Unit 6 med term Flashcards
(200 cards)
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af-
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going into
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con-
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together, with
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dipl-
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separate, apart, double, two
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ef-
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going out of
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endo-
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inside
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eso-
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outward
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eu-
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good, well
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in-
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not
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isch-
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keep back
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mirco-
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small
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mid-
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middle
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multi-
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several; many
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post-
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behind
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pre-
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in front of
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quadri-
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four
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acous
acusis
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hearing
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aden
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gland
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aer
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air
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ambly
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moving around
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ampulla
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flask with long, narrow neck
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aneurysm
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dilation of an artery
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angio
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vessel
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anxio
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anxiety
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arachn
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spidera
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ater
aterio
artery
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asthen
weakness
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athero
encysted tumor
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audio
sound
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audit
hearing
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aur
sound
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aut
self
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axon
nerve cell structure that carries a signal over a long distance
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basi
base
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blepharo
eyelid
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brain
brain
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cataract
cloudiness
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caud
tail
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central
in the center
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cephalo
pertaining to the head
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cerebro
brain
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chemo
chemical
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chorion
membrane
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clonus
violent shaking
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cochlea
snail's shell
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conjunctiva
joining
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convuls
jerking movement
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corn
horn
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cortex
cortico
outside of a multilayered structure
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cran
head; skull
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cyclo
circle; in this case, the ciliary body which forms a circle around the inside of the eye
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cysticercus
larval stage of some tapeworms
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cysto
fluid-filled space
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dacryo
tear
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decussate
make a shape like the letter X
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dendro
tree
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depress
push down
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derma
dermat
skin
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duct
pipe
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dura
tough
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ectasis
dilation
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edema
swelling
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electro
related to electricity
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emboi
arterial blockage
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emulsion
mixture with large particle sizes
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encephalo
brain
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ependyma
lining of the ventricles
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esthes
feeling
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exter
externa
outside
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fascia
sheet of fibers; bundle of stick-like structures
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fer
carry; move
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gangli
cluster of nerve cell bodies
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geminus
twins
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gen
birth
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glaucoma
increased pressure in eye
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glia/o
glue
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glosso
tongue
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glyco
sugar
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gnos
knowing
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gustat
taste
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gyrus
elevation or bump on the brain
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heme
hemo
hemat
blood
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homunculus
little man, map of the body on the brain surface
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hypno
sleep
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ictus
seizure; sudden unexpected illness
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idios
self
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insula
island
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ir
irid
irido
iris
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kerato
horn
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kinet
movement
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labyrinth
maze
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lacrim
crying; tears
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larying/o
voice box
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leps
seizure; grasp
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lexis
reading
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ligand
signaling molecule or drug that binds a receptor
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lir
staying on track
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lith
stone
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lobo
large region of the brain; roundish structure
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lymph
here, the fluid inside the inner ear chambers
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mecano
mechanical
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medulla
inside a multilayered strucrure
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mening
meningi/o
coverings of the brain
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mens
ment
mind
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metr
measurement
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motor
movement
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myein
pupil construction
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myc
fungus
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mydriasis
pupil dilation
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myelo
spinal cord
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myo
muslce
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myringo
eardrum
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narco
sleep
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naso
nose
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neruo
nervous system
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noci
harmful; noxious
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nom
name
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nucle
the center of something
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nystagmus
nodding or jerking back and forth
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occipit
back of the head
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oculo
eye
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ops
opto
ophthalmo
eye; vision
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orexis
desire
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osme
smell
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osteo
bone
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oto
ear
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propagate
reproduce; breed
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papilla
nipple
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paresis
weakness
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paresis
weakness
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pariet
side of the head
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pathos
feeling
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phaco
phak
lens
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pharmaco
pertaining to drugs
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phas
speaking
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phon
sound
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phor
carrier
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photo
light
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phren
skull; mind
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physi
function
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plas
something molded
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pleg
stroke; weakness
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plex
woven
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pole
polar
one end of the round object, as in north pole and south pole
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polio
degeneration of myelin
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presby
elder; old person
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proprius
understanding of ones own body position
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prosop
face
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pseudo
false
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psycho
mind
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pyo
pus
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ceptor
receptor
a protein on the surface of a cell that turns a chemical on the outside to a signal on the inside of the cell
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retina
reino
net; the receptive surface of the eye
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rhino
nose
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saccule
small sac
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salpingo
tube
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sciatic
nerve of the buttocks and thigh
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sclera/o
tube
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sclera/o
hard
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scot
darkness; blindness
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soma
body
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somno
sleep; drowsiness
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sono
sound
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spin
spinal column
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stigma
wound; point
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stimulus
someting which initiates an action
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sulcus
groove in the brain
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synapse
contact between a nerve cell and its target
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syncope
faining
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tempor
side of the head around the ear
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thermo
temperature
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thrombo
clot
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tinnitus
jingling or ringing noise
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tox
poison
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transmit
carry along
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trop
turning toward
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tympano
eardrum
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utricle
bag
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varicose
dilation, enlargement
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vascull
little vessel
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vertigo
spinning sensation
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vestibulo
inner ear structures controlling balance
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vitre
glass
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asis
state of being
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ea
anatomical word ending
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ellum
diminutive suffix
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ent
word ending that turns a verb into a noun
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iatrist
clinician who studies
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iatry
the act of studying
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ication
pertaining to word ending that turns a verb into a noun
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ient
word ending which indicates an ongoing condition
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ization
turns a noun into a verb and then back into a noun
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lytic
substance that causes a breakdown or destruction
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metry
the act of measuring
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ology
study of
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plegia
inability to move
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rrhage
abnormal flow
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tatic
pertaining to stretching
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ter
noun ending
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tome
instrument for cutting
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trophic
pertaining to nourishment or growth
