Part one Flashcards
(93 cards)
1
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ambul/o
A
walk
2
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amni/o
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amnion (protective sac covering the fetus)
3
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andr/o
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male
4
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azot/o
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urea, nitrogen
5
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balan/o
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glans penis ( head of penis)
6
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bi/o
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life
7
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blast/o, -blast
A
primitive or immature ; germ cell; gives rise to something
8
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carin/o
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cancer ( of epithelial origin)
9
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chori/o
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chorion ( membrane between mother and fetus)
10
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colp/o
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vagina
11
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continence
A
ability to control defecation and urination
12
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cry/o
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cold
13
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crypt/o
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hidden
14
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-cyesis
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pregnancy
15
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cyst/o
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bladder (usually urinary) ; cyst, sac
16
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eclampsia
A
sudden convulsions or coma during prenancy
17
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embry/o
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embryo
18
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epididym/o
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epididymis ( tube connecting testicles to vas deferens)
19
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episi/o
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vulva
20
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estr/a, estr/o
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female
21
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fet/o
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fetus
22
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fibr/o
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fiber, fibrous
23
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genit/o
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reproductive parts (genitals)
24
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ger/o, ger/o, geront/o
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old age
25
glomerul/o
glomerulus ( capillary tuft that filters blood to form urine)
26
gravid/o, gravidar/o, -gravida
pregnant, pregnancy
27
gynec/o
women
28
heter/o
different, other
29
home/o, home/o, homo-
same
30
hyster/o
uterus ( usually the whole organ)
31
lith/o, -lith
stone
32
mamm/o
breast
33
mast/o
breast
34
men/o, mestru/o
menstruation
35
meta-
change, beyond, after, occuring later
36
metri/o, metr/o
uterus ( generally the tissue)
37
morph/o
form, shape, or structure
38
multi-
many, more than one
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nat/o
birht
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neo-
new
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nephr/o
kidney
42
noct/o
night
43
nulli-
non
44
o/o
egg (ovum)
45
obstetr/o
pregnancy and childbirth
46
-oid
like or resembling
47
-oma
tumor, mass, swelling
48
onc/o
tumor mass, swelling; cnacner
49
oophor/o
ovary
50
-opsy
view of
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orch/o, orchi/o, orchid/o
testis, testicle
52
ovari/o
ovary
53
palliative care
care focused on the relief and prevention of suffering
54
par/o, part/o, partiurit/o, -partum
parturition ( labor, childbirth)
55
para, -para
to bear, a women who has given live birth
56
pariet/o
wall
57
ped/o
child
58
petr/o
stone
59
phimosis
constrictive narrowing of the foreskin over the penis head
60
-plasia
growth, shape, development, formation
61
plasm/o, -plasm, plasam
formation, development, substance, cell matter
62
presby/o
old age
63
priapism
an abnormally persistent erection of the penis
64
primi-
first
65
postat/o
prostate gland
66
pseud/o
false
67
puerper/o, puerper/i
childbirth
68
pyel/o
renal pelvis ( funnels urine from the kidney into the ureter)
69
pyrexia
fever
70
ren/o
kidney
71
rhytid/o
wrinkle
72
salphing/o
tube ( fallopian or eustachian)
73
sacr/o
mesodermal/ connective tissue
74
-sacroma
malignant tumore
75
semin/o, semin/i
semen
76
senescence
process of aging
77
sept/o
wall, partition
78
SIDS
sudden infant death syndrome
79
sperm/o, spermat/o
sperm ( male germ cells)
80
-spermia
condition of sperm
81
-stasis
in one place, stopping , controlling, standing still
82
stricture
abnormal narrowing
83
test/o, testicul/o
testis, testicle
84
toc/o, -tocia
labor ( childbirth)
85
ur/o, urin/o
urine
86
-uresis
urination
87
ureter/o
ureter ( tube transferring urine from the kidney to the bladder)
88
urethr/o
urethra (tube transferring urine out of the body)
89
-uria
condition of urine or urination
90
uter/o
uterus (womb)
91
vagin/o
vagina
92
vesicul/o
vesicle, seminal vesicle
93
vulv/o
vulva
