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280 Cards in this Set
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anxi/o |
anxious |
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aut/o |
self |
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hallucin/o |
hallucination |
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hypn/o |
sleep |
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iatr/o |
treatment |
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ment/o |
mind |
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neur/o |
nerve |
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phil/o |
attraction to, love |
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phren/o |
mind |
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psych/o |
mind |
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schiz/o |
split |
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-genic |
produced by |
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-leptic |
to seize hold of |
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-mania |
obsessive |
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-phobia |
fear |
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-phoria |
feeling |
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-a- |
no, not |
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an- |
no, not |
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bi- |
two |
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hypo- |
deficient, less |
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para- |
abnormal |
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aer/o |
air |
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alges/o |
sensitivity to pain |
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bronch/o |
bronchial tube |
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chem/o |
drug |
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cras/o |
mixture |
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cutane/o |
skin |
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derm/o |
skin |
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erg/o |
work |
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esthes/o |
feeling, sensation |
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hist/o |
tissue |
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lingu/o |
tongue |
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or/o |
mouth |
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pharmac/o |
drug |
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tox/o |
poison |
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toxic/o |
poison |
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vas/o |
vessel |
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ven/o |
vein |
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ana- |
upward, excessive |
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anti- |
against |
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contra- |
against, opposite |
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par- |
other than, apart |
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syn- |
together, with |
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b.i.d. |
twice a day |
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HRT |
hormone replacement therapy |
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NPO |
nothing by mouth |
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PO |
by mouth |
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p.r.n. |
as needed |
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q |
every |
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q.h. |
every hour |
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q2h |
every two hours |
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q.i.d. |
four times a day |
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q.s. |
sufficient quantity |
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qAM |
every morning |
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t.i.d. |
three times a day |
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fluor/o |
luminous |
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is/o |
same |
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pharmaceut/o |
drug |
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radi/o |
x-ray |
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son/o |
sound |
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therapeut/o |
treatment |
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vitr/o |
glass |
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viv/o |
life |
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echo- |
repeated sound |
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ultra- |
beyond
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aden/o |
gland |
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adrenal/o |
adrenal glands |
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gonad/o |
sex glands |
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pancreat/o |
pancreas |
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pituitar/o |
pituitary gland |
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thyr/o |
thyroid gland |
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andr/o |
male |
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calici/o |
calcium |
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estr/o |
female |
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gluc/o |
sugar |
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glyc/o
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sugar |
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home/o |
sameness |
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phys/o |
growing |
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somat/o |
body |
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-emia |
blood condition |
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-in, -ine |
a substance |
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-tropin |
stimulating the function of |
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-uria |
urine condition |
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hyper- |
excessive, above |
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oxy- |
rapid, sharp, acid |
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pan- |
all |
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poly- |
much, increased |
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adip/o |
fat |
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albin/o |
white |
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caus/o |
burn, burning |
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dermat/o |
skin
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diaphor/o |
profuse sweating |
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erythem/o |
redness |
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erythemat/o |
redness |
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hidr/o |
sweat |
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leuk/o |
white |
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lip/o |
fat |
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melan/o |
black |
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myc/o |
fungus |
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onych/o |
nail |
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pil/o |
hair, hair follicle |
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py/o |
pus |
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rhythid/o |
wrinkle |
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seb/o |
sebum |
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squam/o
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scalelike
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steat/o |
fat |
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trich/o |
hair |
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ungu/o |
nail |
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xanth/o |
yellow |
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xer/o |
dry |
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ichthy/o |
scaly, dry |
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-algia |
pain |
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-derma |
skin |
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-esis |
condition |
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-lysis |
breakdown, separation |
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-ose |
full of |
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aque/o |
water |
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blephar/o |
eyelid |
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cor/o |
pupil |
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corne/o |
cornea |
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dacry/o |
tears |
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ir/o |
iris |
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irid/o |
iris |
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kerat/o |
cornea |
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lacrim/o |
tears |
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ocul/o |
eye |
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ophthalm/o |
eye |
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opt/o |
eye, vision
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optic/o |
eye, vision |
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pupill/o |
pupil |
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retin/o |
retina |
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-opia |
vision |
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-opsia |
vision |
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-tropia |
to turn |
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acous/o |
hearing |
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audi/o |
hearing |
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audit/o |
hearing |
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aur/o |
ear |
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auricul/o |
ear |
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-acusis, -cusis |
hearing |
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-meter |
instrument for measuring |
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-otia |
ear condition |
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dipl/o
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double |
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-metry |
process of measurement |
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-otia |
ear condition |
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immun/o |
protection |
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lymphaden/o |
lymph node |
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splen/o |
spleen |
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inguin/o |
groin |
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-cytosis |
conditon of cells |
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-edema |
swelling |
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-globulin |
protein |
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-penia |
deficiency |
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-phylaxis |
protection |
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-poiesis |
formation |
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-stitial |
to set |
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kyph/o |
posterior curvature in thoracic region |
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lamin/o |
lamina |
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lord/o |
curve |
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lumb/o |
loins, lower back |
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myel/o |
bone marrow, spinal cord |
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scoli/o |
crooked |
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spondyl/o |
vertebra |
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-blast |
embryonic, immature cell
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-clast |
to break |
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-listhesis |
slipping |
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-malacia |
softening |
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-physis |
to grow |
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-porosis |
pore, passage |
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-tome |
instrument to cut |
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perone/o |
fibula |
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ankyl/o |
stiff |
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burs/o |
bursa |
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chondr/o |
cartilage |
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rheumat/o |
watery flow |
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-desis |
to bind, tie together |
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-stenosis |
narrowing |
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fasci/o |
fascia |
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leiomy/o |
smooth muscle |
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myos/o |
muscle |
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plant/o |
sole of foot |
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rhabdomy/o |
skeletal muscle connected to bones |
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-asthenia |
lack of strength |
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-trophy |
development, nourishment |
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dorsi- |
back |
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bas/o
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base |
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eosin/o |
red, dawn, rosy |
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morph/o |
shape, form |
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neutr/o |
neutral |
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thromb/o |
clot |
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-apheresis |
removal |
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-phage |
eat, swallow |
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-phoresis |
carrying, transmission |
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-stasis |
stopping, controlling |
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capn/o |
carbon dioxide |
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lob/o |
lobe of the lung |
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pector/o |
chest |
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phon/o |
voice |
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phren/o |
diaphragm |
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pneumon/o |
lung |
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tel/o |
complete |
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spir/o |
breathing |
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-ema |
condition |
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-osmia |
smell |
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-ptysis |
spitting |
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-sphyxia |
pulse |
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-thorax |
pleural cavity |
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auscultation |
listening for sounds within the body |
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percussion |
tapping on a surface to determine the underlying structure |
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rale |
crackle |
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rhonchus |
snorelike sound |
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stridor |
high-pitched wheezing sound |
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angi/o |
vessel |
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ather/o |
yellowish plaque |
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brachi/o |
arm |
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coron/o |
heart |
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myx/o |
mucus |
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phleb/o |
vein |
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radicul/o |
nerve root |
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-paresis |
slight paralysis |
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-phasia |
speech |
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-plegia |
paralysis |
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gon/o |
seed |
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pen/o |
penis |
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-genesis |
formation
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-one |
hormone |
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-stomy |
new opening |
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colp/o |
vagina |
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hyster/o |
uterus, womb |
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men/o |
menses, menstruation |
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metr/o |
uterus |
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myom/o |
muscle tumor |
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nat/i |
birth |
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obstretr/o |
midwife |
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o/o |
egg |
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oophor/o |
ovary |
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ov/o |
egg |
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ovul/o |
egg |
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-arche |
beginning |
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-gravida |
pregnancy |
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-parous |
to bear |
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-rrhea
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discharge |
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-salpinx |
uterine tube |
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dys- |
painful |
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endo- |
within |
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intra- |
within |
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nulli- |
no |
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pyel/o |
renal pelvis |
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ren/o |
kidney |
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nephr/o |
kidney |
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vesic/o |
urinary bladder |
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azot/o |
nitrogen |
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dips/o |
thirst |
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kal/o |
potassium |
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lith/o |
stone |
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natr/o |
sodium |
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olig/o |
scanty |
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-poietin |
substance that forms |
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-tripsy |
to crush |
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ur/o |
urea
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-uria |
urination |
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angi/o |
vessel |
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isch/o |
to hold back |
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-lithotomy |
incision for removal |
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-ole |
little |
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-ptosis |
droop, sag |
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-sclerosis |
hardening |
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-tomy |
process of cutting |
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celi/o |
belly, abdomen |
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cholecyst/o |
gallbladder |
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choledoch/o |
common bile duct |
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hepat/o |
liver |
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stomat/o |
mouth |
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amyl/o |
starch |
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steat/o |
fat |
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nect/o |
to bind, tie |
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norm/o |
to rule, order |
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-gea |
substance that produces |
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-physis |
to grow |
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ante- |
before, forward |
