Unit 5 med term Flashcards
(125 cards)
1
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ab-
A
going away
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ad-
A
going into
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infra-
A
beneath
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agon
A
main actor; driver
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ankylos
A
stiff
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alges
A
pain
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appendix
A
part attached to the end
8
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arthro
articul[us]
A
joint
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asthenia
A
weakness
10
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axi
A
axis
11
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blast
A
a rapidly dividing cell
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bursa
A
purse;bag
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carcin
A
cancer
14
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carp
A
wrist
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center
A
middle of a round object
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caphal
A
pertaining to the head
17
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cervic
A
neck
18
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chondro
A
cartilage
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circum
A
around
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clast
A
breakdown
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clonus
A
violent shaking
22
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condyle
A
knob
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costo
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rib
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cranio
A
head;skull
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crepit[us]
crackling noise
26
cyt
cell
27
dactyl
finger
28
duct
to lead
29
effusion
pouring out of
30
electro
related to electricity
31
erg[on]
energy
32
extend
moving away from
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facet
flat spot, like on a jewel
34
fascio
bundle of fibers
35
femor
femur
thigh
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fissure
deep crack
37
fixate
remain in place
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flex
reducing the angle of a joint
39
foramen
hole
40
fossa
shallow groove
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facture
broken bone
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genu
knee
43
glene
socket
44
gomph
tooth
45
graph
written record
46
hallux
big toe
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hemo
hemato
blood
48
hydr
water
49
inflammation
inflammation
50
kines
kinet
movement
51
kyphosis
hunchback curve of spine
52
lacrim
crying; tears
53
lamella
thin plate
54
lemma
thin layer surrounding a cell
55
lordosis
swayback curve of spine
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lumbo
lower back
57
luxation
dislocation
58
meatus
tube; passage
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medulla
marrow;center
60
membrane
thin sheet
61
mere
a part
62
metric
measurement
63
musculo
muscle
64
myos
muscle
65
myel
marrow
66
necro
death
67
neuro
nervous system
68
occipito
back of the head
69
olisthes
slippage
70
ortho
straight; at right angles; true
71
osse
steo
bone
72
pectoris
chest
73
pelvis
hips;lower abdomen
74
phalanges
fingers and toes
75
physis
part of a bone
76
plasm
something molded; plastic or dough
77
polarize
to go to one extreme or another
78
pollus
thumb
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pore
hole
80
prone
face down
81
pyre
fever
82
sarco
muscle; flesh
83
scler
hard
84
scoliosis
lateral curvature of the spine
85
scop
instrument for looking inside
86
skelet
skeleton; bones collectively
87
spasm
uncontrollable contraction
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sphincter
muscle surrounding an opening
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spina
spine
spine; vertebrae
90
sprain
injury to ligaments
91
sten
abnormal narrowing
92
sterno
sternum
sternum; breastbone
93
strain
injury to muscles or tendons
94
sulcus
groove
95
supine
face up
96
tarso
tarsus
ankle
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tax
moving
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tempor
side of the head
99
teno
tendo
tendin
tendon
tendon
100
thorac/x
chest
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tibia
bone of the lower extremity below the knee
102
tomo
cutting
103
tono
tone, strength
104
trochanter
point of femur where large leg muscles attach
105
trochlea
piece of bone that acts as a pulley
106
troph
nourishment, growth
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tuber
potato-like raised area on bone
108
valgum
knees closer tan normal
109
varum
knees farther apart than normal
110
vertebra
bone of spinal column
111
zygoma
yoke; joins bones of face to those of skull
112
-atic
pertaining to
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-clasia
breakdown process leading to disease
114
-cle
diminutive suffix
115
-ella
diminutive suffix
116
-genesis
the process of creating
117
-graph
instrument of recording a procedure
118
-ification
word ending that turns a noun into a verb
119
-ist
someone who studies
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-meter
instrument for measuring
121
-ostity
word ending that turns a noun into an adjective and back into a noun again
122
-physis
growth; form
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-plasia
the process of molding or growing
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-sion
state of
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