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50 Cards in this Set
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-ac
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pertaining to
ex: cardi/ac - pertaining to the heart |
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-al
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pertaining to
ex: neur/al - pertaining to the nerves |
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-algia
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pain
arthr/algia - painful joints |
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-cyte
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cell
ex: erythro/cyte - red blood cell |
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-ectomy
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excision, removal of
ex: nephr/ectomy - removal of a kidney |
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-ion
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process
ex: excis/ion - process of cutting out |
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-emia
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blood condition
ex: leuk/emia - blood condition of the white blood cells |
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-genic
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pertaining to producing, produced by, or produced in
ex: carcino/genic - producing cancer patho/genic - producing a disease iatro/genic - produced by a treatment |
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-gram
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record
ex: electroencephalo/gram - record of the brains electricity |
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-ic, -ical
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pertaining to
ex: gastr/ic - pertaining to the stomach neurolog/ical - pertaining to the study of the nerves |
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-ist
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specialist
ex: gynecolog/ist - specialists who studies womens health |
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-itis
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inflamation
ex: cyst/itis - inflamation of the urinary bladder |
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-ology
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study of
ex: endocrin/ology - study of the glands that secrete in the body |
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-oma
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tumor, mass, swelling
ex: hepa/toma - tumor of the liver |
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-opsy
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process of viewing
ex: bi/opsy - process of viewing living tissue |
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-osis
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condition, usually abnormal (slight increase in numbers when used with blood cells)
ex: nephr/osis - condition of the kidneys leukocyt/osis - condition where there is a slightly increased white blood cell count, body fighing infection |
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-pathy
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disease condition
ex: entro/pathy - disease of the small intestines adeno/pathy - disease of the glands |
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-scope
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instrument to visually examine
ex: endo/scope - instrument to inside the body |
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-scopy
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process of visually examining
ex: endo/scopy - the process of visually examining inside the body |
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-sis
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state of
ex: progno/sis - state of knowledge before, prediction of outcome of treatment |
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-tomy
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process of cutting, incision
ex: osteo/tomy - cutting into the bone |
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-y
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process, condition
ex: gastroenterolog/y - study of the stomach and small intestines |
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-eal
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pertaining to
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-iac
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pertaining to
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-ior
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pertaining to
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-ism
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process
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-ose
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pertaining to, full of
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-plasm
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formation
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-somes
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bodies
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-type
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picture, classification
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-blast
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embryonic, immature
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-cyesis
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pregnancy
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-drome
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to run
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-fusion
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to pour
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-gen
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producing, forming
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-lapse
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to slide, fall, sag
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-lysis
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breakdown, separation, loosening
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-meter
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to measure
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-mission
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to send
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-or
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one who
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-partum
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birth, labor
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-phoria
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to bear, carry, feeling (mental state)
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-physis
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to grow
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-plasia
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development, formation
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-plasm
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development, formation
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-pnea
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breathing
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-ptosis
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droop, sag, prolapse
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-rrhea
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flow, discharge
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-stasis
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stop, control, place
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-trophy
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nourishment, development
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