Vocabulary Words

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GASTR/
Gastr/o
Gastr/a

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Stomach

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HYDR/
Hydr/o

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Water

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Phobia

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Fear of

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CELE is pronounced and means

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"Seal" meaning a water a saclike cavity

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"POST-" is a ___ and means ____

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Prefix meaning After

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Neuralgia

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Condition of nerve pain

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Viral (adj)

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Pertaining to a virus

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"-IC" is a ___ and means _____

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Suffix meaning "Pertaining to"

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"-ITIS" is a _____ and means _________

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Suffix meaning "inflammation of"

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"-ER" is a _____ and means ____

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Suffix meaning "One who or one which"

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"Port" is a ____ ____ meaning _____

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word root meaning to carry

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Word that names or labels a person, place, or thing

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Noun

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Nouns can be _____ ie West Nile Virus or can be _____ such as appendicitis.

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Proper or common

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Describes or modifies the meaning of a noun.

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Adjective

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A blue, gray, slate, or dark purple discoloration of the skin or mucous membranes caused by deoxygenated or reduced hemoglobin in the blood.

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Cyanosis (Cyan/osis)

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A rounded protuberance at the end of a bone forming an articulation.

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Condyle (Condy/le)

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A reduction in the mass of circulating red blood cells.

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Anemia (Anem/ia)

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An agent that promotes vomiting.

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Emetic (Emet/ic)

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-ISM is a _____ suffix that means _______

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noun suffix - Condition, state, or theory

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-TION is a _____ suffix that means ______

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noun suffix - Condition

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-IST is a ____ suffix that means _____
ie: psychiatrIST

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noun suffix that means specialist

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-ER is a _____ suffix that means ______

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noun suffix that means "one who or one which"

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-ITY is a ___ suffix that means ____
ie: SensitivITY

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quality

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-OUS is a ____ suffix that means _____

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adjectival suffix that means possessing, having, full of

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-ABLE and -IBLE are ______ suffixes that mean _____

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adjectival suffix that means ability

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Solid, elevated lesion less than 0.5cm in diameter. (ex warts, elevated nevi)

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PAPULE
(surface lesion)

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Localized changes in skin color of less than 1 cm in diameter. (ex. freckle)

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MACULE
(surface lesion)

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Localized edema in the epidermis causing irregular elevation that may be red or pale. (ex. insect bite or a hive)

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WHEAL
(surface lesion)

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Dried serum, blood, or pus on the surgace of the skin. (ex impetigo)

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CRUST
(surface lesion)

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Skin infection originating in gland or hair follicle. (ex. furnculosis)

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BOIL (furuncle)
(fluid filled)

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Same as a vesicle only greater than 0.5 cm (ex. contact dermatitis, large second-degree burns)

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BULLAE
(fluid filled)

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Vesicles or bullae that become filled with pus, usually described as less than 0.5cm in diameter. (ex. acne, impetigo)

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PUSTULE
(fluid filled)

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Encapsulated fluid-filled or a semi-solid mass in the subcutaneous tissue or dermis.

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CYST
(fluid filled)