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50 Cards in this Set
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Word Root
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Base Word
Ex: rhin - nose |
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Prefix
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Syllable before a word root
Ex: dys - difficult phagia - swallowing dysphagia - difficulty swallowing |
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Suffix
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Word part that follows a word root
Ex: itis - inflammation rhinitis - inflammation of the nose ectomy - removal of cholecyst - gall bladder cholecystectomy - removal of gallbladder |
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Compound Wrods
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Words with 2 or more word roots
Ex: head/ache |
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Combining Form
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Word Roor plus a vowel
Ex: micr/o.scope |
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ab
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away from
Ex: abduct |
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a, an
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without
anoxia - without oxygen |
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ad
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towards
adduct |
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ante
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before, in front of
antecubital - anterior elbow |
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anti
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against
antiseptic - against bacteria |
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bi, bis
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two or twice
bilateral - two sides |
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contra
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against
contraindication - not indicated |
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de
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away, take away
dehydration - takes away hydration (water) |
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dia
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through
diathermy |
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di, dis
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two, twice, double
diplopia |
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dys
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difficult, painful
dysphagia - difficulty swallowing |
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ecto
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outer
ectoderm - outerskin |
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en, endo
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inside
endocarditis - inflammation of the inside of the heart |
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ento
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inside, within
entocornea |
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epi
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upon, above
epigastrium |
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e, ex
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out of, outside
eversion |
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extra
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outside of, beyond
extrahepatic - outside of the liver |
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hemi
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half
hemiplegia - half is paralyzed |
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hydro
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water
hydrocephalus - water in the head hydrophobia - fear of water |
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hyper
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above
hypertension - high blood pressure |
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hypo
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below, under
hypodermic - needle that goes under the skin hypotension - low blood pressure |
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in
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not
inoperable - not able to be operated on |
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in, intra
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within, in
intravenous - in a vein |
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infra
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below, beneath, under
inframammary |
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inter
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between
intercostal - between ribs |
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macro
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large
macrocephaly - big head |
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meta
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beyond
metacarpal |
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micro
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small
microdontism - small teeth |
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ortho
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straight, correct
orthodpedics |
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pan
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all
panarthritis - inflammation of all joints |
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para
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beside
parathyroid - gland next to the thyroid |
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peri
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around
periarterial - around the artery |
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poly
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too much, many
polyuria |
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post
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after
postmortem - after death |
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pre
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before, in front of
predisposition |
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pseudo
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false
pseudoarthrosis |
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re
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back, again
reduce |
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retro
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behind
retrosternal |
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semi
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half
semicomatose - partially in a coma |
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sub
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under
subclavian |
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super
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above
superficial |
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supra
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above
suprarenal - above the kidney |
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syn
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together, joined
syndactylism |
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trans
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across
transection |
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un
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not
unconscious - not conscious |
