Medical Word Components Flashcards by jasmine gunnels

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a-

A

without, away from

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ab-

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away from

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ad-

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toward

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an-

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without

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ana-

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up, apart

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ante-

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before

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anti-

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against

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arthr(o)

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joint

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auto-

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self

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bi-

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two

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brady-

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slow

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cardi(o)-

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heart

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circum-

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around

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contra-

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opposite

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cysto-

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bladder

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derm-

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skin

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dis-

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apart

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dys-

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abnormal, difficult, painful

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ect(o)-

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outside

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endo-

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within

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enter(o)-

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intestine

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epi-

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above, upon, over

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ex-

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external, outward

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hemi-

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half

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hyp(o)-

below, under, deficient

hyper-

above, beyond, excessive

in-

inward, without, not, within

inter-

between

intra-

within

macr(o)-

large

micro-

small

mon(o)-

one

my(o)-

muscle

nephr(o)-

kidney

ophthalm(o)-

eye

oste(o)-

bone

ot(o)-

ear

para-

beside, near, abnormal

path(o)-

disease

per-

through

peri-

around

phago-

eating

phleb(o)-

vein

poly-

many

pneum(o)-

lung

post-

after

pre-

before

psych(o)-

mind

quadr(i)-

four

semi-

partial, half

sub-

below

super-/supra-

above, beyond

tachy-

fast, rapid

tox(o)-

poison

trans-

across, through

tri-

three

un(i)-

one

vas(o)-

blood vessel

-algia

pain

-cidal

killing

-cyte

cell

-cytosis

more than the normal number of cells

-derma

skin condition

-dips(o)

thirst

-ectomy

surgical removal

-edema

swelling

-emia

blood condition

-globin/-globulin

protein

-ia

condition, state

-iasis

abnormal condition

-iatry

specialty of

-ist

specialist

-itis

inflammation

-lith(o)

stone

-lithiasis

condition of stones

-logy

study of

-megaly

enlargement

-oma

mass, tumor

-orexia

appetite

-osis

abnormal condition

-paresis

weakness

-pathy

disease

-phagia

eat, swallow

-penia

deficiency

-phasia

speech

-plegia

paralysis

-pnea

breathing

-poiesis

formation

-rrhage/-rrhagia

abnormal flow, excessive

-rrhea

discharge

-sclerosis

hardening

-stasis

standing still

-sten(o)

narrowing

-stomy

surgical opening

-thorax

chest

-tension

pressure

-trophy

nourishment

-uria

condition of the urine