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54 Cards in this Set
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Comes before a word root and modifies its meaning.
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Suffix
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Establishes the basic meaning of a medical term.
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Word Root
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Follows a word root and adds to or changes the meaning.
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Prefix
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Makes pronunciation easier.
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Combining Vowel
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Word root joined with a vowel.
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Combining Form
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Cartilage
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Chondr
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Cold
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Cry
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Cell
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Cyt
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Sugar
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Glyc
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Blood
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Hemat
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Fat
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Lip
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Muscle
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My
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Clot
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Thromb
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Kidney
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Ren
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Hard
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Scler
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Without
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A-
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Slow
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Brady-
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Over
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Epi-
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Same
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Homeo-
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Within
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Intra-
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Large
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Macro-
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New
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Neo-
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Through
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Per-
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Many
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Poly-
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Three
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Tri-
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Incision
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-tomy
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Stopping
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-stasis
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Deficiency
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-penia
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Measuring Instrument
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-meter
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Breakdown
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-lysis
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Inflammation
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-itis
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Condition or State of
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-ism
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Pertaining to
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-ic
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Blood Condition
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-emia
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Pain
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-algia
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Study of disease.
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Pathology
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Breakdown of sugar.
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Glycolysis
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Pertaining to fat.
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Adipose
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Beneath the skin.
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Subcutaneous
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Difficult breathing.
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Dyspnea
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Pertaining to the kidneys.
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Renal
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Outside the blood vessels.
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Extravascular
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A small cell.
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Microcyte
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Intestinal inflammation
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Enteritis
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Pertaining to being hard.
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Sclerotic
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Head
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Cephal
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Plural form for ovum.
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Ova
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Singular form for atria.
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Atrium
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Small vein.
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Venule
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Kidney Inflammation.
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Nephritis
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ESR stands for?
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Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate
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RBC stands for?
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Red Blood Cell
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PPD stands for?
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Purified Protein Derivative
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On the Joint Commission's current "Do Not Use" List.
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PCO2
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