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54 Cards in this Set
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adenoid/o
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adenoids
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alveol/o
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alveolus
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bronch/i, bronch/o (Note: both i and o combining vowels are used with the root of bronch)
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bronchus
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diaphragmat/o
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diaphragm
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epiglott/o
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epiglottis
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laryng/o
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larynx
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lob/o
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lobe
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nas/o, rhin/o
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nose
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pharyng/o
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pharynx
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pleur/o
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pleura
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pneum/o, pneumat/o, pneumon/o
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lung, air
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pulmon/o
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lung
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sept/o
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septum (all off, fence)
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sinus/o
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sinus
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thorac/o
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thorax (chest)
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tonsill/o (Note: tonsil has one l and the combining form has two l's)
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tonsil
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trache/o
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trachea
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atel/o
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imperfect, incomplete
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capn/o
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carbon dioxide
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hem/o, hemat/o
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blood
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muc/o
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mucus
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orth/o
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straight
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ox/o, ox/i (Note: the combining vowels o and i are used with the word root ox)
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oxygen
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py/o
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pus
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somn/o
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sleep
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spir/o
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breathe, breathing
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a-, an- (Note: an- is used when the word root begins with a vowel)
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without or absence of
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endo- (Note: the prefix intra is introduced in Chapter 4, also means within)
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within
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eu-
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normal, good
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pan-
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all, total
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poly-
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many, much
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-algia
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pain
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-ar, -ary, -eal
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pertaining to
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-cele
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hernia or protrusion
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-centesis
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surgical puncture to aspirate fluid (with a sterile needle)
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-ectasis
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stretching out, dilation, expansion
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-emia
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blood condition
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-gram
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record, x-ray image
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-graphy
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process of recording x-ray imaging
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-meter
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instrument used to measure
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-metry
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measurement
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-oxia
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oxygen
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-pexy
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surgical fixation, suspension
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-phonia
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sound or voice
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-pnea
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breathing
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-rrhagia
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rapid flow of blood
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-scope
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instrument used for visual examination
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-scopic
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pertaining to visual examination
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-scopy
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visual examination
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-spasm
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sudden, involuntary muscle contraction (spasmodic contraction)
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-stenosis
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constriction or narrowing
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-stomy
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creation of an artifical opening
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-thorax
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chest
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-tomy
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cut into or incision
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