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132 Cards in this Set
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-rrhagia |
bursting forth |
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-rrhaphy |
suture |
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-rrhexis |
rupture
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-rrhea |
discharge |
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-ectasis |
dilation |
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-plegia |
paralysis |
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-tome |
instrument used to cut |
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vas/o angi/o |
vessel |
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anatomical position |
standard position with palms forward |
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-ole -ule |
small |
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-er |
one who |
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midsagittal or median plane |
equal right/ left halves |
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coronal or frontal plane |
front to back halves |
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transverse or horizontal plane |
upper to lower halves |
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CT |
computed tomography |
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lip/o adip/o steat/o |
fat |
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decubitis ulcer |
bedsore/ pressure sore |
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trich/o pil/o |
hair |
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-algia -dynia |
pain |
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dyspnea |
painful or difficult breathing |
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eupnea |
normal breathing |
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sebaceous |
oil (sebum) gland |
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sudoriferous |
sweat gland |
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emphysema |
over expansion of alveoli |
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subcutaneous |
hypodermis |
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septum |
separation |
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pericardium |
membrane enclosing the heart |
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myocardium |
muscular tissue of heart |
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endocardium |
membrane lining the inside chambers of heart (valves included) |
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caud/o |
tail |
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hernia |
organ perturbing the wall enclosing it |
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-oid |
like something else |
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ex- |
from or out from |
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pre- |
before
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post- |
after |
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intra- |
inside or within |
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inter- |
between |
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-ism |
condition, state or theory |
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-tion |
condition |
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-ist |
specialist |
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-ity |
quality
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-able |
capable of being |
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word building rule #1 |
a WR links a suffix starting with a vowel (gastr/ectomy) |
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word building rule #2 |
a CF links a suffix starting with a consonant (pancreat/o/lith) |
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word building rule #3 |
a CF links two WR's - even when second WR begins with a vowel (oste/o/arthr/itis) |
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arthr/o |
joint |
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oste/o |
bone |
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cephal/ad |
toward the head |
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smallest structure of body |
cell
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dorsal |
back |
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posterior |
back of body |
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ventral |
belly side of body |
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anterior |
front of body |
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inferior |
lower or below |
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superior |
upper or above |
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lateral |
side of body |
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medial |
middle of body |
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distal |
farthest from point of attachment of trunk or designated point |
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proximal |
nearest to point of attachment of trunk or designated point |
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radi/o |
x-ray |
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-graphy |
process of recording |
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-graph |
instrument for recording |
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MRI |
Magnetic Resonance Imaging |
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PET |
Positron Emission Tomography |
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son/o |
sound |
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-gram |
record/picture |
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ultra- |
beyond |
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ech/o |
reflected sound waves |
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hyp/o |
below or underneath |
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lumb/o |
loin or lower back |
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inguin/o |
groin |
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epi- |
above or on |
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umbilic/o |
umbilicus |
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idio- |
unknown |
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-pathy |
disease |
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hydr/o |
water |
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hidr/o |
sweat |
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diaphoresis |
abnormal condition of sweat (hyperhidrosis) |
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aden/o |
gland |
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-ectomy |
surgical excision |
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-tomy |
surgical incision |
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adip/ectomy |
surgical excision of fat (liposuction) |
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kerat/o |
hard tissue |
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-phagia |
eating or swallowing |
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-motor |
movement |
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onych/o |
nail |
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myc/o |
fungus |
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-malacia |
softening |
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schiz/o |
split |
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xer/o |
dry |
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leuk/o albin/o |
white |
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erythr/o |
red |
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cyan/o |
blue |
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xanth/o |
yellow |
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melan/o |
black |
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-penia |
dificiency or decrease/ inadequate amount |
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-emia |
over production of |
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necr/o |
death |
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gangrene |
necrosis associated with lack of blood supply |
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aut/o |
self |
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-graft |
tissue transplant |
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AIDS |
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome |
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-stomy |
create a new opening or mouth |
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nas/o rhin/o |
nose |
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para- |
near or beside |
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-plasty |
surgical repair |
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aer/o |
air |
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-therapy |
treatment |
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pneumon/o pneum/o |
lungs or air |
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thorax |
chest cavity |
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pulmon/o |
lungs
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arteries |
have pressure & take blood from heart |
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veins |
low pressure & take blood to heart |
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apnea |
absence (a or an) or breathing (pnea) |
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orth/o |
straight |
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pharyng/o |
pharynx (behind nose & throat) |
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laryng/o |
larynx (contains vocal chords) |
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-cele |
hernia |
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trache/o |
trachea or windpipe |
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py/o |
pus |
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bronch/o bronchi/o |
bronchus (bronchi) |
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pleur/o |
pleura |
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phren/o |
diaphragm or mind |
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sinistr/o |
left |
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dextr/o |
right |
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-centesis |
surgical puncture |
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tachy- |
rapid |
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brady- |
slow |
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IVS |
interventricular septum -structure separating ventircles |
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ather/o |
fatty plaque |
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ven/o phleb/o |
vein |
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-lysis |
destruction |
