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82 Cards in this Set
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aden/o
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gland
adenoma - tumor of a gland |
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arthr/o
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joint
arthritis - infl of joint |
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bi/o
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life
biology the study of life |
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carcin/o
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cancerous, cancer
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cardi/o
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heart
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cephal/o
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head
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cerebr/o
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cerebrum
(largest part of brain) |
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cis/o
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to cut
s/cis/sors |
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crin/o
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to secrete
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cyst/o
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urinary bladder
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cyt/o
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cell
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derm/o
dermat/o |
skin
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electr/o
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electricity
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encephal/o
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brain
en/cephal/o in / brain |
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enter/o
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intestines
usually small intestine |
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erythr/o
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red
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gastr/o
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stomach
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snos/o
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knowledge
diagnosis what's wrong w/ pt prognosis a guess of what's gonna happen |
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gynec/o
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woman, female
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hemat/o
hem/o |
blood
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hepat/o
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liver
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iatr/o
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treatment
physician iatrogenic - caused by trtmt |
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leuk/o
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white
leukocyte - white blood cell |
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nephr/o
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kidney
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neur/o
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nerve
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onc/o
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tumor
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ophthalm/o
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eye
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oste/o
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bone
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path/o
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disease
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ped/o
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child
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psych/o
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mind
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radi/o
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x-ray
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ren/o
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kidney
use only with renal - use nephro for any other kidney stuff |
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rhin/o
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nose
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sarc/o
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flesh
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sect/o
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to cut
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thromb/o
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clot, clotting
thrombus - clot thrombosis - condition of clot formation |
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ur/o
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urinary tract, urine
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-ac
-al -ic -ical |
pertaining to
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-algia
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pain
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-cyte
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cell
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-ectomy
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excision, removal
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-emia
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blood condition
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-genic
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pertaining to causing
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-globin
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protein
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-gram
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record
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-ion
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process
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-ist
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specialist
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-itis
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inflammation
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logy
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process of study
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-oma
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tumor, mass, swelling
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-opsy
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process of viewing
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-osis
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abnormal condition
"Oh, sis, you're abnormal!" |
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-pathy
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disease condition
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-scope
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instrument to visually examine
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-scopy
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process of visually examining with an endoscope
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-sis
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state of
"my sis lives in a diff state" |
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-tomy
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process of cutting, incision
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-y
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process, condition
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a-, an-
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no, not, without
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aut-, auto-
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self, own
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dia-
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through, complete
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end-, endo-
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within
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epi-
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above, upon
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ex-
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out
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exo-
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ouside of, outward
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hyper-
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excessive, above, above normal
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hypo-
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deficient, under, below normal
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in-
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into, in
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peri-
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surrounding, around
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pro-
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before, forward
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re-
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back, backward, again
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retro-
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behind
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sub-
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below, under
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trans-
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across, through
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autopsy SP
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carcinogenic SP
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cephalic SP
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cystoscopy SP
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electroencephalogram SP
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excision SP
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gastrectomy SP
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gastrotomy SP
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iatrogenic SP
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neural SP
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oncologist SP
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ophthalmologist SP
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retrocardiac SP
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retrocardiac SP
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