The Language Of Medicine 10Th Edition Chapter 4

Front 1

carp/o

Back 1

wrist bones

Front 2

cib/o

Back 2

meals

Front 3

cis/o

Back 3

to cut

Front 4

cost/o

Back 4

rib

Front 5

cutane/o

Back 5

ckin

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dactyl/o

Back 6

fingers, toes

Front 7

duct/o

Back 7

to lead, carry

Front 8

flex/o

Back 8

to bend

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flurc/o

Back 9

forking, branching

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gloss/o

Back 10

tongue

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glyc/o

Back 11

sugar

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immun/o

Back 12

protection

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morph/o

Back 13

shape, form

Front 14

mort

Back 14

death

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nat/i

Back 15

birth

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nect/o

Back 16

to bind, tie, connect

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norm/o

Back 17

rule, order

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os/o

Back 18

oxygen

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pub/o

Back 19

pubis, anterior portion of the pelvic or hipbone

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pubis

Back 20

pelvic bones

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seps/o

Back 21

infection

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somn/o

Back 22

sleep

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son/o

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sound

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the/o

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to put, place

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thel/o, theli/o

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nipple

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thyr/o

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thyroid gland; sheild

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top/p

Back 27

place, position, location

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tox/o

Back 28

poison

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trache/o

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windpipe, trachea

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urethr/o

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urethra

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-blast

Back 31

embryonic, immature

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-crine

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to secrete

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-drome

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to run

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-fusion

Back 34

coming together; to pour

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-gen

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substance that produces

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-lapse

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to slide, fall, sag

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-lysis

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breakdown, destruction, seperation

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-meter

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to measure

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-mission

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to send

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-or

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one who

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-partum

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birth, labor

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-phoria

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to bear, carry, feeling (mental state)

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-physis

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to grow

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-plasia

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development, formation, growth

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-plasm

Back 45

structure or formation

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-pnea

Back 46

breathing

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-ptosis

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falling, drooping, prolapse

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rrhea

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flow, discharge

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-stasis

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stopping, controlling

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-trophy

Back 50

development, nourishment

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a-, an-

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no, not, without

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ab-

Back 52

away fromad toward

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ana-

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up, apart

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ante-

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before, forward

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anit-

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against

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auto-

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self, own

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bi-

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two

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brady-

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slow

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cata-

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down

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con-

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with, together

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contra-

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against, oppisite

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de-

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down, lakc of

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dia-

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complete, through

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dys-

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bad, painful, difficult, abnormal

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ec-, ecto-

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out, outside

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endo-

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in, within

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epi-

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above, on, upon

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eu-

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good, normal

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ex-

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out, outside, away from

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hemi-

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half

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hyper-

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excessive, above

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hypo-

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deficient, under, below

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in-

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not

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in-

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into, within

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infra-

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beneath, under

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inter-

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between

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intra-

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in, within, into

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macro-

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large

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mal-

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bad

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meta-

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beyond, change

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micro-

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small

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neo-

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new

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pan-

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all

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para-

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abnormal, beside, near

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per-

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through

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peri-

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surrounding

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poly-

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many, much

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post-

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after, behind

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pre-

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before, in front of

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pro-

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before, forward

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pros-

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before, forward

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re-

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back, again

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retro-

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behind, backward

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sub-

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under

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supra-

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above, upper

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syn-, sym-

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together, with

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tachy-

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fast

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trans-

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across, through

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ultra-

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beyond, excess

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uni-

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one

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antigen (germ)

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a substance, usually foreign to the body, that stimulates the production of anibodies

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antibodies

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protein substances made by white blood cells in response to the presence of foreign antigens

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Rh condition

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an antigen-antibody condition that develops when there is a difference in Rh blood factor between that of the pregnant mother (Rh negative) and that of the fetus (Rh positive)

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congenital anomaly

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an irregularity in a structure or organ that an infant is born with

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recombinant DNA

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taking a gen from one organism and inserting it into the DNA of another organism.

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syndrome

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a group of sign or symptoms that commonly occur together and indicate a particular disease or abnormal condition

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reye syndrome

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is characterized by vomiting, swelling of the brain, increased intracranial pressure, hypoglycemia, and dysfunction of the liver, may occur in children after a viral infection that has been treated with asprin

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trans urethral resection of the prostate gland

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a portion of the prostate gland is removed with an instrument passed through the urethra

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ultragraphy

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a diagnostic technique using ultrasound waves to produce an image or photograph of an organ or tissue

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echocardigram

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ultrasound image of the heart

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sonogram

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fetal ultrasound image

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bilrubin

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chemical pigment