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105 Cards in this Set
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Aer/o
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Air
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Angi/o
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Vessel - Vas/o
usually blood or lymph |
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Anti
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Not
Opposite |
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Aort/o
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Aorta
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Arteri/o
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Artery
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Ather/o
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Fatty plaque
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Atri/o
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Atrium
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Brady-
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Slow
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Bronch/o
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Bronchus
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Bronchi/o
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Bronchus
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Carcin/o
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Cancer(ous)
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Cardi/o
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Heart
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Cerebr/o
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Cerebrum
(Largest part of brain) |
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Chondr/o
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Cartilige
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-cyte
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cell
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Dys-
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Bad
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-Ectasis
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Dilation
Expansion |
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Electr/o
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Electric
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Endo-
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Within
in inner |
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Epiglott/o
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Epiglottus
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Eu-
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Good
Normal |
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Gastr/o
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Stomach
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genesis
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produce
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-graphy
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process of recording
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-gram
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instrumeny to record
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Hepat/o
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Liver
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Hydr/o
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Water
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Hem/o
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Blood
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-ia
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condition
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-ia
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Pertaining to
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Lob/o
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lobe of lung
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-lith
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stone
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-lysis
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breakdown
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Laryng/o
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Larynx
(Voice box) |
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Lymph/o
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Lymph
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Myc/o
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Fungus
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Muc/o
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Mucous
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My/o
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Muscle
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Melan/o
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Black
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-megaly
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enlargement
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Neo-
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new
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Necr/o
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Death
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Nas/o
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Nose
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-oid
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Pertaining to
Resembling |
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-ous
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pertaining to
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-osis
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ABNORMAL condition
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Odont/o
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tooth
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Orth/o
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Straight
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-ole
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small
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Or/o
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Mouth
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-Phagia
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Swallow
Eat |
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Pharyng/o
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Pharynx
(Throat) |
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Pleur/o
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Pleura
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Pneum/o
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Lung
Air |
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Phleb/o
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Vein
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Pneumon/o
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Lung
Air |
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-pnea
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breathing
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-plegia
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paralysis
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-plasm
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formation
growth development |
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Plumon/o
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Lung
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-phobia
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fear
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peri-
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Around
Surrounding |
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-pathy
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Disease (Study of)
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-plasty
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surgical repair
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-rrhexis
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rupture
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-rrhagia
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Burst Forth
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Rhin/o
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Nose
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-rrhaphy
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suture
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-stenosis
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Stricture
Narrowing |
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Sinus/o
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Cavity or Space
(Such as in a bone) |
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-scope
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instrument to view
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Scler/o
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Hardening
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Trache/o
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Trachea
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-tomy
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cut into
incise |
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Tonsill/o
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Tonsills
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-therapy
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treatment
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Thorac/o
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Chest
(Thorax) |
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-tome
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instrument to cut
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Tachy-
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Fast
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Thromb/o
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Blood clot
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-um
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structure
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-ule
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small
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Ventricul/o
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Ventricle
of Brain or Heart |
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Ven/o
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Vein
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Vas/o
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Vessel - Angi/o
usually blood or lymph |
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phag/o
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Swallowing
Eating |
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ather/o
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Fatty plaque
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erythr/o
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red
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reticul/o
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network
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leuk/o
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white
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hemat/o
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blood
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-blast
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Embryonic cellular development
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-poiesis
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production
forming |
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echo-
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sound
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BP
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Blood Pressure
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CHF
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Congestive Heart Failure
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MVP
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Mitral Valve Prolapse
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CAD
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Coronary Artery Disease
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HIV
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Human Immunodeficiency Disease
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CPR
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CardioPulmonary Resuscitation
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COPD
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Chronic Obstructive
Pulmonary Disease |
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SOB
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Shortness Of Breath
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TB
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Tuberculosis
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URI
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Upper Respiratory Infection
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SIDS
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Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
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