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72 Cards in this Set
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encephal/o
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brain
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neur/o
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nerve
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-algia
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pain
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-plegia
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paralysis
loss or impairment of the ability to move parts of the body |
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cyst/o
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urinary bladder
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olig/o
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scanty
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py/o
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pus
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-uria
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urination
urine condition |
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choledoch/o
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common bile duct
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dent/i
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tooth
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duoden/o
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duodenum
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enter/o
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intestines
usually small intestine |
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esophag/o
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esophagus
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gastr/o
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stomach
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gloss/o
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tongue
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lingu/o
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tongue
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odont/o
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tooth
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-lysis
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destruction
breakdown separation |
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-phagia
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eating
swallowing |
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-plasty
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surgical repair
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-rrhage
-rrhagia |
bursting forth
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-rrhea
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flow
discharge |
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lith/o
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stone
calculus |
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amni/o
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amnion
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gynec/o
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women
female |
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mamm/o
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breast
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mast/o
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breast
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men/o
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menses
menstruation |
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o/o
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egg
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salping/o
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fallopian tubes
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-gravida
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pregnancy
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dys-
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painful
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endo-
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within
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primi-
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first
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pol/o
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extreme
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-pexy
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fixation; to put in place
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-megaly
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enlargement
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-genic
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produced by or in
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-iasis
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abnormal condition
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-blast
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embryonic; immature
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-chezia
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defecation; elimination of wastes
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-cele
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hernia
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-oid
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resembling
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isch/o
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to hold back; back
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-emic
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pertaining to blood condition
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para-
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near; beside; abnormal; apart from; along the side of
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hydr/o
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water
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cephal/o
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head
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-tomy
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process of cutting
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ana-
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up; apart; backward; again, anew
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-osis
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condition, usually abnormal
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-genesis
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producing; forming
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Colpoplasty
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the fixation of the prolapsed vagina
(colp/o/plasty) |
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Nephromegaly
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enlargement of a kidney
(Nephr/o/megaly) |
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What removed in a Salpingo-oophorectomy?
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the removal of the fallopian tubes and ovaries
(salping/o/oophor/ectomy) |
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Choledocholithiasis
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stone in the bile duct
(choledoch/o/lith/iasis |
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Hydrocephalus
(hydr/o/cephal/us) |
an abnormal increase in the amount of cerebrospinal fluid within the cranial cavity; enlarged cerebral, etc,
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-gravida
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pregnancy
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dys-
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painful
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endo-
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within
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primi-
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first
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pol/o
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extreme
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-pexy
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fixation; to put in place
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-megaly
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enlargement
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-genic
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produced by or in
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-iasis
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abnormal condition
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-blast
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embryonic; immature
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-chezia
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defecation; elimination of wastes
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-cele
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hernia
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-oid
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resembling
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isch/o
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to hold back; back
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-emic
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pertaining to blood condition
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