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40 Cards in this Set
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Spermolysis
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The destruction of sperm
(sperm/o/lysis) |
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Orchectomy
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Excision of the testicle (orch/ectomy)
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Cryptorchidism
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Undescended testicles (crypt/orchid/ism)
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Prostatalgia
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Prostatic pain
(prostat/algia) |
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Vasoconstriction
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The decrease in size of a vessel
(vas/o/constrict/ion) |
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Vasotripsy
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The crushing of a vessel
(vas/o/tripsy) |
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Vasectomy
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Removal of part of the vas deferens
(vas/ectomy) |
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Balanoplasty
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Surgical repair of the glans penis
(balan/o/plasty) |
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Spermatoid
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Resembling sperm
(spermat/oid) |
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Spermatoblast
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An embryonic male cell
(spermat/o/blast) |
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Hemostasis
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The stoppage of circulation or blood flow
(hem/o/stasis) |
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Cytoplasm
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The formation of the cell outside the nucleus
(cyt/o/plasm) |
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Ischemia
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A blocked blood vessel
(isch/emia) |
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Leukoderma
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A condition of white skin
(leuk/o/derma) |
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Erythremia
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Too many blood red blood cells
(erythr/emia) |
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Leukocytopenia
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Decrease in the number of white blood cells
(leuk/o/cyt/o/penia) |
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Melanocyte
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A black colored cell
(melan/o/cyte) |
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Cytology
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The study of cells
(cyt/o/logy) |
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Hematolysis
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Destruction of blood cells
(hemat/o/lysis) |
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Anemia
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Reduction of red blood cells
(an/emia) |
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Lymphangiopathy
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A generalized disease condition of lymph vessels
(lymph/angi/o/pathy) |
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Lymphoma
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Cancer of the lymph nodes
(lymph/oma) |
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Lymphadenoid
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Resembling lymph tissue
(lymph/adenoid) |
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Lymphectomy
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Removal of lymph tissue
(lymph/ectomy) |
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Splenectomy
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Excision of the spleen
(splen/ectomy) |
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Toxemia
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A condition where poisonous bacteria are distributed by the blood system
(tox/emia) |
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Thymectomy
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The excision of the thymus
(thym/ectomy) |
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Interleukins
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Proteins that work within white blood cells to fight infection
(inter/leukins) |
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Hypersplenism
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A condition of an overactive spleen
(hyper/splen/ism) |
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Cytotoxic
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T-cells that kill foreign cells
(cyt/o/toxic) |
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Immunoablation
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Systematic destruction of the immune system
(immun/o/ablation) |
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Diplococcus
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Bacteria in the cocci family that grow in pairs
(dipl/o/coccus |
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Pyogenic
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Pus producing
(py/o/genic) |
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Aerophobia
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Abnormal fear of air
(aer/o/phobia) |
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Aseptic
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Free from infection
(a/sept/ic) |
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Antispasmodic
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A drug that works against muscle spasms
(anti/spasmodic) |
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Pharmacology
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The study of drugs
(pharmac/o/logy) |
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Dermatomycosis
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Fungus disease of the skin
(dermat/o/myc/osis) |
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Malaria
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Bad air
(mal/aria) |
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Diagnosis
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To know rhrough or determine
(dia/gno/sis) |
