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73 Cards in this Set
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blephar-
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eyelid
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choroid-
chori- |
choroid; middle layer of the eye
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conjunctiv-
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conjunctiva; membrane that lines the eyelid
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pupill-
cor- core- |
pupil
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cili-
cycl- ciliar- |
ciliary body; the structure encircling the lens
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lacrim-
dacry- |
tear; tear sac
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dacryocyst-
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tear sac
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irid-
ir- |
iris
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corne-*
cornu- cerat- kerat- |
cornea
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ocul-
ophthalm- |
eye
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opt-
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eye; vision
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lent-
phac- phak |
lens
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retin-
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retina; inner layer of the eye
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scler-
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sclera; outer layer of the eye
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auricul-
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auricle; pinna; the outer structure of the ear
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cochle-
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cochlea [liquid-filled structure through which sound vibrations pass]
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incud-
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incus; anvil-shaped bone of the middle ear
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labyrinth-
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labyrinth; inner ear
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malle-
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malleus; hammer-shaped bone of the middle ear
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myring-
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ear drum; tympanum
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aur-*
ot- |
ear
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phon-
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voice; sound
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stapedi-
staped- |
stapes; stirrup-shaped bone of the middle ear
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tympan-
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ear drum; tympanum; middle ear [includes eardrum, malleus, stapes, and incus]
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andr-
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male
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homin-
hom-* anthrop- |
human being
[See Mod. 9, hom-] |
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vit-
bi- |
life
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dem-
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people
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dips-
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thirst
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gam-
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marriage; sexual union
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geront-
ger- |
old person/people; old age
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gynaec-
gynec- gyne- gyn- |
female
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haph-
hapt- |
sense of touch; touch
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hygien-
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health
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iatr-
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medicine; physician
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mis-
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aversion (to something or someone)
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mort-
thanat- necr- |
death; dead tissue/cells; corpse
[Note: only necr- means dead tissue/cells; corpse] |
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narc-
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stupor; sleep
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nat-
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birth; born
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paed-
ped- |
child
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-acousis
-acousia |
sense of hearing
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-odynia
-algesia |
pain
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-aphia
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sense of touch
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-centesis
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surgical puncture [of an organ, to withdraw fluid]
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-cyte
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cell
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-dipsia
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thirst
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-ectasia
-ectasis |
dilation; expansion
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-ectopy
-ectopia |
malposition; displacement
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-edema
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fluid-filled swelling (of an organ or structure)
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-gamy
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marriage; sexual union
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-geustia
-geusia |
sense of taste
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-iatrics
-iatry |
study and treatment
[in specific reference to the medical profession or a physician} |
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-lysis
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destruction; loosening; breakdown
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-lytic
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pertaining to destruction/loosening/breakdown
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-necrosis
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death
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-opsy
-opia -opy -opsia |
visual disorder; vision; viewing; examination
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-orexis
-orexia |
appetite
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-osmia
-osphresis -osphresia |
sense of smell
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-penia
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deficiency (of a substance)
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-ptosis
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prolapse [i.e., a slipping down of an organ or part of an organ]
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-rhage
-rrhage -rrhagia -rhagia |
rapid discharge (of a substance, or from an organ or other location)
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-rrhaphy
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suture
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-rhea
-rrhea |
discharge (of a substance, or from an organ or other location)
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-rhexis
-rrhexis |
rupture
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-sclerosis
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hardening (of an organ or other body structure); hardening caused by (a substance)
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-sepsis
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infection
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-septic
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pertaining to infection; infected
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-spasm
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spasm
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-stasis
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act of controlling
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-stat
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device used to control; agent used to control
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-static
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pertaining to control
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-stenosis
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narrowing
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-therapy
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treatment (of an organ, symptom, or disease); treatment by means (of a substance or process)
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