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86 Cards in this Set
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Centesis |
Surgical puncture |
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Clasis |
To break; surgical fracture |
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Lysis |
Separation, destruction, loosening |
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Ectomy |
Excision, removal |
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Pexy |
Fixation ( of an organ) |
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Plasty |
Surgical repair |
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rrhaphy |
Suture |
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Stomy |
Forming an opening (mouth) |
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Tome |
Instrument to cut |
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Tomy |
Incision |
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Tripsy |
Crushing |
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Gram |
Record, writing |
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Graph |
Instrument to record |
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Graphy |
Process of recording |
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Meter |
Instrument for measuring |
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Metry |
Act of measuring |
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Scope |
Instrument for examining |
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Scopy |
Visual examination |
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- algia, dynia |
Pain |
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-cele |
Hernia, swelling |
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- ectasis |
Dilation, expansion |
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-edema |
Swelling |
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Emesis |
Vomiting |
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Emia |
Blood condition |
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-iasis |
Abnormal condition ( produced by something specific ) |
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- itis |
Inflammation |
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- lith |
Stone, calculus |
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-malacia |
Softening |
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-megaly |
Enlargement |
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-oma |
Tumor |
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-osis |
Abnormal condition; increase ( used primarily with blood cell) |
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-pathy |
Disease |
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-penia |
Decrease, deficiency |
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-phobia |
Fear |
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-plegia |
Paralysis |
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-rrhage, rrhagia |
Bursting of |
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-rrhea |
Discharge, flow |
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-rrhexis |
rupture |
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-stenosis |
Narrowing, stricture |
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-toxic |
Poison |
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-trophy |
Nourishment, development |
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a, an |
Without, not |
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circum, peri |
Around |
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-ia |
Conditio |
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-duction |
Act of leading, bringing, conducting |
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- al |
Pertaining to |
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dia, trans |
Through, across |
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-y |
Condition, process |
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dipl-, diplo |
Double |
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dys |
Bad, painful, difficult |
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endo, intra |
In , within |
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-crine |
Secrete |
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Homo, homeo |
Same |
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graft |
Transplantation |
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- plasia, |
Formation, growth |
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Hypo |
Under, below, deficient |
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macro |
Large |
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micro |
Small |
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mono, uni |
One |
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-ic |
Pertaining to |
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therapy |
Treatment |
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- ar |
Pertaining to |
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post |
After, behind |
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pre, pro |
Before, in front of |
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primi |
First |
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-gnosis |
Knowing |
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Retro |
Backward, behind |
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Version |
Turning |
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Supper |
Upper, above |
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-ior |
Pertaining to |
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phonia |
Speaking |
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-gen, genesis |
Forming, production, origin |
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-logist |
Specialist in the study of |
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-logy |
Study of |
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bi |
Two |
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epi |
Above, on |
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infra |
Below, under |
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Eti/o |
Cause |
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Carcin |
Cancer |
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medi/o |
Middle |
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Anter/o |
Anterior, front |
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Dist/o |
Far, farthest |
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Dors/o |
back (of the body) |
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Infer/o |
Lower, below |
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Proxim/o |
Near, nearest |
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Ventr/o |
Belly, bellyside |
