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113 Cards in this Set
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-Logic, -logical |
pertaining to |
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-er. -ist |
one who |
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-iatrician |
practitioner |
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-logy |
study or science of |
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-logist |
one who studies; specialist |
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-cardi/o |
heart |
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-ac, -al, -an, -ar, -ary-eal, -ic, -ive, -tic |
pertaining to |
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crin/o |
to secrete |
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gynec/o |
female |
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esthesi/o |
feeling or sensation |
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immun/o |
immune |
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gastr/o |
stomach |
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immun/o |
immune |
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enter/o |
intestines |
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ne/o |
new |
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ger/a, ger/o, geront/o |
elderly |
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nat/o |
birth |
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ortho |
straight |
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neur/o |
nerve |
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obstetr/o |
midwife |
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ped/o |
child, sometimes foot |
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onc/o |
tumor |
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ot/o |
ear |
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ophthalm/o |
eye |
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laryng/o |
larynx |
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rhin/o |
nose |
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path/o |
disease |
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ur/o |
urinary tract |
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psych/o |
mind |
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-centesis |
surginacl puncture to aspirate or remove fluid |
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radi/o |
radiation |
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-ectomy |
excision (cutting out) |
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rheumat/o |
rheumatism |
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-scopy |
visual examinations with a lightened instrument |
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-lysis |
process of loosening, freeing or destroying |
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-stomy |
formation of an opening |
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-pexy |
surgical fixation |
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-tome |
an instrument used for cutting |
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-plasty |
surgical repair |
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-tomy |
incision |
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-rrhaphy |
suture |
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-bi/o |
life or living |
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-tripsy |
surgical crushing |
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blephar/o |
eyelid |
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aden/o |
gland |
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cerebr/o, encephal/o |
brain |
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angi/o |
vessel |
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chir/o |
hand |
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append/o, appendic/o |
appendix |
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mamm/o, mast/o |
breast |
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col/o |
colon or large intestine |
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muscul/o, my/o |
muscle |
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cutane/o, derm/a,derm/o, dermat/o |
skin |
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myel/o |
bone marrow or spinal cord |
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faci/o |
face |
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oste/o |
bone |
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hepat/o |
liver |
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-algia, -dynia |
pain |
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pulm/o, pulmon/o,pneum/o |
lungs |
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-cele |
hernia |
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tonsill/o |
tonsil |
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-ectasia, ectasis |
dilatation or stretching of a structure or part |
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trache/o |
trachea |
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-edema |
swelling |
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vas/o |
vessel; ductus deferens |
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-lith |
stone or calculus |
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-emesis |
vomiting |
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-malacia |
soft, softening |
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-emia |
condition of the blood |
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-mania |
excessive preoccupation |
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-ia, -iasis |
condition |
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-megaly |
enlargement |
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-itis |
inflammation |
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-penia |
deficiency |
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-oid |
resembling |
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-phobia |
abnormal fear |
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-oma |
tumor |
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-ptosis |
prolapse |
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-osis |
condition |
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-rrhage, -rrhagia |
excessive bleeding or hemorrhage |
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-pathy |
disease |
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-able, -ible |
capable of, able to |
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-rrhea |
flow or discharge |
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-ase |
enzyme |
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-rrhexis |
rupture |
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-eum, -ium |
membrane |
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-spasm |
twitching, cramp |
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-ia, -ism |
condition or theory |
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-stasis |
stopping, controlling |
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amyl/o |
starch |
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-iac |
one who suffers |
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glyc/o |
sugar |
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-opia |
vision |
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-ose |
sugar |
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-ous |
pertaining to or characterized by |
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hemat/o |
blood |
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-y |
state or condition |
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muc/o |
mucus |
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lact/o |
milk |
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prote/o, protein/o |
protein |
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lip/o |
fat |
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pyr/o |
fire |
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lith/o |
stone |
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mono-, uni- |
one |
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micro- |
small |
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GYN, Gyn, gyn |
gynecology |
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ED |
emergency department |
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ICU |
intensive care unit |
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ENT |
ear nose throat |
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OB |
obsterics |
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ER |
emergency room |
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PA |
physician assistant, posteroanterior |
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GP |
general practitioner |
