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137 Cards in this Set
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Abdomin/o |
abdomen |
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acr/o |
extremities, top, extreme point |
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acu/o |
sharp, severe, sudden |
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aden/o |
gland |
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adip/o |
fat |
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amni/o |
amnion sac surrounding the embryo in the uturus |
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angi/o |
vessel |
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arteri/o |
artery |
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arthr/o |
joint |
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axill/o |
armpit |
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bi/o |
life |
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blephar/o |
eyelid |
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bronch/o |
bronchial tubes |
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carcin/o |
cancer |
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cardi/o |
heart |
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chem/o |
drug, chemical |
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chondr/o |
cartilage |
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chron/o |
time |
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col/o |
colon |
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cyst/o |
urinary bladder |
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enchephal/o |
brain |
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erythr/o |
red |
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hem/o |
blood |
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hepat/o |
liver |
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hydr/o |
water |
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inguin/o |
groin |
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isch/o |
to hold back |
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lapar/o |
abdomen, abdominal wall |
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laryng/o |
larynx |
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leuk/o |
white |
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lymph/o |
lymph |
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mamm/o |
breast |
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mast/o |
breast |
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morph/o |
shape, form |
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muc/o |
mucus |
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my/o |
muscle |
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myel/o |
spinal cord, bone marrow |
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necr/o |
death of a cell or whole body |
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nephr/o |
kidney |
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neur/o |
nerve |
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neutr/o |
neutrophil |
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nucle/o |
nucleus |
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ophthalm/o |
eye |
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oste/o |
bone |
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ot/o |
ear |
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path/o |
disease |
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peritone/o |
peritoneum |
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phag/o |
to eat, swallow |
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phleb/o |
vein |
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plas/o |
formation, development |
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pleur/o |
pleura |
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pneumon/o |
lungs |
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pulmon/o |
lungs |
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radi/o |
x-rays |
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rect/o |
rectum |
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ren/o |
kidney |
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rhin/o |
nose |
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sarc/o |
flesh |
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splen/o |
spleen |
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staphyl/o |
clusters |
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strept/o |
twisted chains |
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throac/o |
chest |
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thromb/o |
clot |
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tonsill/o |
tonsils |
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trache/o |
trachea |
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ven/o |
vein |
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-algia
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pain
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-cele
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hernia
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-centesis
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surgical procedure to remove fluid
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-coccus
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berry shaped bacteria |
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-cocci
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plural form
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-cyte
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cell
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-dynia
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pain
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-ectomy
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excision, removal, resection
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-emia
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blood condition
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-genesis
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condition of producing, forming
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-gram
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record
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-graph
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instrument for recording
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-graphy
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process of recording
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-itis
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inflammation |
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-logy
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study of
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-lysis
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breakdown, destruction, seperation
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-malacia
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softening
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-megaly
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enlargement
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-oma
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tumor
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-opsy
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to view
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-osis
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condition, usually abnormal |
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-pathy
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disease condition
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-penia
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deficiency
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-phobia
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fear
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-plasia
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development, formation, growth
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-plasty
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surgical repair
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-ptosis
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dropping, falling, prolapse
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-rrhea
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flow, discharge |
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-sclerosis
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hardening
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-scope
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instrument for visially examining
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-scopy
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process of visual examination
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-stasis
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controlling, stopping
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-stomy
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opening to form a mouth
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-therapy
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treatment
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-tomy
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incision, cutting into
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-trophy
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development, nourishment
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-er
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one who
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-ia
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condition
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-ist
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specialist
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-ole
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little, small
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-ule
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little
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-um, -ium
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structure, tissue
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-us
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structure, substance
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-y
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process, condition
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-ac, -iac
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pertaining to
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-al, -eal
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pertaining to
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-ary
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pertaining to
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-ic, -ical
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pertaining to
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-ous
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pertaining to
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-tic
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pertaining to
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-genic
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pertaining to producing, produced by
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-oid
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resembling, derived from
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-ose
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pertaining to, full of
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amniocentesis
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needle insterted through uterine wall and amnion into amniotic sac to extract amniotic fluid
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tonsillitis
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inflammation of tonsils
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exudate |
pus w/leukocytes and bacteria
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tonsillectomy
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removal of tonsils
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achondroplasia |
without chromosome formation, form of short limbed dwarfism
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blepharoptosis
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ptosis of upper eyelid, eyelid droops because of muscle weakness
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artery
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carries oxygen rich blood away from ehart to organs
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arterioles
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small arteries
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capillaries
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smallest blood vessels
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venules
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small veins carry oxygen deficient blood back to heart
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anemia
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reduction in number of erythrocytes or amount of hemoglobin in blood
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iron deficiency anemia
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iron needed for hemoglobin
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sickle cell anemia
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erythrocytes in abnormal sickle cell shape can't fit through vessels and create clogs
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aplastic anemia
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erythrocytes, leukocytes and thrombocytes not forming in bone marrow as needed
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splenomegaly |
Enlargement of the spleen Enlargement of the spleen |
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leukemia
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malignancy of white blood cells that derive from myeloid tissue |
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lymphoma
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malignancy of white blood cells that derive from lymphoid tissue |
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hernia
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protusion of an organ or musucla
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