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101 Cards in this Set
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A- |
no; not; without |
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An- |
no; not; without |
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Aden/o |
gland |
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-al -an |
pertaining to |
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alb/o |
white |
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alges/o |
sensitivity to pain |
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-algesia |
sensitivity to pain |
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-algia |
painq |
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anti- |
against |
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-ar |
pertaining to |
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-ation |
process; condition |
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aut/o aut- auto- |
self; own |
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bi- |
two |
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brachy- |
short |
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carcin/o |
cancerous; cancer |
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-centesis |
surgical puncture to remove fluid |
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cry/o |
cold |
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cyan/o |
blue |
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cyt/o |
cell |
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-cyte |
cell |
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-cytosis |
condition of cells; slight increase in number |
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dia- |
complete; through |
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dilat/o |
to enlarge, expand |
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dipl/o |
double |
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-dynia |
pain |
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dys- |
bad; painful; difficult; abnormal |
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-eal |
pertaining to |
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-ectasia |
dilation; dilatation; widening |
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-ectasis |
dilation; dilatation; widening |
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-ectomy |
removal; excision; resection |
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-edema |
swelling |
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-ema |
condition |
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-emesis |
vomiting |
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-emia |
blood condition |
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-emic |
pertaining to blood condition |
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endo- |
in; within |
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epi- |
above; upon; on |
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erythem/o |
flushed; redness |
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eryhtr/o |
red |
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-esis |
action; condition; state of |
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eti/o |
cause |
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gram |
record |
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granul/o |
granule(s) |
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-graph |
instrument for recording |
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-graph/o |
writing |
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-graphy |
process of recording |
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hem/o |
blood |
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hemat/o |
blood |
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hemi- |
half |
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hist/o |
tissue |
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histi/o |
tissue |
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-ia |
condition |
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-iac |
pertaining to |
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-iasis |
abnormal condition |
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-ism |
process; condition |
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-ist |
specialist |
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-itis |
inflammation |
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leuk/o |
white |
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-logist |
specialist |
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-log/o |
study |
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-logy |
study (process of) |
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-lysis |
breakdown; separation; destruction; loosening |
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-lytic |
to reduce, destroy, separate, breakdown |
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marco- |
large |
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mal- |
bad |
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-malacia |
softening |
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mega- |
large |
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-megaly |
enlargement |
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melan/o |
black |
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muc/o |
mucus |
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mucos/o |
mucous membrane (mucosa) |
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nerc/o |
death |
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odyn/o |
pain |
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-oid |
resembling; derived from |
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-oma |
tumor; mass; fluid collection |
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-orexia |
appetite |
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-osis |
condition; usually abnormal |
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palliat/o |
to soothe, relieve |
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path/o |
disease |
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-pathy |
disease; emotion |
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-penia |
deficiency |
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-pepsia |
digestion |
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-phage |
eat; swallow |
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-phagia |
eating; swallowing |
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-plakia |
plaque |
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prurit/o |
itching |
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ptosis |
droop; sag; prolapse; protrude |
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-ptysis |
spitting |
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-rrhage |
bursting forth (of blood) |
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-rrhea |
flow; discharge |
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-rrhexis |
rupture |
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-sclerosis |
hardening |
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-scope |
instrument for visual examination |
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-scopy |
visual examination |
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-sis |
state of; condition |
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sten/o |
narrowed, constricted |
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-stenosis |
tightening; stricture |
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om/o |
to cut |
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-tome |
instrument to cut |
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-tomy |
process of cutting |
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-uria |
urination, condition of urine |
