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Medterm final review Basics Flashcards

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aden/o

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gland

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arthr/o

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joint

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cis/o

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cut

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crin/o

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to secrete

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cyst/o

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urinary bladder

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cyt/o

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cell

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gnos/o

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knowledge

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iatr/o

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treatment, physician

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nephr/o

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kidney

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onc/o

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tumor

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oste/o

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bone

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radi/o

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x-rays

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ren/o

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kidney

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rhin/o

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nose

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sarc/o

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flesh

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sect/o

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to cut

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thromb/o

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clot, clotting

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-ac

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pertaining to

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-al

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pertaining to

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-emia

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blood condition

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-genic

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pertaining to; producing

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-globin

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protein

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-gram

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record

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-ic, ical

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pertaining to

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-ion

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process

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-oma

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tumor, mass , swelling

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-opsy

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process of viewing

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-osis

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condition, abnormal

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-sis

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state of, condition

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-y

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process, condition

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a, an-

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no, not, without

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dia-

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complete, through

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endo-

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within

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epi-

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above, upon

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ex-, exo-

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out, outside of, outward

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in-

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into, in

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peri-

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surrounding, around

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pro

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before, forward

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re-

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back, backward, again

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retro-

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behind

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sub-

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below, under

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trans-

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across, through

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hyperglycemia

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high blood sugar

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Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE)

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serious brain injury associated with high-impact head trauma.

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anabolism

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process of building up large proteins from small proteins called amino acid

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catabolism

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complex nutrients broken down into simpler substances and energy released.

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cranial cavity

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brain, pituitary gland

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-dynia

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pain

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-malacia

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softening

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-megaly

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enlargement

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-penia

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deficiency

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-phobia

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fear

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-plasia

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development, formation, growth

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-ptosis

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drooping, falling, prolapse

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-sclerosis

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hardening

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-stasis

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controlling, stopping

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-stomy

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opening to form a mouth

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-trophy

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development, nourishment

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-drome

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run

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-mission

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send

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-pnea

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breathing

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-ptom

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happening, occurence

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ab-

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away from

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brady-

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slow

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dys-

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difficult

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hemi-

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half

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meta-

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beyond, change

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neo-

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new

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pan-

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all

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para-

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abnormal, beside, near

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tachy-

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fast

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ultra-

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beyond, excess

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Hyperplasia

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increase in cells

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hypertrophy

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increase in growth of cells,in size

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Atrophy

A

decreasing in size of tissues

Medical Terminology (11 decks)

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