vocab 11 Flashcards
(81 cards)
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cyst-
vesic-
A
sac cyst bladder (urinary system refers to bladder)
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nephr-
ren
A
kidney
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pyel-
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renal pelvis, urine reservoir in kidney (which passes urine to ureter)greek
Pelvis can be used not in the bony sense
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ur-
urin-
A
urine urinary tract urination
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ureter0
A
ureter: tube carrying urine from kidney to bladder
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urethr-
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urethra: tube carrying urine from bladder to outside body
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uric-
A
uric acid
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aden-
A
gland, lymph node
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adren-
A
adrenal gland
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hormon-
A
hormone
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amygdal0
tonsill-
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tonsil greek (almond shaped structure or amygdala in the brain) refers to texture of tonsils not shape
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lymph-
A
lymph
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lymphatic-
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lymphatic system, lymphatic duct
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por-
A
pore; passage
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splen-
lien-
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spleen humoral theory, personality types (sanguis/phlegmatic(hot), choleric, melancholic) melancholer
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adip-
lip-
steat-
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fat (better sometimes to use oil)
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seb-
A
sebum; oily secretion (of the sebaceous gland)
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crin-
A
secretion
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eme-
A
vomit
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hidr-
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sweat; sweat gland
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hist-
A
tissue (of animal or plant)
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hygr-
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moisture
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py-
A
pus
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tox- toxic toxin- ven- venen- venom-
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poison greek arrows toxa cause dipped in poison
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zym-
enzyme, fermentation Greek yeast
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aeti-
| eti-
cause greek. Most usually used with -logy
| OFTEN JUST the cause of a disease or ailment
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antr-
antrum, cavity
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aux-
increase
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bar-
| bary-
weight, pressure
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carcin-
cancer (noun) cancerous (adj.)
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chron-
time
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drom-
flow , a running
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dynam-
power
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helc-
ulceration
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hypn-
| somn-
sleep
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icter-
jaundice
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sept-
| saept-
septum (wall that divides two cavities)
| Usually nasal septum (but can be anything) can be normal or abnormal
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all-
other; another; divergent; alternating use context! Allogamy: cross-fertilization
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anis-
unequal
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atel-
incomplete
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atret-
without an opening (to an organ/structure )
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brachy-
short no conn vowel follows
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brady-
slow no conn vowel follows
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idi-
individual; distinct, distinctive, unknown
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is-
equal
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equ-
followed by conn vowel i
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lept-
thin
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macr-
large/long
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megal-
large
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mes-
middle
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micr-
small
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olig-
Olig- few, small, scanty
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orth-
straight, normal, correct
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oxy-
acute, swift, sharp, sour NO CONN VOWEL follows careful with adj or noun
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pachy-
thick NO CONN VOWEL follows
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pale-
old, ancient
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poikil-
mottled, varied, irregular
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prosthet-
| prosth-
artificial
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prot-
earliest, first
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pseud-
false, imaginary
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scirrh-
hard (adj) hard, cancerous tumour (noun)
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scoli-
crooked, laterally curved
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sten-
narrow, constricted
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tach-
| tachy-
rapid
| NO CONN VOWEL follows tachy
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xen-
strange, foreign (Adj.) foreigner (noun) greek xenos stranger/guest
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xer-
| sicc-
dry makin paper
| Sicc-
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-agogue
agent used to induce (an action)
Agent used to induce the flow (of a substance or from an organ or tissue)
Agent used to induce the expulsion (of a foreign body)
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anti-agogue
agent used to suppress (an action)
Agent used to suppress the flow (of a substance or from an organ or tissue)
Agent used to suppress the expulsion (of a foreign body)
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- auxe
- auxis
- auxesis
enlargement (of an organ or structure)
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-crine
secretion
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-elcosis
ulceration (of an organ or structure)
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-emesis
the vomiting (of a substance)
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-emetic
causing vomiting (of a substance)
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-emphraxis
obstruction; blockage
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-lepsy
seizure
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- phyma
| - phymata (pl.)
a swelling
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-pore
pore/passage
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-toxin
substance poisonous to (an organ or tissue)
| Poisonous substance present in (a plant or life form)
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anti- -toxin
agent used to counteract a substance poisonous to (organ or tissue)
Agent used to counteract a poisonous substance present in (a plant or life form)
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-uria
urination, presence of (a substance) in the urine
| (abnormal) condition of the urine
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a- -uria
absence of (a substance) in the urine
