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101 Cards in this Set
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a-
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without
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abdomin/o
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abdomen
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aden/o
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gland
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-al
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pertaining to
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an/o
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anus
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angi/o
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vessels
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ankyl/o
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crooked or stiff
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anti-
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against
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appendic/o
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appendix
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ascos =
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bag
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baros =
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weight
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bil/i
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bile
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bucc/o
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cheek
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celi/o
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abdomen
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-centesis
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puncture for aspiration
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cheil/o
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lip
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chezo =
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defecate
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chol/e
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bile
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cholecyst/o
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gallbladder
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chondro =
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cartilaginous
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cirrho =
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yellow
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col/o
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colon
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colon/o
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colon
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constipo =
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to press together
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cyst/o
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bladder or sac
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dent/i
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teeth
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dia-
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across or through
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doch/o
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duct
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duoden/o
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duodenum
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dys-
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painful, difficult, or faulty
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-ectomy
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excision
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-emia
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blood condition
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-emesis
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vomiting
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-eal
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pertaining to
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endo-
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within
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enter/o
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small intestine
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epi-
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upon
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eructo (Latin word)
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belch; eructation
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esophag/o
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esophagus
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fistula =
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pipe
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flatus (Latin word)
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a blowing
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gastr/o
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stomach
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gingiv/o
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gum
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gloss/o
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tongue
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-graphy
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process of recording
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haimorrhois =
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a vein likely to bleed
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hemat/o
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blood
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hem/o
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blood
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hepat/o
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liver
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hepatic/o
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liver
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herni/o
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hernia
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halitus =
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breath
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hyper-
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above or excessive
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hypo-
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below or deficient
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-ia
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condition of
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-iasis
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formation of or presence of
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iatric =
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pertains to treatment
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-ic
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pertaining to
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ile/o
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ileum
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inguin/o
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groin
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intus =
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within
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-itis
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inflammation
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jaundice =
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yellow
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jejun/o
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jejunum (empty); section of small intestine
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katharsis (Greek word)
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purification by purging
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lapar/o
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abdomen
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lavage =
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to wash
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lingu/o
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tongue
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lith/o
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stone
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-lysis
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breaking down or dissolution
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-megaly
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enlargement
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melaina (Greek word)
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black
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orexia =
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appetite
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or/o
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mouth
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-osis
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increase or condition of
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pancreat/o
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pancreas
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ped/o
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foot
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pepsis =
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digestion
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pept/o
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to digest
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peritone/o
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peritoneum
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phag/o
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eat or swallow
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-plasty
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surgical repair or reconstruction
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proct/o
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anus and rectum
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pylor/o
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pylorus (gatekeeper)
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rect/o
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rectum
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rectum (Latin word)
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straight
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-rrhea
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discharge
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-scopy
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process of examination
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sessilis =
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low growing
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sial/o
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saliva
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sigmoid/o
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sigmoid colon (resembles)
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sphincter =
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band
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steat/o
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fat
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stomat/o
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mouth
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-stomy
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creation of an opening
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sub-
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below or under
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suscipiens =
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to take up
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-tomy
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incision
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vermi =
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worm
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volvo =
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to roll
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-y
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condition of or process of
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