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160 Cards in this Set
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aden/o |
gland |
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-oid |
resembling |
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agglutin/o |
clumping, gluing |
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-ation |
process (of) |
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bas/o |
base (alkaline, opposite of acid) |
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-phil |
attraction for |
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blast/o |
embryonic cell |
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erythr/o |
red |
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-osis |
abnormal condition; increase (used primarily with blood cells) |
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chrom/o |
color |
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hypo- |
under, below |
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-ic |
pertaining to |
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eosin/o |
dawn (rose colored) |
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-cyte |
cell |
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granul/o |
granule |
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hem/o hemat/o |
blood |
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-phobia |
fear |
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-oma |
tumor |
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immun/o |
immune, immunity, safe |
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-logy |
study of |
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kary/o nucle/o |
nucleus |
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-lysis |
separation, destruction, loosening |
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mono- |
one |
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-ar |
pertaining to |
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leuk/o |
white |
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-emia |
blood condition |
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lymphaden/o |
lymph gland (node) |
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-pathy |
disease |
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lymph/o |
lymph |
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lymphangi/o |
lymph vessel |
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morph/o |
form, shape, structure |
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myel/o |
bone marrow, spinal cord |
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neutr/o |
neutral, neither |
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phag/o |
swallowing, eating |
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plas/o |
formation, growth |
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-tic |
pertaining to |
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a- |
without, not |
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poikil/o |
varied, irregular |
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reticul/o |
net, mesh |
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ser/o |
serum |
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sider/o |
iron |
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-penia |
decrease, deficiency |
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splen/o |
spleen |
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-rrhagia |
bursting forth |
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thromb/o |
blood clot |
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-osis |
abnormal condition, increase (used primarily with blood cells) |
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thym/o |
thymus gland |
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xen/o |
foreign, strange |
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-graft |
transplantation |
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-blast |
embryonic cell |
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-globin |
protein |
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-phoresis |
carrying, transmission
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electr/o |
electricity |
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phylaxis |
protection |
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ana- |
against, up, back |
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-poiesis |
formation, production |
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-stasis |
standing still |
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allo- |
other, differing from the normal |
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aniso- |
unequal, dissimilar |
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iso- |
same, equal |
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macro- |
large |
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micro- |
small |
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Nas/o Rhin/o |
Nose |
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sept/o |
septum |
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sinus/o |
sinus, cavity |
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adenoid/o |
adenoids |
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-ectomy |
excision, removal |
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-plasty |
surgical repair |
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-tomy |
incision |
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tonsill/o |
tonsils |
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peri- |
around |
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pharyng/o |
pharynx (throat) |
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epiglott/o |
epiglottis |
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-itis |
inflammation |
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laryng/o |
larynx (voice box) |
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-plegia |
paralysis |
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trache/o |
trachea (wind pipe) |
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-plasty |
surgical repair |
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bronchi/o bronch/o |
bronchus (plural, bronchi) |
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-ectasis |
dilation; expansion |
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bronchiol/o |
bronchiole |
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alveol/o |
alveolus; air sac |
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-centesis |
surgical puncture |
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pleur/o |
pleura |
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pneum/o pneumon/o |
air; lung |
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pulmon/o |
lung |
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anthrac/o |
coal, coal dust |
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-osis |
abnormal condition; increase (used primarily with blood cells) |
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atel/o |
incomplete; imperfect |
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coni/o |
dust |
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cyan/o |
blue |
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lob/o |
lobe |
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orth/o |
straight |
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-pnea |
breathing |
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ox/i ox/o |
oxygen |
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hyp- |
under, below, deficient |
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pector/o steth/o thorac/o |
chest |
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-algia |
pain |
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phren/o |
diaphragm; mind |
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-spasm |
involuntary contraction; twitching |
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spir/o |
breathe |
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-capnia |
carbon dioxide |
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-osmia |
smell |
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-phonia |
voice |
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dys- |
bad, painful; difficult |
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-ptysis |
spitting |
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-thorax |
chest |
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py/o |
pus |
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brady- |
slow |
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eu- |
good, normal |
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tachy- |
rapid |
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-sphyxia |
pulse |
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-ectasis |
dilation, expansion |
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pulmon- |
lung |
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embol- |
plug |
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somn/o |
sleep |
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-metry |
act of measuring |
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Nas/o Rhin/o |
Nose |
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Sinus/o |
Sinus |
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Pharyng/o |
Pharynx |
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Laryng/o |
Larynx aka voice box |
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Trache/o |
Trachea |
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Bronch/o Bronchi/o |
Bronchi |
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Alveol/o |
Alveoli |
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Pnemon/o Pnemo/o |
Lung |
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Pulm/o Pulmon/o |
Lung |
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pneu- |
lung |
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or/o stomat/o |
mouth |
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gloss/o lingu/o |
tongue |
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bucc/o |
cheek |
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cheil/o
labi/o |
lip
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dent/o odont/o |
teeth |
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gingiv/o |
gums |
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sial/o |
saliva, salivary gland |
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esophag/o |
esophagus |
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pylor/o |
pylorus |
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duoden/o |
duodenum - first part of small intestine |
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enter/o |
intestine - usually small intestine |
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jejun/o |
jejunum - second part of small intestine |
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append/o appendic/o |
appendix |
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col/o colon/o |
colon |
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sigmoid/o |
sigmoid colon |
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rect/o |
rectum |
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proct/o |
anus, rectum |
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an/o |
anus |
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hepat/o |
liver |
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pancreat/o |
pancreas |
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cholangi/o |
bile vessel |
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chol/e |
bile, gall |
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cholecyst/o |
gallbladder |
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choledoch/o |
bile duct |
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-emesis |
vomit |
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-iasis |
abnormal condition (produced by something specified) |
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-megaly |
enlargement |
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-orexia |
appetite |
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-pepsia |
digestion |
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-phagia |
swallowing, eating |
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dia- |
through, across |
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peri- |
around |
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sub- |
under, below |
