terminology packet Flashcards
(143 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; near
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abdomin/o
A
abdomen
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-ac, -al, -an, -ar, -ary
A
pertaining to
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aden/o
A
gland
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adip/o
A
fat
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-alegasia
A
sensitivity to pain
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-algia
A
pain
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ana-
A
up; apart; backward; again; anew
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angi/o
A
vessel (blood)
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ante-
A
before; forward
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anter/o
A
front
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anti-
A
against
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aort/o
A
aorta
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appendo/o, appendic/o
A
appendix
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arthr/o
A
joint
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-ase
A
enzyme
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audi/o, audit/o
A
hearing
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aut/o, aut-, auto
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self, own
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axill/o
A
armpit
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bacter/i/o
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bacteria
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bi-
A
two
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bil/i
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bile; gall
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brachi/o
arm
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brady-
slow
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bronch/o, bronchi/o
bronchial
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bucc/o
cheek
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calc/o
calcium
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carcin/o
cancerous; cancer
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cardi/o
heart
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-cele, coele
swelling; hernia
33
cell/u
cell level
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-centesis
surgical puncture to remove fluid
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cerebr/o
cerebrum
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cervic/o
neck
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chol/e
bile; gall
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cholecyst/o
gallbladder
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-cidal
pertaining to killing
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col/o colon/o
colon
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comi/o
to care for
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contra-
against; opposite
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coron/o
heart
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cost/o
rib
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cran/i
skull
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cyan/o
blue
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cyst/o
urinary bladder, cyst, sac, or fluid
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cyt/o, -cyte
cell
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de-
lake of, less
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derm/o, derma, dermat/o
skin
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diaphor/o
sweat
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dist/o
far, distant
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dors/o, dorsi
back (of body)
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dys-
bad; painful; difficult; abnormal
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-eal
pertaining to
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-ectomy
removal; excision; resection
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-emia
blood condition
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-emic
pertaining to blood condition
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end-, end/o
in; within
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enter/o
intestines
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epi-
above; upon; on
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erythr/o
red
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erythem/o
flushed; redness
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-esis
action; condition; state of
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ex-
out; away from
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gastr/o
stomach
67
-genesis
producing; forming
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ger/i, geront/o
old age
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gluc/o, glyc/o
glucose; sugar
70
-gram
record
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-graphy
process of recording
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hem/o, hemat/o
blood
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hemi-
half
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hepat/o
liver
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herni/o
hernia
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hydr/o
water
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hyper-
above, greater than normal, excessive
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hypo-
deficient; below; less than normal
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hyster/o
uterus; womb
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-ia
condition
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-iac, -ic, -ine, -ior
pertaining to
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-iasis
abnormal condition
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ile/o
ileum
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inguin/o
groin
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inter-
between
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jaund/o
yellow
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jejun/o
jejunum
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kal/i
potassium
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ket/o, keton
ketones; acetones
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kyph/o
hunch back
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lapar/o
abdominal wall; abdomen
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later/o
side
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leuk/o
white
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lip/o
lipid; fat
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lob/o
lobe
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-logy
study (process of)
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-lysis
breakdown, separation, destruction
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mal-
bad
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mamm/o, mast/o
breast
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medi/o
middle
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-megaly
enlargement
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melan/o
black
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-ment/o
mind
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my/o
muscle
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narc/o
numbness; sleep
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nas/o
nose
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natr/o
sodium
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necr/o
death
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nephr/o
kidney
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neur/o
nerve
111
norm/o
rule; order
112
nos/o
infection
113
ocul/o, ophthalm/o
eye
114
opt/o, optic/o
eye; vision
115
-oid
resembling; derived from
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olig/o
scant; slight
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-oma
tumor; mass; fluid collection
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onc/o
ttumor
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oophor/o
ovary
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-osis
condition, usually abnormal
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oste/o
bone
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ot/o
ear
123
-ous
pertaining to
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-oxia; -oxic
oxygen
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pancreat/o
pancreas
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para-
near; beside; apart from; along side of
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-paresis
weakness
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path/o
disease
129
-pathy
disease; emotion
130
pector/o
chest
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-penia
deficiency
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-phagia
eating; swallowing
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phas/o, phasia
speech
134
phleb/o
vein
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-plasia
develpment; formation; growth
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-plasty
surgical repair
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-plegia, -plegic
paralysis; palsy
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post-, poster/o
after; behind
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pre-
before; in front of
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proxim/o
near
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pseudo
false; fake
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pulmon/o
lung
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purul/o
pus
