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45 Cards in this Set
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-itis |
inflammation (dermatitis) |
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-logist |
one who studies (dermatologist) |
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-logy |
study of (dermatology) |
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-scopy |
visual examination (arthroscopy) |
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-desis |
fixation of a joint (arthrodesis) |
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-plasty |
surgical repair (rhinoplasty) |
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-oma |
tumor, mass hematoma (diagnostic suffix) |
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-uria |
urine hematuria-blood in urine (diagnostic suffix) |
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-dialysis |
to seperate hemodialysis-removal excess waste materials from blood (diagnostic suffix) |
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-chezia |
pass a stool hematochezia-passage of a bloody stool (diagnostic suffix) |
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-crit |
to seperate percentage of red blood cells in the blood (diagnostic suffix) |
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-gram |
record cardiogram-record derived from the heart (diagnostic suffix) |
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-graph |
instrument for recording cardiograph-instrument for recording the heart (diagnostic suffix) |
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-lysis |
destruction hemolysis-destruction of red blood cells (diagnostic suffix) |
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-philia |
attraction hemophillia-an inherited blood disease (diagnostic suffix) |
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-ptysis |
spit hemoptysis-to cough up blood (diagnostic suffix) |
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-rrhage |
to flow profusely hemorrhage-to bleed profusely (diagnostic suffix) |
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-rrhoid |
to flow hemorrhoid-painful anal swelling of venous blood (diagnostic suffix) |
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-centesis |
surgical puncture arthocentesis-surgical puncture of a joint space with a needle (surgical suffix) |
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-desis |
fixation arthrodesis-surgical binding together of the bones of a joint (surgical suffix) |
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-ectomy |
surgical removal appendectomy-surgical removal of the appendix (surgical suffix) |
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-plasty |
surgical repair rhinoplasty- surgical repair of the nose (surgical suffix) |
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-rrhaphy |
surgical suture herniorrhaphy-surgical suture of a hernia (surgical suffix) |
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-stomy |
surgical formation of an opening tracheotomy-surgical formation of an artificial opening into the trachea into which a tube is inserted (surgical suffix) |
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-tomy |
surgical incision tracheotomy-surgical incision into the trachea to enable a tracheostomy tube to be inserted (surgical suffix) |
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-tripsy |
crushing lithotrripsy-crushing of a stone (surgical suffix) |
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-algia |
pain (pathologic suffixes) |
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-ectasis |
dilation (pathologic suffixes) |
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-edema |
accumulation of fluid in tissues (pathologic suffixes) |
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-emesis |
vomiting (pathologic suffixes) |
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-genesis |
form, produce (pathologic suffixes) |
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-itis |
inflammation (pathologic suffixes) |
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-oma |
tumor, mass (pathologic suffixes) |
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-osis |
abnormal condition (pathologic suffixes) |
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-pathy |
disease (pathologic suffixes) |
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-penia |
deficiency, lack of (pathologic suffixes) |
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-phobia |
fear of (pathologic suffixes) |
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-stenosis |
narrowing (pathologic suffixes) |
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-iatry |
treatment, medical specialty (noun suffix) |
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-ician |
expert, specialist (noun suffix) |
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-icle |
small, minute (noun suffix) |
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-ist |
expert, specialist (noun suffix) |
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-istry |
medical specialty (noun suffix) |
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-ole |
small, minute (noun suffix) |
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-ule |
small, minute (noun suffix) |
