Week 5 Flashcards by Victor Lao

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-ac

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pertaining to; one afflicted with

cardiac, hydrophobiac

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acantho-

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thorn

acanthion, acanthocyte, acanthoma

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ambi-

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around, on (both or all) sides

ambidextrous

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ankyl(o)-

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crooked, bent, or stiff

ankylosis

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anter(o)-

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front, anterior

anterointernal

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-ar

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pertaining to

pseudoreticular

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-ate

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a salt or ester of an acid

acetate

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azo(to)-

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nitrogenous compound

azotemia

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carcin(o)-

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cancer

carcinoma

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co-, col-

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with, together, in association

coenzymes

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cyt(o)-, -cyte

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cell

cytokine, leukocyte, cytoplasm

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dia-

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through, during, across

dialysis

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fore-

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before or ahead

foregut, foreshadow

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-form

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in the form or shape of

plexiform

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-gnosis

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knowledge

diagnosis, prognosis

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-gram

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record or picture

angiogram, electroretinogram

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juxta-

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Near to, alongside or next to

juxtaglomerular

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kal(i)-

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potassium

hyperkalemia

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lith(o)-

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stone, calculus, calcification

lithotripsy

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-lysis, -lytic

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destruction, separation

paralysis, hemolytic, dialysis

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mal-

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bad, deficient

malignant, malnourished

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mon(o)-

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single, one

mononucleosis

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natr(i)-

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sodium

hyponatremia, natriuretic

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necr(o)-

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death

necrosis, necrotizing fasciitis

nephr(o)-

of or pertaining to the kidney nephrology

noct-

night nocturia

-opsy

examination or inspection biopsy, autopsy

pluri-

several, more pluripotent

poly-

1) multiplicity, many, much 2) polymer polymyositis, polysaccharide

prot(o)-

first protoneuron

pseud(o)-

false or fake pseudoephedrine

-ptosis

sagging or falling apoptosis, nephroptosis

py(o)-

pus, suppuration pyometra

pyret(o)-

fever antipyretic

pyro-

fire, heat, fever pyrophosphate

ren(o)-

of or pertaining to the kidney renal

retro-

backward, behind retroperitoneal

rhin(o)-

of or pertaining to the nose rhinoplasty

schiz(o)-

split, cleft, division schizophrenia

sinistr(o)-

left, left side sinistrocardia

somat(o)-, somatico-

body, bodily somata

son-, sono-

sound, ultrasound sonogram

therm(o)-

heat hypothermia

top(o)-

place, topical topical

-tripsy

crushing lithotripsy

-ula, -ule

small pustule

ur(o)-, -uria

of or pertaining to urine, the urinary system polyuria, urology

uri-, uric(o)-

uric acid uricosuric

urin-

of or pertaining to urine, the urinary system uriniferous

vesic(o)-

of or pertaining to the bladder vesical arteries

xen(o)-

foreign, different xenobiotic

xer(o)-

dry, desert-like xerostomia, xerophthalmia