Terms Flashcards
(116 cards)
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carp/o
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wirst bones
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cib/o
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meals
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cis/o
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to cut
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cost/o
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rib
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cutane/o
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skin
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dactyl/o
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fingers, toes
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duct/o
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to lead, carry
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flex/o
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to bend
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furc/o
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forking, branching
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gloss/o
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tongue
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glyc/o
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sugar
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immun/o
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protection
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morph/o
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shape, form
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mort/o
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death
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nat/i
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birth
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nect/o
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to bind, tie, connect
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norm/o
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rule, order
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ox/o
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oxygen
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pub/o
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pubis, anterior portion of pelvic or hipbone
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somn/o
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sleep
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son/o
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sound
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the/o
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to put, place
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thel/o, theli/o
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nipple
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thyr/o
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thyroid gland, shield
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top/o
place, position, location
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tox/o
poison
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trache/o
windpipe, trachea
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urethr/o
urethra
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-blast
embryonic, immature
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-crine
to secrete
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-drome
to run
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-fusion
coming together, to pour
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-gea
substance that produces
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-lapse
to slide, fall, sag
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-lysis
breakdown, destruction, seperation
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-meter
to measure
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-mission
to send
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-or
one who
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-oxia
oxygen
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-partum
birth, labor
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-phoria
to bear, carry, feeling
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-physis
to grow
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-plasia
development, formation, growth
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-plasm
structure or formation
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-pnea
breathing
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-ptosis
falling, dropping, prolaspse
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-rrhea
flow, discharge
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-stasis
stopping, controlling
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-trophy
development, nourishment
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a-, an-
no, not, without
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ab-
away from
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ad-
toward
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ana-
up, apart
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ante-
before, forward
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anti-
against
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auto-
self, own
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bi-
two
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brady-
slow
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cata-
down
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con-
with, together
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contra-
against, opposite
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de-
down, lack of
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dia-
through, complete
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dys-
bad, painful, difficult, abnormal
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ec-, ecto-
out, outside
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endo-
in, within
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epi-
upon, on, above
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eu-
good, normal
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ex-
out, outside, away from
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hemi-
half
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hyper-
excessive, above
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hypo-
deficient, under
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in-
not, into, within
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infra-
beneath, under
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inter-
between
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intra-
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, near
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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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antigen
A substance, usually foreign to the body, that stimulates the production of antibodies.
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antibodies
Protein substances made by white blood cells in response to the presence of foreign antigens.
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Rh condition
An antigen-antibody condition that develops when there is a difference in Rh blood factor between that of the pregnant mother (Rh negative) and that of the fetus (Rh positive).
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congential anomaly
An irregularity in a structure or organ that an infant is born with
Includes webbed fingers or toes (syndactyly), heart defects, and clubbed feet
Some are hereditary; others are produced by factors present during pregnancy; for example, when a pregnant woman drinks high levels of alcohol, there is a pattern of physical and mental defects in the infant at birth
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Recombinant DNA:
Taking a gene from one organism and inserting it into the DNA of another organism.
Recombinant techniques are used to manufacture insulin outside the body
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polymerase chain reaction (PCR)
the method of producing multiple copies of a single gene
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syndrome
A group of signs or symptoms that commonly occur together and indicate a particular disease or abnormal condition
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reye syndrome
characterized by vomiting, swelling of the brain, increased intracranial pressure, hypoglycemia, and dysfunction of the liver; may occur in children after a viral infection that has been treated with aspirin
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Transurethral
resection of the prostate gland (TURP)
A portion of the prostate gland is removed with an instrument passed through (trans-) the urethra
The procedure is indicated when prostatic tissue increases (hyperplasia) and interferes with urination
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Ultrasonography
A diagnostic technique using ultrasound waves to produce an image or photograph of an organ or tissue.
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Echocardiogram
ultrasound image of the heart
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Sonogram
fetal ultrasound image
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aden/o
gland
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arthr/o
joint
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bi/o
life
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carcin/o
cancerous, cancer
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cardi/o
heart
