Unit 1 - Chapter 4 - Prefixes Flashcards
(115 cards)
1
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carp/o
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wrist bones
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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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lead, carry
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flex/o
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bend
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furc/o
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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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norm/o
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rule, order
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ox/o
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oxygen
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pub/p
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pubis
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seps/o
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infection
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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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tens/o
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force, strain, stretch
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the/o
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put, place
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thel/o or theli/o
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nipple
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thyr/o
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thyroid gland
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top/o
place, position, location
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tox/o
posion
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trache/o
trachea
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urethr/o
urethra
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crine
secrete
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drome
run
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fusion
coming together, to pour
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gen
substance that produces
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lapse
slide, fall, sag
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lysis
breakdown, seperation, destruction
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meter
measure
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mission
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
bear, carry, feeling
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physis
grow
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plasia
development, formation, growth
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plasm
structure, formation
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pnea
breathing
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ptom
happening, occurence
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ptosis
falling, drooping, prolapse
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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, lac of
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dia
complete, through
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dys
abnormal, bad, difficult, painful
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ec
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, utside
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hemi
half
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hyper
excessive, above
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hypo
deficient, under
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inter
between
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intra
in, winthin, 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 or 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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what is an antigen
- foreign substance (poison, virus, bacteria) that stimulates the production of antibodies
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what are antibodies
protein substances made by white blood cells in response to the prescence of antigens
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what is an immune response
reaction between an antigen and an antibody
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what is a vaccine
dead/weakened antigens that stimulate white blood cells to make antibodies
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what is bilirubin and what do high amounts of this lead to
- chemical pigment
- high amounts lead to jaundice
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what is an anomaly and give an example
- irregularity in a structure or organ
- 2 urethras
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what are some examples of congenital anomalies
webbed fingers/toes, heart defects and clubbed feet
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explain recombinant dna technology and what its used for
- process of taking a region of dna from 1 organism and inserting it into the dna of another organism
- used to make insulin outside of the body
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explain pcr (polymerase chain reaction)
technique used to copy small segments of dna that may be necessary for analysis
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explain crispr and what it stands for
- dna editing tool that can turn off genes or replace them with new versions
clusteres
regularly
interspaced
short
palindromic
repeats
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what is a symdrome
a group of signs or symptoms that appear together to produce a clinical picture of disease
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how many chomosomes are there in turner syndrome, who does it effect and what does it cause
- 45 out of the usual 46
- effects females
- shortness, webbed neck, delayed pubery. failed development of ovaries
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how many chromosomes are there in klinefelter syndrome, who does it effect and what does it cause
- 47 out of the usual 46
- effects males
- causes increased breast tissue. less developed male sex organs, long legs/hands
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what is marfan syndrome and what does it cause
- inherited connective tissue disorder
- causes tall/thin body, long fingers/toes, elongated head, heart/blood vessel/eye abnormalities
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what is a tranurethral resection of the prostate gland, when is it done, and what is the condition called
- where a portion of the prostate gland is removed through the urethra
- done when there is increased tissue that interefers with urination
- condition is called benign prostatic hyperplasia
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what is ultrasonography
ultrasound waves to produce images of organs/tissues
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what is an echocardiogram
ultrasound of the heart
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what is a sonogram
ultrasound of a fetus
