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51 Cards in this Set
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anti- |
against, opposite
Example- antitoxin |
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dys- |
poor, painful, difficult
Example- dyskinesia |
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a-, an- |
not, without
Example- asynchronous, anenterous |
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cardi- |
heart
Example- cardiocele |
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atri- |
atrium
Example- atriotome |
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ventricul- |
ventricle
Example- ventricular |
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aort- |
aorta
Example- aortomalacia |
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arteri- |
artery
Example- arteriostenosis |
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capillar- |
capillary
Example- capillaritis |
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phleb- |
vein
Example- phlebectasia |
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ven- |
vein
Example- venogram |
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angi- |
vessel
Example- angioblast |
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vascul- |
vessel
Example- vasculitis |
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hemat-, hem- |
blood
Example- hematoma, hemagogue |
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blast- |
embryonic cell
Example- blastomere |
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kary- |
nucleus
Example- karyophage |
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cyt- |
cell
Example- leukocytopenia |
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thromb- |
clot
Example- thrombokinesis |
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sphygm- |
pulse
Example- sphygmogram |
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crot- |
pulse beat
Example- dicrotic |
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lymph- |
lymph
Example- lymphangioplasty |
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splen- |
spleen
Example- splenelcosis |
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path- |
disease
Example- pathologist |
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phil- |
love, affinity
Example- thermophile |
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phob- |
fear, aversion
Example- nyctophobia |
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erythr- |
red
Example- erythroblast |
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leuk- |
white
Example- leukemia |
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cyan- |
blue
Example- acrocyanosis |
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plas-, plast- |
to form, to shape
Example- fibroplasia, dysplastic |
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sta- |
to stop, to control
Example- cholestasia |
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-ac |
pertaining to
Example- cardiac |
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-t |
instrument, agent, device
Example- hemostat |
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-emia ([h]em/ia) |
blood condition
Example- uremia |
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-kinesis, -kinesia, -cinesia (kine/sis, kine/sia, cine/sia) |
movement
Example- hypokinesis, hypokinesia, hypocinesia |
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-sclerosis (scler/o/sis) |
hardening
Example- angiosclerosis |
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-megaly (megal/y) |
enlargement
Example- cardiomegaly |
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-cele (cel/e) |
swelling, herniation
Example- encephalocele |
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-penia (pen/ia) |
deficiency
Example- lymphopenia |
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-plegia (pleg/ia) |
paralysis, stroke
Example- hemiplegia |
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-ptosis (pto/sis) |
prolapse, sagging
Example- aortoptosis |
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-rrhexis (rrhex/is) |
rupture
Example- phleborrhexis |
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-rrhagia (rrhag/ia) |
discharge
Example- rhinorrhagia |
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-sepsis (sep/sis) |
infection
Example- enterosepsis |
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-centesis (cente/sis) |
surgical puncture
Example- arthrocentesis |
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-clysis (cly/sis) |
irrigation, washing
Example- venoclysis |
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-pexy (pex/y) |
fixation, attachment
Example- colopexy |
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-piesis (pie/sis) |
pressure
Example- hyperpiesis |
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-plasty (plast/y) |
surgical repair
Example- arterioplasty |
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-rrhaphy (rrhaph/y) |
suture
Example- cardiorrhaphy |
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-trophy, -trophia (troph/y, troph/ia) |
development
Example- hypertrophy, eutrophia |
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