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105 Cards in this Set
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Nephr- |
Kidney |
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Psych- |
Mind |
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Caud- |
Tail |
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Or- |
Mouth |
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Ren- |
Kidney |
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-er, -ist |
One who |
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-iatrician |
Practitioner |
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-logist |
One who studies; specialist |
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-ac, -al, -ar, -ic |
Pertaining to |
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-iatrics, -iatry |
Medical profession or treatment |
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-logic, -logical |
Pertaining to the science or study of |
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-logy |
Study or science of |
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Cardi(o) |
Heart |
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Crin(o) |
To secrete |
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Dermat(o) |
Skin |
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Esthesi(o) |
Feeling or sensation |
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Gastr(o), enter(o) |
Stomach, intestines (sometimes small intestine) |
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Ger(a), ger(o), geront(o) |
Elderly or aged |
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Gynec(o) |
Female |
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Immun(o) |
Immune |
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Ne(o), Nat(o) |
New, birth |
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Neur(o) |
Nerve |
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Obstetr(o) |
Midwife |
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Onc(o) |
Tumor |
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Ophthalm(o) |
Eye |
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Orth(o)/ped(o) |
Straight/child or foot |
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Ot(o)/Laryng(o) |
Ear/Larynx |
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Path(o) |
Disease |
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Ped(o) |
Child or foot |
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Radi(o) |
Radiant energy, radiation (sometimes radius) |
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Rheumat(o) |
Rheumatism |
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Rhin(o) |
Nose |
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Ur(o) |
Urinary tract (sometimes urine) |
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Bi(o) |
Life or living |
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Dent(i), dent(o), odont(o) |
Tooth |
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Opt(o), optic(o) |
Vision |
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Or(o) |
Mouth |
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Pharmac(o) |
Drugs or medicine |
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Therapeut(o) |
Treatment |
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An- |
No, not, without |
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Endo- |
Inside |
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-algia, -dynia |
Pain |
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-ectasia, -ectasis |
Dilatation or stretching of a structure or part |
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-edema |
Swelling |
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-emesis |
To vomit, vomiting |
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-malacia |
Soft, softening |
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-megaly |
Enlargement |
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-oid (forms adjectives and nouns) |
Resembling |
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-penia |
Deficiency |
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-rrhage, -rrhagia |
Excessive bleeding or hemorrhage |
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-rrhea |
Flow or discharge |
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-rrhexis |
Rupture |
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-spasm |
Twitching, cramp |
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-stasis |
Stopping, controlling |
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-gram |
A record |
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-graph |
Instrument used to record |
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-graphy |
Process of recording |
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-meter |
Instrument used to measure |
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-scope |
Instrument used for viewing |
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-scopy |
Visual examination |
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Ech(o), son(o) |
Sound |
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Electr(o) |
Electricity |
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Fluor(o) |
Emitting or reflecting light |
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Tom(o) |
To cut |
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Ultra- |
Excessive |
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Algesi(o) |
Sensitivity to pain |
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Chem(o) |
Chemical |
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Cry(o) |
Cold |
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Narc(o) |
Stupor |
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Pharmac(o) Pharmaceut(i) |
Drugs or medicine |
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Therapeut(o) |
Treatment |
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Therm(o) |
Heat |
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-therapy |
Treatment |
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a.c. |
Before meals (ante cibum) |
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ad lib. |
Freely as needed, at pleasure |
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aq. |
Water |
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b.i.d. |
Twice a day (bis in die) |
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NPO |
Nothing by mouth (nil per os) |
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p.r.n. |
As the occasion arises, as needed (pro re nata) |
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q.i.d. |
4 times daily (quarter in die) |
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stat. |
Immediately (statim) |
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t.i.d. |
Three times a day (ter in die) |
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-centesis |
Surgical puncture to aspirate or remove fluid |
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-ectomy |
Surgical removal or cutting out |
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-lysis |
Process of loosening freeing or destroying |
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-pexy |
Surgical fixation (fastening in a fixed position) |
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-plasty |
Surgical repair |
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-rrhaphy |
Suture |
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-scopy |
Visual examination with a lighted instrument |
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-stomy |
Formation of an opening |
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-tome |
An instrument used for cutting |
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-tomy |
Incision |
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-tripsy |
Surgical crushing |
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append(o), appendic(o) |
Appendix |
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blephar(o) |
Eyelid |
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Cerebr(o), encephal(o) |
Brain (sometimes cerebrum) |
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Chir(o) |
Hand |
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Col(o), colon(o) |
Colon or large intestine |
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Cutane(o) |
Skin |
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Mamm(o), mast(o) |
Breast |
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Oste(o) |
Bone |
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Steth(o) |
Thorax (chest) |
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Tonsill(o) |
Tonsil |
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Trache(o) |
Trachea |
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Vas(o) |
Vessel |
