone
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**hem**
blood
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**lip**
fat
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**psycho**
mind
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**lith**
stone
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**my**
muscle
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**proct**
anus
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**opthalm**
eye
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**cost**
rib
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**gram**
record
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**arco**
extremities
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**rrhexis**
breaks, bursts
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**penia**
decrease
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**carcin**
cancer
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**dyn**
pain
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**ptosis**
falling
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**gen**
original production
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**burso**
sac
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**epi**
upon
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**auto**
self
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**hydro**
water
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**lobo**
section
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**rrhaphy**
suture
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**mast**
breast
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**cephal**
head
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**dent**
teeth
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**glosso**
tongue
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**mani**
madness
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**supra**
above
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**trophy**
development
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**trip**
rub, friction
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**retro**
backwards
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**desis**
binding
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**strept**
twist
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**thalam**
inner chamber
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**dendr**
tree branching
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**pilo**
hair
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**histo**
tissue
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**pro**
in front of or before
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**alviol**
cavity
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**post**
after
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**synsym**
together
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**neo-**
new
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**hormone**
excite
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**strict**
drawn tight
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**mamm**
breast
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**colla**
glue
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**peps**
digest
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**pleur**
pleura, side, rib
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**labi**
lip
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**micr**
small
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**grad**
walk, take steps
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**gran**
grain, partical
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**gangli**
swelling
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**gemin**
twin
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**digit**
finger/toe
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**dors**
back
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**tarso**
frame work of the upper eye lid.
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**cheir**
hand
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**calc**
heel, stone
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**cine**
move
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**traumat**
wound
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**trich**
hair
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later
side
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**cut**
skin
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**phot**
light
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**phob**
fear
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**bucco**
cheek
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**plasia**
development
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**ren**
kidney
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**phleb**
vein
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**encephal**
brain
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**ependym**
wrapping
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**ramus**
brach
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**therm**
heat
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**vuls**
twitch, pull
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**poly**
many
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**turbin**
shaped a top
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**rachi**
spinal column
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**plexus**
braid
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**ameb**
change
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**metr**
uterus
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**peri**
about, around
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**en**
in
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**trachel**
neck
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**somato**
body
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**part**
labor, bring forth
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**radi**
ray
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**an, a**
without, not
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**maxill**
upper jawbone
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**osm**
odor
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**pan**
all
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**dynam**
power
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**mechano**
machine
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**edema**
swelling
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**physio**
nature
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**stoma**
mouth
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**tympan**
eardrum
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**umbilib**
navel
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**salpingo**
tube
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**orchi**
testis
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**cor**
heart
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**phon**
voice, sound
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**leio**
smooth
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**colpo**
hollow vagina
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**rug**
wrinkle, fold, crease
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**aur**
ear
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**acousti**
hearing
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**palpebr**
eye lid
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**oophor**
ovary
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**pneum**
lung
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**sedate**
quiet, calm
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**The majority of medical terms in use today are composed of \_\_\_\_\_\_**
Greek and Latin word parts.
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**Greek and Latin terms...**
built from Greek and Latin word parts such as arthritis.
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**Eponyms terms...**
terms derived from the name of a person, often a physichian or scientist who was the first to identify a conditoin or technique such as Parkinsons disease.
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**Acronyms **
Terms formed from the first letters of the words in a phrase such as laser (light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation)
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**Modern Language**
Terms derived from the English language such as nuclear medicine scanner.
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**What are the four word parts?**
1. Word root
2. Suffix
3. Prefix
4. Combining Vowel
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**What is the word root?**
The word root is the core of the word (the main part)
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**What is the Suffix?**
The suffix is the end of a word root.
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**What is a prefix?**
The prefix is the biginning of a word root.
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**A combining vowel is ...**
a word part, usually an "o", used to ease the pronounciation.
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**When connecting a word root and a suffix, a combining vowel is _____ if the suffix does not begin with a vowel. **
used
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**When connecting a word root and suffix, a combining vowel is usually not used if the suffix begins with \_\_\_\_**
a vowel
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**When connecting two _______ \_\_\_\_\_\_\_, a combining vowel is usually used, even if vowels are present at the junction. **
word roots
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**When connecting a prefix and a word root, a combining vowel is _____ used. **
not
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**How to define a medical term....**
Begin by defining the suffix first and then move to the beginning of the term to complete the definition.
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**_Word roots..._**
**arthr**
**hepat**
**ven**
**oste**
Definitions
joint
liver
vein
bone
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**_Prefixes_**
**intra -**
**sub - **
Definitions
within
under
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**_Suffixes_**
**- itis**
**- ic**
**- ous**
**- pathy**
**- megaly**
_Definitions_
inflammation
pertaining to
pertaining to
disease
enlargment
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**Combining Vowel**
o
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