Language Of Medicine 9Th Ed. Chapter 4

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wrist bones

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carp/o

Front 2

meals

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cib/o

Front 3

to cut

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cis/o

Front 4

rib

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cost/o

Front 5

skin

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cutane/o

Front 6

fingers, toes

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dactyl/o

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to lead, carry

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duct/o

Front 8

to bend

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flex/o

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forking, branching

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furc/o

Front 10

tongue

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gloss/o

Front 11

sugar

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glyc/o

Front 12

protection

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immun/o

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shape, form

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morph/o

Front 14

death

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mort/o

Front 15

birth

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nat/i

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to bind, tie, connect

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nect/o

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rule, order

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norm/o

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ox/o

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oxygen

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pubis (pubic bone)
anterior portion of the pelvic or hipbone

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pub/o

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infection

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seps/o

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sleep

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somn/o

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sound

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son/o

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to put, place

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the/o

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nipple

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thel/o

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thyroid gland; shield (the shape of the thyroid gland resembled (-oid) a shield to those who named it)

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thyr/o

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place, postion, location

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top/o

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poison

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tox/o

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windpipe, trachea

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trache/o

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urethra

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urethr/o

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embryonic, immature

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-blast

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to secrete

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-crine

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pregnancy

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-cyesis

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to run

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-drome

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coming together; to pour

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-fusion

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substances that produce

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-gen

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to slide, fall, sag

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-lapse

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breakdown, destruction, separation

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-lysis

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to measure

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-meter

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to send

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-mission

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one who

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-or

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birth, labor

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-partum

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to bear, carry
feeling (mental state)

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-phoria

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to grow

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-physis

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development

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-plasia

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structure or formation

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-plasm

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breathing

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-pnea

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falling, dropping, prolapse

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-ptosis

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flow, discharge

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-rrhea

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stopping, controling

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-statis

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development, nourishment

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-trophy

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no,not without

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a-
an-

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away from

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ab-

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toward

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ad-

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up, apart

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ana-

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before, forward

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ante-

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against

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anti-

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self, own

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auto-

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two

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bi-

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slow

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brady-

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down

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cata-

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with, together

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con-

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against, opposite

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contra-

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down, lack of

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de-

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through, complete

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dia-

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bad, painful, diificult, abnormal

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dys-

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out, outside

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ec-
ecto

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in, within

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en-
endo-

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upon, on above

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epi-

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good, normal

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eu-

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out, outside, away from

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ex-

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half

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hemi-

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excessive, above

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hyper-

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deficient, under

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hypo-

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not
into, within

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in-

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beneath, under

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-infra

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between

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inter-

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in, within, into

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intra-

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large

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macro-

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bad

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mal-

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beyond, change

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meta-

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small

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micro-

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new

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neo-

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all

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pan-

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abnoraml, beside, near

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para-

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through

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per-

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surrounding

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peri-

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many, much

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poly-

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after, behind

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post-

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before, in front of

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pre-

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before, forward

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pro-

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false

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pseudo-

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back, again

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re-

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behind, backward

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retro-

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under

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sub-

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above, upper

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supra-

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above, upper

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-supra

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together, with

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syn-
sym-

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fast

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tachy-

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across, through

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trans-

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beyond, excess

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ultra-

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one

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uni-

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Endocrine glands located above each kidney. They secrete hormones that affect the body's functioning.

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adrenal glands

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What hormone does the adrenal gland secrete that couses the bronchial tubes to widen, the heart to beat more rapidly, and blood pressure to rise?

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adrenaline

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Usually a foreign substance (such as a poison, virus, or bacterium)

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antigen

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Protein substances made by white blood cells in response to the presence of foreign anitgens.

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antibodies

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the reaction between an antigen and an antibody

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immune response

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protection

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immun/o

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a weakened or dead antigens that stimulate white blood cells to make antibodies. These antibodies remain in your blood to protect against those specific antigens when encountered in the future

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vaccine

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A person who is Rh+ has a protein coating (antigen) on her or her red blood cells. This specific antigen factor is something that the person is born with and is normal. People who are Rh- have normal RBCs as well, but their red cells lack the Rh factor antigen.

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Rh condition

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the zygote (early stage), develops outside of the uterus--most often within a fallopian tube.

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ectopic pregnancy

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the body makes antibodies against its own good cells and tissues.

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autoimmune disease