Owens Lesson 6 Flashcards

Front 1

Andr-

Back 1

Combining Form
man, male

Front 2

Ankyl-, Ancyl-

Back 2

Combining Form
fused, stiffened; hooked, crooked

Front 3

Aphrodis(i)-

Back 3

Combining Form
[of or pertaining to Aphrodite, Greek goddess of love] sexual desire

Front 4

Brachy-

Back 4

Combining Form
short

Front 5

Crypt-

Back 5

Combining Form
hidden, latent

Front 6

Dem-

Back 6

Combining Form
people, population

Front 7

Dolich-

Back 7

Combining Form
long, narrow, slender

Front 8

Drom-

Back 8

Combining Form
a running

Front 9

Er-, Erot-

Back 9

Combining Form
[Eros, son of Aphrodite, Greak goddess of love] sexual desire

Front 10

Gyn(ec)-

Back 10

Combining Form
woman, female

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Helmint(h)-

Back 11

Combining Form
(intestinal) worm

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Nemat-

Back 12

Combining Form
thread (worm)

Front 13

Nos-

Back 13

Combining Form
disease, illness

Front 14

Odont-

Back 14

Combining Form
tooth

Front 15

Pali(n)-

Back 15

Combining Form
back, again

Front 16

Pan(t)-

Back 16

Combining Form
all, entire, energy

Front 17

Phor-

Back 17

Combining Form
bearing, carrying

Front 18

Phos-, Phot-

Back 18

Combining Form
light, daylight

Front 19

Plec-, Pleg-

Back 19

Combining Form
strike, paralyze

Front 20

R(h)adchi-

Back 20

Combining Form
spine

Front 21

Schiz-, Schist-, -schisis

Back 21

Combining Form
split, cleft, fissure

Front 22

Spondyl-

Back 22

Combining Form
vertebra

Front 23

-staxis, -staxia

Back 23

Combining Form
dripping, oozing (of blood)

Front 24

Than(at)-

Back 24

Combining Form
death

Front 25

The-

Back 25

Combining Form
place, put

Front 26

Trich-

Back 26

Combining Form
hair

Front 27

Troph-

Back 27

Combining Form
nourishment

Front 28

Trichinosis

Back 28

A disease caused by ingesting the larvae of the parasitic worm Trichinella spiralis as a result of eating raw or insufficiently cooked pork or, rarely, infested bear meat.

Front 29

Trophic

Back 29

Concerned with nourishment

Front 30

Hypotrophy

Back 30

Gradual degeneration and loss of function of tissue--usually by muscle tissue-- resulting from a decrease in the flow of blood to that part

Front 31

Atrophy

Back 31

Decrease in size of a part resulting from lack of cell nourishment, as in muscle atrophy, which occurs with long periods of non-use of muscles in bedridden individuals

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Hypertrophy

Back 32

Increase in the size of an organ or part as a consequence of increased absorption of nutrients

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Cardiac Hypertrophy

Back 33

An increase in the size of the heart resulting from overgrowth of the tissues of the heart muscle

Front 34

Hypermyatrophy

Back 34

Unusual wasting of muscle tissue

Front 35

Amyotrophy

Back 35

Muscular atrophy

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Dystrophy

Back 36

Name given to any disorder of the body caused by defective nutrition

Front 37

Hemidystrophy

Back 37

Dystrophy of one side of the body

Front 38

Euphoria

Back 38

a sense of well-being or comfort

Front 39

Dysphoria

Back 39

Sense of discomfort

Front 40

Ankylosis

Back 40

Abnormal immobility of a joint caused by some pathological changes in the joint or its surrounding tissue

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Hermaphrodite

Back 41

Person with the same genital organs of both sexes