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33 Cards in this Set
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-vorous
herbivorous |
eating
plant eating |
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-ular
valvular |
relating to
related to a valve (ie heart) |
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-tome
dermatome |
cutting
instrument for cutting skin |
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-stasis
hemostasis |
stop; control
control of bleeding |
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-pnea
dyspnea |
breathing
difficult breathing |
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-plegic
paraplegic |
paralysis
paralyzed om both rear limbs |
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-pathy
neuropathy |
disease
nerve disorder |
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-ous
cancerous |
characteristic of
having signs of cancer |
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-osis
thrombosis |
condition of
clot formation in the blood vessel |
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-orrhea
diarrhea |
flow; discharge
abnormally frequent instestinal discharge |
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-orrhexis
cardiorrhexis |
break open
rupture of the heart |
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-orrhaphy
colporrhaphy |
suture
suture to the vagina |
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-orrhagia
menorrhagia |
hemorrhage
profuse menses (menstrual flow) |
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-oma
hematoma |
tumor
a swelled area filled with blood |
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-ology
hematology |
study of
study of blood and blood forming organs |
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-ole
bronchiole |
small
minute branch of the bronchus (air tube) |
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-oid
mucoid |
resembling
resembling mucus |
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-lysis
paralysis |
destruction; breakdown
loss of the ability to move |
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-lepsy
epilepsy |
seizure; attack
disease of the nervous system marked by seizures |
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-itis
gastroenteritis |
inflammation
inflammation of the stomach and intestines |
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-ine
bovine |
relating to
cowlike |
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-iform
chloroform |
shape; form
chlorine-containing liquid used as a veterinary anesthetic |
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-ia
hypothermia |
pathological condition
a condition of subnoral body temperature |
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-emia
toxemia |
blood condition
toxic substances in the blood |
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-ectomy
ovariohysterectomy |
removal by cutting
surgical removal of the ovaries and uterus |
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-estasia
enterectasia |
stretching
dilation of the small intestine |
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-clysis
enteroclysis |
washing;irrigation
washing or irrigation of small intestine |
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-cle
corpuscle |
small
any small mass or body |
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-cide
insecticide |
killing
agent that kills insects |
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-ate
chordate |
having the property of
having a backbone |
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-ase
protease |
relating to
a protein-splittinjg enzyme |
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-algia
neuralgia |
pain
acute pain of a nerve |
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-an -ian -en
avian |
belonging to;relating to
relating to birds |