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77 Cards in this Set
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epi (ep)
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prefix; means upon, over, above
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a (an)
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prefix; means not, without, lacking, deficient
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anti (ant)
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prefix; means against, opposed to, preventing, relieving
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di (rarely dis)
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prefix; means two, twice, double
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dys
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prefix; means difficult, painful, defective, abnormal
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ec (ex)
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prefix; means out of, away from
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ecto (ect)
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prefix; means outside of
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en (em)
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prefix; means in, into, within
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endo (ento, end, ent)
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prefix; means within
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exo
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prefix; means outside, from the outside, toward the outside
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hemi
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prefix; means half, partial; (often) one side of the body
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hyper
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prefix: means over, above, excessive, beyond normal
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hypo (hyp)
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prefix; means under, deficient, below normal
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mono (mon)
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prefix; means one, single
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peri
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prefix; means around, surrounding
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syn (sym)
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prefix; means together, with, joined
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LOG
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suffix form: logy, logist
means: study, science, the study or science of one whoe specializes in a certain study or field |
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STEN
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suffix form: stenosis
means: the narrowing (of a body part) |
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SCLER
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suffix form: sclerosis
means: the hardening of (tissues) |
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MALAC
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suffix form: malacia
means: the softening of (tissues) |
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TOX
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suffix form: toxic, toxin
means: poisonous (to an organ); a substance poisonous to (a body part) |
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ACANTH
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Combination form
means: thorn, spine |
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ALG
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Combination form
means: pain |
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ALGES
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Combination form
means: sensitivity to pain |
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ALL
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Combination form
means: other, divergence, difference from |
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ANGI
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Combination form
means: (blood) vessel, duct |
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ARTERI
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Combination form
means: [air passage] artery |
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ARTHR
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Combination form
means: joint |
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BI
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Combination form
means: life |
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BRADY
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Combination form
means: slow |
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CARDI
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Combination form
means: heart |
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CEPHAL
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Combination form
means: head |
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CRANI
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Combination form
means: skull |
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CYT
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Combination form
means: [hollow container] cell |
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ENCEPHAL
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Combination form
means: brain (a combo. of en, in, and kephale, head) |
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ERYTHR
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Combination form
means: red, red blood cell |
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LEPT
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Combination form
means: thin, fine, slight |
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MALAC
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Combination form
means: soft |
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MES
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Combination form
means: middle, secondary, partial, mesentery |
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METER, METR
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Combination form
means: measure, measure device |
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NEPHR
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Combination form
means: kidney |
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NEUR
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Combination form
means: [tendon], nerve, nervous system |
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OSTE
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Combination form
means: bone |
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PROSOP
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Combination form
means: face |
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PROT
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Combination form
means: first, primitive, early |
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SCLER
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Combination form
means: hard |
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STEN
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Combination form
means: narrow |
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STERE
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Combination form
means: solid, having three dimensions |
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TACHY
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Combination form
means: rapid |
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TOX(I)
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Combination form
means: poison |
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LEUK
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Combination form
means: white, white blood cells |
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LITH
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Combination form
means: stone, calculus |
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LOG
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Combination form
means: study, word |
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tic
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Adjective forming suffix
1.) pertaining to 2.) when used as a noun it indicates a drug or agent |
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itic
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Adjective forming suffix
1.) pertaining to 2.) pertaining to inflammation 3.) when used as a noun it indicates a drug or agent |
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ic
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Adjective forming suffix
1.) pertaining to, located in 2.) when used as a noun it often indicates a drug or agent 3.) when used as a noun it refers to a person suffering a disability or condition |
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ac
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Adjective forming suffix
1.) pertaining to, located in |
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otic
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Adjective forming suffix
1.) forms adjective from nouns ending in -osis |
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iasis
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Noun forming suffix
1.) disease, abnormal condition, abnormal presence of 2.) used with parasitic organism to indicate infestation 3.) formation of calculi in the body |
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osis
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Noun forming suffix
1.) abnormal or diseased condition |
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ma
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Noun forming suffix
1.) abnormal or diseased condition |
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itis
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Noun forming suffix
1.) indicates an inflamed condition; inflammation |
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itides
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Noun forming suffix
1.) inflammed condition; plural form for -itis |
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ium
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Noun forming suffix
1.) membrane, connective tissue 2.) names regions of the body |
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in, ine
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Noun forming suffix
1.) names of substances |
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a
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Noun forming suffix
1.) state, condition (abstract) |
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sis
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Noun forming suffix
1.) state or condition (abstract) |
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sia
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Noun forming suffix
1.) state, condition (abstract) |
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ia
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Noun forming suffix
1.) state, condition (abstract) |
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y
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Noun forming suffix
1.) condition (-ia) (abstract) |
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iac
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Noun forming suffix
1.) person afflicted with |
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ist
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Noun forming suffix
1.) a person interested in |
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anastomosis
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a surgical or pathological connection between two passages
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exostosis
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a bony growth arising from the surface bone
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aponeurosis
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a sheet of tissue connection muscles to bones
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symbiosis
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the living together in close association of two organisms of different species
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antibiosis
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the association between two organisms in which one is harmful to the other
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