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81 Cards in this Set
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cyst- vesic- |
sac; cyst; bladder |
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nephr- ren- |
kidney |
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pyel- |
renal pelvis; urine reservoir in kidney [which passes urine to ureter] |
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ur- urin- |
urine; urinary tract; urination |
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ureter- |
ureter; tube carrying urine from kidney to bladder |
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urethr- |
urethra; tube carrying urine from bladder to outside the body |
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uric- |
uric acid |
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aden- |
gland; lymph node |
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adren- |
adrenal gland |
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hormon- |
hormone |
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amygdal- tonsill- |
tonsil |
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lymph- |
lymph |
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lymphatic- |
lymphatic system; lymphatic duct |
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por- |
pore; passage |
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splen- lien- |
spleen |
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adip- lip- steat- |
fat |
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seb- |
sebum; fatty secretion [of the sebaceous gland] |
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crin- |
secretion |
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eme- |
vomit |
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hidr- |
sweat |
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hist- |
tissue [of an animal or plant] |
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hygr- |
moisture |
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py- |
pus |
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tox- toxic- toxon- ven- venen- venom- |
poison |
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zym- |
enzyme; fermentation |
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aeti- eti- |
cause |
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antr- |
antrum; cavity |
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aux- |
increase |
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bar- bary- |
weight; pressure |
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carcin- |
cancer; cancerous [adjective] |
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chron- |
time |
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drom- |
a running; flow |
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dynam- |
power |
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helc- |
ulceration |
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hypn- somn- |
sleep |
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icter- |
jaundice |
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sept- saept- |
septum [a wall that divides two cavities] |
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all- |
other; another; divergent; alternating |
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anis- |
unequal |
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atel- |
incomplete |
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atret- |
without an opening (to an organ/structure) |
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brachy- |
short [no c.v. follows] |
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brady- |
slow [no c.v. follows] |
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idi- |
individual; distinct; distinctive; unknown |
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is- equ- |
equal [equ- is followed by c.v. i] |
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lept- |
thin |
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macr- |
large; long |
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megal- |
large |
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mes- |
middle |
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micr- |
small |
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olig- |
few; small; scanty |
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orth- |
straight; normal; correct |
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oxy- |
acute; swift; sharp; sour [no c.v. follows] |
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pachy- |
thick [no c.v. follows] |
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pale- |
old; ancient |
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poikil- |
mottled; varied; irregular |
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prosth- prosthet- |
artificial |
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prot- |
earliest; first |
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pseud- |
false; imaginary |
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schist- schiz- |
split |
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scirrh- |
hard [adjective]; hard, cancerous tumour [noun] |
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scoli- |
crooked; laterally curved |
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sten- |
narrow; constricted |
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tach- tachy- |
rapid [no c.v. follows tachy-] |
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xen- |
strange; foreign [adjectives]; foreigner [noun] |
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xer- sicc- |
dry |
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-agogue |
agent used to induce (an action); agent used to induce the flow (of a substance, or from an organ or tissue); agent used to induce the expulsion (of a foreign body) |
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anti- ... -agogue |
agent used to suppress (an action); agent used to suppress the flow (of a substance, or from an organ or tissue); agent used to suppress the expulsion (of a foreign body) |
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-auxe -auxis -auxesis |
enlargement |
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-crine |
secretion |
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-elcosis |
ulceration (of an organ or structure) |
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-emesis |
vomiting (of a substance) |
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-emetic |
causing vomiting (of a substance) |
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-emphraxis |
obstruction; blockage |
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-lepsy |
seizure |
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-phyma -phymata [pl.] |
a swelling |
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-pore |
pore; passage |
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-toxin |
substance poisonous to (an organ or tissue); poisonous substance present in (a plant or life form) |
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anti- ... -toxin |
agent used to oppose a substance poisonous to (an organ or tissue); agent used to oppose a poisonous substance present in (a plant or life form) |
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-uria |
urination; presence of (a substance) in the urine; (abnormal) condition of the urine |
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a- ... -uria |
absence of (a substance) in the urine |