Terminology Flashcards by Harley Yanni

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Adip-/adipo-

A

fat

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-al

A

pertaining to

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alge-/algesi-/algio-/algo-

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pain

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allo-

A

other, different

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ambi-

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around, on (both) sides, on all sides, both

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an-

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not, without, -less

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ana-

A

up, toward, apart

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andro-

A

male

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ankylo-

A

crooked

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-arche

A

beginning

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arthr-/arthro-

A

joint, articulation

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-ary

A

pertaining to

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athero

A

pasty,fatty

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aur-/auri-/ auro-

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ear

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blasto-

A

budding by cell or tissue

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carpo-

A

wrist

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encephal-/encephalo-

A

brain

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-dynia

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pain

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duodeno-

A

duodenum

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di-/dif-/dis-/dir-

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separation, taking apart, reversal, not un-

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dextr-/dextro-

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right, toward or on the right side

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-desis

A

binding

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cyt-/cyte-/cysto

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bladder, cyst, cystic duct

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cry-/cryo-

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cold

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-crine

secretion

-cis-

on this side, on the near side

-cidal/-cide

killing, destroying

chol-

bile

celio-

abdomen

caud-/caudo-

tail, the lower part of the body

cata-

down

esthesio-

sensation, perception

gluco-

glucose

-gram

a recording

granul-

granular, granule

granulo-

granular, granule

-graph

recording instrcument

hist-/histo-/histio-

tissue

-la

a condition

-iasis

condition, state

-ic

pertaining to

-ics

organized knowledge, practice, treatment

ileo-

ileum

inguino-

groin

intro-

within

ischi-/ischio-

ischium

laparo-

abdomen, abdominal wall

larying-/laryngo-

larynx

pre-

anterior, before

lateri-/latero

lateral, to one side, side

pro-

before, forward, precursor

-lepsis/ -lepsy

seizure

pyel-/ pyelo-

renal, pelvis

lip-/lipo-

fat, lipid

pyreto-

fever

melan-/ melano-

black

pyro-

fire, heat, fever

men-/ meno-

menstruation

-rrhaphy

surgical suturing

-meter

measurement, measuring device

-rrhea

flow

neur-/neuri-/ neuro-

nerve, nervous system

-rrhexis

rupture

-oid

resemblance to

salping-/ salpingo

tube

oophor- /oophoro- / ovary-/ ovario-

ovary

or-/ori-/oro-

mouth

schisto-

split, cleft

scolio-

crooked

-osis

process, condition, state

somat-/ somato-/ somatico-

body, bodily

ossi-/ ost-/ oste-/ osteo-/

bone

-stat

arresting change or movement

-pexy

fixation, usually surgical

steno-

narrowness, constriction

-plasia

formation

trache-/ tracheo-

trachea

-poeisis

production