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21 Cards in this Set
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-crine
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~to secrete
~Example: endo/crine - glands that secrete |
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-ize
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~to do; to act in a specified way
~example: liquitize |
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-ation
-ization |
~a process, action or condition
~example: liquidation ~~action or processcombination of ize, and ation/// example: crystalization |
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helio-
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~pun; light
~heliothempy-treatment by exposing to sun rays: ~heliosis-sunstroke |
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hypno-
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~sleep
~hypnotic-inducing sleep |
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sinus-
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~hollow space; cavity
~paranasal/sinus- air cavities in cranial bones communicating with hasal cavity |
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tarso-
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~ankle; instep
~tarsus-ankle regoin(bone) tarsuls |
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pod-
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~foot
~podiatrist- foot specialist |
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malign-
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~bad; harmful
~malignant- become progressively worse; resulting in death |
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ism
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~example: organism
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-an; -ian
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~belonging to or having some relation to; on beliaving in
~example: Christian, thechnician |
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-ite
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~a part of the body or organ
~example: dendrite |
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-ance; - ancy
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~a state or organ
~examples: attendance |
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ment-
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~the mind
~mental- pertaining to the mind |
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part-
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~labor/bring forth/giving birth
~parturition-act or process of giving birth |
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scler(a)-
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~hard-white of eye
~sclorasis- a hardening at the tissue/ sclera- hard white tissue covering of eyeball |
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sept-
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~dividing wall or membrane
~septum- nasalsseptum partition seperating the naval cavities |
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post-
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~after/behind
~pastpartum- acurring after childbirth/pusterior- situated in the back part |
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pre-
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~before/in front of
~prenatal- occring before birth |
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pneum-
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~lungs; air
~pneumatic- pertaining to lungs or air |
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phage-
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~to eat, swallowing
~phagocyte- cells that eat microorganisms, other cells, or foriegn bodies ~phagocytosis- engulfing a microorganism |