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79 Cards in this Set
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acr/o |
extremities, top, extreme
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acu/o
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sharp, severe, sudden
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amni/o
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amnion
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amnion
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sac surrounding the embryo in the uterus
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axill/o
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armpit
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blephar/o
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eyelid
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bronch/o
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bronchial tubes
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bronchial tubes
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two tubes that branch from the trachea to enter the lungs
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chem/o
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drug, chemical
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chron/o
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time
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hydr/o
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water, fluid
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isch/o
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to hold back
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lapar/o
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abdomen, abdominal wall
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lympn/o
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lymph
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lymph
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a clear fuild that bathes tissues spaces, is contained in special lymph vessels and nodes through out the body
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mamm/o, mast/o
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breast
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morph/o
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shape, form
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muc/o
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mucus
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my/o
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muscle
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myel/o
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spinal cord, bone marrow
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necr/o, -mortem
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death of cells or whole body
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neutr/o
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neutrophil
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neutrophil
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white blood cell
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phag/o
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to eat, swallow
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phleb/o, ven/o
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vein
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plas/o
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formation, development
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pneumon/o, pulmon/o
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lungs
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rect/o
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rectum
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splen/o
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spleen
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staphyl/o
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cluster
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strept/o
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twisted chains
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tonsill/o
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tonsils
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thromb/o
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clot
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-algia, -dynia
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pain
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-cele
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hernia
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-centesis
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surgical puncture to remove fluid
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coccus -single form, cocci -plural form
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berry shaped bacterium
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-cyte
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cell
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-genesis
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condition of producing, forming
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-lysis
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breakdown, destruction, separation
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-malacia
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softening
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-megaly
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enlargement
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-penia
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deficency
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-phobia
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fear
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-plasia
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development, formation, growth
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-plasty
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surgical repair
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-ptosis
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drooping, falling, prolapse
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-sclerosis
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hardening
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-stasis
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controlling, stopping
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-stomy
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surgical opening
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-therapy
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treatment
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-trophy
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development, nourishment
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-er
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one who
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-ia
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condition
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-ole, -ule
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little, small
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-um, -ium
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structure, tissue
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-us
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structure, substance
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-ar, -ary, -ous, -tic
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pertaining to
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-oid
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resembling, derived from
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abcess
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collection of pus, white blood celss, and protein that is present at the site of infection
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diplococci
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berry shapped bacteria that is organized in pairs
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gon/o
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seed
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erythrocytes
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red blood cell.
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luekocytes
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white blood cells
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thrombocytes/ platelets
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clotting cells.
tiny fragments of blood that is formed in the bone marrow. necessary for clotting. |
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hemoglobin
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blood proteins
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granulcytes / polynuclear
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contain dark staining granules in cytoplasm.
produced in bone marrow |
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mononuclear leukocytes/ a granuler
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one large nucleus and a few granules in cytoplasm. produce in bone marrow and the spleen
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3 types of granulocytes
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eosinophils, basophils, neutrophils
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2 types of mononuclear leukocytes
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lymphocytes, monocytes
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eosinophils
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(rosy in color) seen with allergic reaction by increase in number and activity
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basophils
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(blue in color) seen when healing inflammation by increase in number
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neutrophils / phagocytes
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disease fighting cells (pale purple in color) seen when fighting infection
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lymphocytes
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fight by producing antibodies to destroy foreign bodies
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monocytes
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one very large nucleus to engulf and destroy
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endocrine disorder
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pituitary gland produces an excessive amount of growth hormone after completion of purbery.
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splenomegaly
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occurs with excessive red blood cells are destroyed.
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laparoscopy
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visual examination of the abdominal cavity through a lighted viewing instrument inserted in a incision in the abdomen near the navel
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adenoids
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small masses of lymphatic tissue, located in a part of the throat near the nose and nasal passages
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