Week 3 Flashcards by Victor Lao

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adip(o)-

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of or relating to fat or fatty tissue

adipocyte

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angi(o)-

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blood vessel

angiogram, angioplasty

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arteri(o)-

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of or pertaining to an artery

arteriole, artery

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ather(o)-

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pasty, fatty

atherosclerosis

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brady-

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slow

bradycardia

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calc(i)

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calcium

calciuria

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cardi(o)-

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of or pertaining to the heart

cardiology

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chron(o)-

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time

chronotropic

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dipl(o)-

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double, two

diploid

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hypn(o)

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sleep, hypnosis

hypnotic

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idio-

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self, one’s own

idiopathic, idiosyncratic

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infra-

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below, beneath

infrared

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isch(i)-

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restriction

ischemia

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-itis

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inflammation

tonsillitis

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-ium

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structure, tissue

pericardium

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leio-

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smooth

leiomyoma

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-mania

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excited state, obsession, abnormal love for

phagomania

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meg(a)-, megal(o)-, -megaly

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large, oversized, enlargement

splenomegaly

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-meter

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instrument used to measure or count

sphygmomanometer

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-metry

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process of measuring

optometry

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nas(o)-

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of or pertaining to the nose

nasal

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odyn(o)-

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pain

stomatodynia

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oxy-

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sharp, acid, acute; oxygen

oxytocin, oxygenated

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path(o)-

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disease

pathology

-pathy

a disease or disorder neuropathy

phas-

speech aphasia

phleb(o)-

of or pertaining to the (blood) veins, a vein phlebography, phlebotomy

phon(o)-

sound, speech phonograph

plasm(a)-, plasm(o)-

plasma plasmolytic

psych-, psych(e,o)

mind psychology, psychiatry

pykn(o)-

dense, compact pyknotic

-rrhage, -rrhagia

discharge, usually blood hemorrhage, menorrhagia

-rrhea

flow, discharge galactorrhea, diarrhea

sangui-, sanguine-

of or pertaining to blood consanguineous

-sclerosis

hardening atherosclerosis

scoto-

darkness scotoma

somn(o)-

Sleep insomniac

sphygm(o)-

pulse sphygmomanometer

sten(o)-

narrowness, constriction stenography

-stenosis

narrowing, constriction arteriostenosis

steth(o)-

chest stethoscope

tachy-

rapid tachyphylaxis

tel(e)-

distant telemetry

-tension, -tensive

pressure hypertension

tetan-

rigid, tense tetanus

thromb(o)-

blood clot thrombus, thrombocyte

thym-

emotion, mind dysthymia

tri-, tris-

three triangle, triceps

-trophy, -trophic, tropho-

nourishment, development hypertrophy, trophoblast

-tropia, -tropic

turning, affinity, changing dromotropic

varic(o)-

swollen or twisted vein varicose

vas(o)-

duct, blood vessel vasoconstriction

vascul(o)-

blood vessel vasculitis

-version

turning cardioversion