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56 Cards in this Set
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Pertaining to
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-eal -al -ial
-ous -ic -ory -ical -tic -ior -ine -ary -ac -ac -ar |
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Process, condition
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-ation
-ism -y |
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-centesis
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Surgical puncture to remove fluid.
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-stomy
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Opening
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-plasty
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Surgical repair
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-ectomy
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excision or removal
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cerebr/o
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cerebrum, largest part of the brain
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gastr/o
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stomach
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cyan/o
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blue
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melan/o
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black
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poli/o
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gray
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ABNORMAL CONDITION
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-ago
-esis -ia -iasis -ion -ism -osis |
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-dynia
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pain
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-malacia
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abnormal softening
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-necrosis
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death of tissue
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-stenosis
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narrowing
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-rrhaphy
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suture or stitch
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-rrhexis
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rupture
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eu-
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good, normal, well, easy
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supra-
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above, excessive
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ileum
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part of small intestine
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ilium
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part of hip bone
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infection
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invasion of body by disease-producing organism (pathogen)
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myc/o
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fungus
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inflammation
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localized response to tissue damage (redness-erythema, heat, swelling-edema, pain)
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laceration
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torn, ragged wound
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mucous
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adjective, line body cavities
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lesion
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pathological change of tissue due to disease or injury
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mucus
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noun, substance secreted by mucous membranes
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-ologist
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specialist
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-ology
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study of
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-ostomy
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surgically created artificial opening
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-otomy
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cutting into, surgical incision
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palpation
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feeling body parts with the hands
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palpitation
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pounding, racing heart, usually irregular
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prostrate
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lying flat, collapse, exhausted
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pyel/o
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renal pelvis
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py/o
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pus
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pyr/o
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fever, fire
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supination
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palm of hand up
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suppuration
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formation, pus discharge
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suturing
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closing incision with stitches
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ligation
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tying blood vessels or ducts
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triage
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medical screening of patients
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trauma
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wound, injury
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viral
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pertaining to a virus
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virile
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possessing masculine traits
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Vertical planes
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up and down at right angle to horizontal plane
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Midsagittal (midline)
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vertical plane divides body into equal left and right halves
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Sagittal (lateral)
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any vertical plane that divides body into unequal left and right portions
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Coronal (frontal)
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any vertical plane that divides body into anterior/posterior portions
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Horizontal planes
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flat crosswise line
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Transverse (horizontal)
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divides body into superior/inferior portions
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Ventral
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front or belly side
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Dorsal
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back of body or organs
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Caudal
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toward the lower part of the body
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