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114 Cards in this Set
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word root |
main part or foundation of word |
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combining form |
word root combined with a vowel |
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prefix |
word element found at beginning of word |
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suffix |
word element found at end of word |
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-algia |
pain |
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-cele |
hernia, swelling |
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-centesis |
surgical, puncture |
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-desis |
binding, fixation(of bone or joint) |
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-dynia |
pain |
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-ectasis |
dilation, expansion |
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-ectomy |
excision, removal |
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-edema |
swelling |
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-emesis |
vomiting |
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-emia |
blood condition |
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-gram |
record, writing |
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-graph |
instrument for recording |
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-graphy |
process of recording |
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-iasis |
abnormal condition (produced by something specific) |
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-itis |
inflammation |
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-lith |
stone, calculus |
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-lysis |
separation; destruction; loosening |
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-malacia |
softening |
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-megaly |
enlargment |
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a-, an- |
without, not |
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circum, peri- |
around |
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dia-, trans- |
through, across |
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dipl-, diplo- |
double |
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endo-, intra- |
in, within |
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homo-, homeo- |
same |
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hypo- |
under, below, deficient |
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macro- |
large |
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micro- |
small |
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mono-, uni- |
one |
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post- |
after, behind |
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pre-, pro- |
before, in front of |
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primi- |
first |
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-meter |
instrument for measuring |
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-metry |
act of measuring |
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-oma |
tumor |
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-osis |
abnormal condition; increase (used primarily with blood cells) |
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-pathy |
disease |
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-penia |
decrease; deficiency |
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-pexy |
fixation (of an organ) |
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-phobia |
fear |
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-plastly |
surgical repair |
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-plegia |
paralysis |
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-rrhage |
bursting forth (of) |
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-rrhagia |
bursting forth (of) |
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-rrhaphy |
suture |
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-rrhea |
discharge, flow |
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-rrhexis |
rupture |
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-scope |
instrument for examining |
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-scopy |
visual examination |
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-stenosis
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narrowing, stricture |
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-stomy |
forming an opening (mouth) |
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-tome |
instrument to cut |
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-tomy |
incision |
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-toxic |
poison |
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-tripsy |
crushing |
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-trophy |
nourishment, development |
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retro- |
backward, behind |
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super- |
upper, above |
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chondr/o |
cartilage |
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cyt/o |
cell |
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hist/o |
tissue |
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nucle/o |
nucleus |
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anter/o |
anterior, front
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caud/o |
tail |
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dist/o |
far, farthest |
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dors/o |
back (of body) |
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infer/o |
lower, below |
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later/o |
side, to one side |
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medi/o |
middle |
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poster/o |
back (of body), behind, posterior |
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proxim/o
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near, nearest |
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super/o |
upper, above
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ventr/o |
belly, belly side |
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-ad |
toward |
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-logist |
specialist in the study of |
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-logy |
study of |
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-ac, -al, -ar, -ary, -eal, -iac, -ic, -ior, -ous, -tic |
pertaining to |
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-duction |
act of leading, bringing, conducting |
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dorsal |
toward the back |
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ventral |
toward the abdomen |
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cranial |
toward the head |
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caudal |
toward the tail |
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rostral |
toward the nose (on the head) |
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lateral |
toward the side of the body |
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medial |
toward the center of the body |
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proximal |
toward the point of attachment |
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distal |
away from the point of attachment |
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ab- |
from, away from |
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ad-, -ad |
toward |
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trans- |
through or across |
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epi- |
above or on |
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medi |
middle |
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radi/o |
radiation; x-rays; radius |
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abdomin/o |
abdomen |
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cephal/o |
head |
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cervic/o |
neck; cervix |
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crani/o |
cranium (skull) |
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gastr/o |
stomach |
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saggital plane |
any vertical plane that divides in the body into left and right (but not equal halves) |
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transverse plane |
plane that divides the body into front (cranial) and back (caudal) halves; vertical in quadrupeds, horizontal in bipeds |
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dorsal plane |
horizontal plane that divides the body into upper(dorsal) and lower(ventral) |
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cross-sectional |
either horizontal or vertical; can divide body at any point |
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ile/o |
ileum |
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inguin/o |
groin |
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lumb/o |
loins(lower back) |
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pelv/i; pelv/o |
pelvis
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spin/o |
spine |
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throac/o |
chest |
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umbilic/o |
umbillicus, navel
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body plane |
imaginary flat surface that divides the body |
