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163 Cards in this Set
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-ache |
pain |
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aden(o) |
gland, glandular tissue |
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aer(o) |
air, with air, with oxygen, in gas |
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-algia |
pain |
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angi(o) |
blood vessel |
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ante- |
before, forward, in front of |
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anti- |
against |
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arteri(o) |
artery |
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arthr(o) |
joint |
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-ase |
enzyme |
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audi(o) |
hearing |
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brady- |
slow |
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bronch(o) |
bronchial tube, bronchus |
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carcin(o) |
cancer |
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cardi, cardia, cardio |
heart |
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-cele |
hernia,protrusion, tumor |
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-centesis |
surgical puncture(aspiration of fluid) |
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cephal(o) |
head |
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cerebr(o) |
cerebrum, brain |
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cervic(o) |
neck, cervix |
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chol(e) |
bile, gall |
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chondr(o) |
cartilage |
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-coccus, -cocci |
bacteria, organism |
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colon |
col(o) |
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cortex |
cortic(o) |
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rib |
cost(o) |
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skull, cranium |
crani(o) |
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blue, blueness |
cyan(o) |
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bladder |
cyst(o) |
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cell |
cyt(o) |
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-cyte |
cell |
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tooth |
dent- |
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skin |
derm(o), dermat(o) |
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double, two folded |
dipl(o) |
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back |
dors(o) |
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difficult, abnormal, bad, painful |
dys- |
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excision, removal, to cut out |
-ectomy |
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blood condition |
-emia |
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brain, inside the head |
encephal(o) |
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inside, internal, within |
end(o)- |
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intestine |
enter(o) |
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outer, upon |
epi- |
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red |
erythr(o) |
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normal, well, good |
eu- |
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outside, beyond |
extra- |
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stomach |
gastr(o) |
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producing, originating, forming |
-genic |
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old age |
ger(o) |
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gingiv(o) |
gum, gums |
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gloss(o) |
tongue |
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gluc(o) |
sugar |
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glyc(o) |
sugar, sweet |
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picture, graph, record |
-gram |
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recording instrument |
-graph |
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blood |
hemo-, hema- |
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hemat(o) |
blood |
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half |
hemi- |
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liver |
hepat(o) |
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hidr(o) |
sweat, sweat glands |
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hist(o) |
tissue |
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same, alike, similar |
homo- |
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hydr |
water |
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water, fluid, liquid |
hydro- |
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hyper- |
excessive, high, above, upward |
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deficient, low, below, down, under |
hypo- |
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hyster(o) |
uterus, womb |
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condition of disease |
-iasis |
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immun(o) |
immune |
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below, beneath |
infra- |
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inter- |
between, among |
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within, inside |
intra- |
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iso- |
equal, same |
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-itis |
inflammation |
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milk |
lact(o) |
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laryng(o) |
larynx, voice box |
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white |
leuk(o) |
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lingu |
tongue |
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lip(o) |
fat |
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lith(o) |
stone, calculus |
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one who studies or specializes |
-logist |
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-logy |
the study of |
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breakdown, destruction |
-lysis |
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large |
macro- |
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bad, abnormal, inadequate |
mal- |
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-malacia |
soft, softening, softness |
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mamm- |
breast, mammary gland |
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large, enlarged, grandiose |
megalo- |
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enlargement |
-melgaly |
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melan(o) |
dark pigmented, black |
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men(o) |
menstruation, menses |
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meninges |
mening(o) |
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-metry |
process of measuring |
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micro- |
small |
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my(o) |
muscle |
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fungus, fungi |
myc(o) |
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bone marrow, spinal cord |
myel(o) |
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nas(o) |
nose |
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birth, infant |
-natal |
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nephr(o) |
kidney |
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neur(o) |
nerve |
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not |
non- |
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odont |
tooth |
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tumor, abnormal growth |
-oma |
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onco- |
tumor |
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onych- |
nail of the finger or toe |
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ophthalm(o) |
vision, eye |
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-opia |
vision, eye |
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opt- |
vision, eye |
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testes, testis |
orchi |
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condition, increase |
-osis |
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oste(o) |
bone |
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ear |
ot(o) |
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disease, anomaly |
-pathy |
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-penia |
deficiency, low number |
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-pepsia |
digestion |
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near, surrounding, around |
peri- |
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-pexy |
fixation |
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phag(o) |
swallow, eat, consume |
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pharynx |
pharyng(o) |
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phleb(o) |
vein |
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-phobia |
fear of |
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development, formation |
-plasia |
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surgical |
-plasty |
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paralysis |
-plegia |
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breathing, breath |
-pnea |
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lung, air |
pneum(o) |
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pod(o) |
foot |
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much, many, several, excessive |
poly- |
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after |
post- |
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before, in front of |
pre- |
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old age |
presby(o) |
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proct(o) |
rectum, anus |
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mind, mental |
pysch(o) |
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-ptosis |
prolapse, sagging, sagged |
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lung |
pulmon- |
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py(o) |
pus |
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renal pelvis |
pyel(o) |
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fever, heat |
pyr-, pyro- |
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kidney |
ren(o) |
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behind, backwards, in back of |
retro- |
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nose |
rhin(o) |
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excessive discharge, flow |
-rrhagia |
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-rrhea |
excessive |
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salping(o) |
fallopian tube |
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scler(o) |
hard, hardening |
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-scope |
instrument used to |
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involuntary contraction |
-spasm |
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surgical opening |
-stomy |
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sub- |
under, beneath, below |
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fast, rapid |
tachy- |
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chest, thorax |
thorac(o) |
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thromb(o) |
blood clot |
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thyr(o) |
thyroid |
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incision, incise, to cut into |
-tomy |
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poision |
toxi- |
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trache- |
trachea, windpipe |
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trans- |
across, through, over |
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-trophy |
development, growth |
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urethra |
urethr(o) |
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-uria |
urine |
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vas(o) |
blood vessel |
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ven(o) |
vein |
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hepat/o/megaly: |
inlargement of the liver |
