prefixes, terminology Flashcards
(129 cards)
1
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a-, an-
A
no, not, without
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ab-
A
away from
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ad-
A
toward
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ana-
A
up, apart
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ante-
A
before, forward
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anti-
A
against
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auto-
A
self, own
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bi-
A
two
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brady-
A
slow
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cata-
A
down
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con-
A
with, together
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contra-
A
against, opposite
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de-
A
down, lack of
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dia-
A
through, complete
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dys-
A
bad, painful, difficult, abnormal
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Q
ec-, ecto-
A
out, outside
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endo-
A
in, within
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epi-
A
upon, on, above
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eu-
A
good, normal
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ex-
A
out, outside, away from
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hemi-
A
half
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hyper-
A
excessive, above
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hypo-
A
deficient, under
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in-
A
not, into, within
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infra-
beneath, under
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inter-
between
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intra-
in, within, into
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macro-
large
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mal-
bad
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meta-
beyond, change
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micro-
small
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neo-
new
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pan-
all
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para-
abnormal, beside, nearr
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per-
through
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peri-
surrounding
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poly-
many, much
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post-
after, behind
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pre-
before, in front of
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pro-
before, forward
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pros-
before, forward
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re-
back, again
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retro-
behind, backward
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sub-
under
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supra-
above, upper
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syn-, sym-
together, with
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tachy-
fast
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trans-
across, through
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ultra-
beyond, excess
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uni-
one
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cephal/o
head
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cerebr/o
cerebrum
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cis/o
to cut
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crin/o
to secrete
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cyst/o
urinary bladder
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cali/o, calic/o
calix (calix) cup shaped
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cyst/o
urinary bladder
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glomerul/o
glomerulus
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meat/o
meatus
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nephr/o
kidney
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pyel/0
renal pelvis
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ren/o
kidney
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trigon/o
tigone (region of the bladder)
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ureter/0
ureter
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urethr/o
urethra
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vesic/o
urinary bladder
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albumin/o
albumin
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azot/o
nitrogen
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bacteri/o
bacteria
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dips/o
thirst
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kal/o
potassium
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ket/o, keton/o
ketone bodies (ketoacids and acetone)
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lith/o
stone
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natr/o
sodium (hyponatremia)
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noct/i
night
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olig/o
scanty
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-poietin
substance that forms (erythropoietin)
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py/o
pus (pyuria)
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-tripsy
crushing
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ur/0
urine (urea)
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urin/o
urine
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-uria
urination, urine condition
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amni/o
amnion
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cervic/o
cervix, neck
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chori/o, chorion/o
chorion (chorionic)
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colp/o
vagina
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culd/o
cul-de-sac
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episi/o
vulva
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skene's glands also known as
para-rethral ducts-group of small ucous glands located near the lower end of the urethra and are a part of the urinary system
90
the vulva inculdes
mons pubis, labia majora, labia minora, bulb of vestibule, vaginal orifice or vestibule of the vagina, and the greater (bartholin's gland) and lesser vestibule glands
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galact/o
milk
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gynec/o
woman, female
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hyster/o
womb, uterus
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lact/o
milk
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mamm/o, mast/o
breast
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men/o
menses, menstruation
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metr/o, metri/o
uterus
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my/o, myom/o
muscle, muscle tumor
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nat/i
birth
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obstetr/o
pregnancy/ childbirth
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o/o
egg
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oophor/o
ovary
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ov/o
egg
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ovari/o
ovary
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ovul/o
egg
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perine/o
perineum
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phor/o
to bear
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salping/o
fallopian tubes
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uter/o
uterus
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vagin/o
vagina
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vulv/o
vulva
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-arche
beginning
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-cyesis
pregnancy
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-gravida
pregnant
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-parous
bearing bringing forth
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-rrhea
discharge
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-salpinx
fallopian (uterine) tube
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-tocia
labor, birth
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-version
act of turing
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dys-
painful
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endo-
within
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in-
in
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intra-
within
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in-
in
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multi-
many
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nulli-
no, not, none
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pre-
before
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primi-
first
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retro-
backward
