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111 Cards in this Set
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Combining Forms |
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An/o |
Anus |
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Append/o Appendic/o |
Appendix |
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Bucc/o |
Cheek |
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Cec/o |
Cecum |
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Celi/o |
Belly, abdomen |
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Cheil/o |
Lip |
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Cholecyst/o |
Gallbladder |
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Choledoch/o |
Common bile duct |
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Col/o |
Colon |
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Colon/o |
Colon |
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Dent/i Odont/o |
Tooth |
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Duoden/o |
Duodenum |
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Enter/o |
Intestines, usually small intestines |
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Esophag/o |
Esophagus |
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Faci/o |
Face |
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Gastr/o |
Stomach |
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Gingiv/o |
Gums |
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Gloss/o Lingu/o |
Tongue |
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Hepat/o |
Liver |
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ile/o |
ileum |
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Jejun/o |
Jejunum |
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Labi/o |
Lip |
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Lapar/o |
Abdomen |
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Mandibul/o |
Lower jaw, mandible |
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Or/o Stomat/o |
Mouth |
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Palat/o |
Palate |
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Pancreat/o |
Pancreas |
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Peritone/o |
Peritoneum |
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Pharyng/o |
Throat |
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Proct/o |
Anus and rectum |
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Pylor/o |
Pyloric sphincter |
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Rect/o |
Rectum |
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Sialaden/o |
Salivary gland |
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Sigmoid/o |
Sigmoid colon |
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Uvul/o |
Uvula |
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Amyl/o |
Starch |
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Bil/i Chol/e |
Gall, bile |
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Bilirubin/o |
Bilirubin (bile pigment) |
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Chlorhydr/o |
Hydrochloric acid |
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Gluc/o Glyc/o |
Sugar |
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Glycogen/o |
Glycogen, animal starch |
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Lip/o Steat/o |
Fat |
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Lith/o |
Stone |
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Prote/o |
Protein |
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Py/o |
Pus |
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Sial/o |
Saliva, salivary |
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Suffixes |
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-ase |
Enzyme |
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-chezia |
Defecation, elimination of wastes |
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-iasis |
Abnormal condition |
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-prandial |
Meal |
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-ectasis -ectasia |
Dilation, widening |
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-emesis |
Vomiting |
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-pepsia |
Digestion |
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-phagia |
Eating, swallowing |
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-plasty |
Surgical repair |
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-ptysis |
Spitting |
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-rrhage -rrhagia |
Bursting forth (of blood) |
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-rrhaphy |
Suture |
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-rrhea |
Flow, discharge |
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-spasm |
Involuntary contraction of muscles |
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-stasis |
Stopping, controling |
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-stenosis |
Narrowing, tightening |
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-tresia |
Opening |
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Combining Forms |
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Herni/o |
Hernia |
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Cholangi/o |
Bile duct (vessel) |
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Splen/o |
Spleen |
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Abbreviations |
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Abd |
Abdomen |
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BaE, BE |
Barium enema |
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BMR |
Basal metabolic rate |
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DM |
Diabetes mellitus |
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GI |
Gastrointestinal |
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IBD |
Inflammatory bowel disease |
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LFTs |
Liver function tests |
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NG tube |
Nasogastric tube |
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NPO |
Nothing by mouth |
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TPN |
Total parenteral nutrition |
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UGI |
Upper gastrointestinal |
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Extra info |
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-osis |
Condition, usually abnormal |
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Oile/o |
. |
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-orexia |
Appetite |
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Words |
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Sialolith |
. |
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Enterocolitis |
. |
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Gluconeogenesis |
. |
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Cholecystectomy |
. |
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Dyspepsia |
. |
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Sublingual |
. |
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Hepatoma |
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Oral |
. |
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Gastrostomy |
. |
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Cholangitis |
. |
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Gingivitis |
. |
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Ileitis |
. |
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Sialadentis |
. |
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Labiodental |
. |
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Hemorrhage |
. |
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Steatorrhea |
. |
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Glossectomy |
. |
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Buccal |
. |
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Choledochotomy |
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Rhinoplasty |
. |
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Blepharoplasty |
. |
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Palatoplasty |
. |
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Palatopharyngoplasty |
. |
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Choledochojejunostomy |
. |
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Gastrojejunostomy |
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