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105 Cards in this Set
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-algia |
pain, painful condition |
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dys- |
bad, difficult, or painful |
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-ectomy |
surgical removal, cutting out |
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hyper- |
excessive, increased |
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hypo- |
deficient, decreased |
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-itis |
inflammation |
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-osis |
abnormal condition, disease |
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-ostomy |
the surgical creation of an artificial opening to the body surface |
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-otomy |
cutting, surgical incision |
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-plasty |
surgical repair |
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-rrhage |
bleeding, abnormal excessive fluid discharge |
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-rrhaphy |
surgical suturing |
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-rrhea |
flow or discharge |
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-rrhexis |
rupture |
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-sclerosis |
abnormal hardening |
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aden/o |
gland |
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adip/o |
fat |
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anter/o |
before, front |
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caud/o |
lower part of body, tail |
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cephal/o |
head |
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cyt/o, -cyte |
cell |
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end-, endo- |
in, within, inside |
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exo- |
out of, outside, away from |
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hist/o, histi/o |
tissue |
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-ologist |
specialist |
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-ology |
study of |
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path/o, -pathy |
disease, suffering, feeling, emotion |
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plas/i, plas/o, -plasia |
development, growth, formation |
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poster/o |
behind, toward the back |
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-stasis, -static |
control, maintenance of a constant level |
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ankyl/o |
crooked, bent, stiff |
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arthr/o |
joint |
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chondr/i, chondr/o |
cartilage |
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cost/o |
rib |
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crani/o |
skull |
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-desis |
to bind, tie together |
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kyph/o |
bent, hump |
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lord/o |
curve, swayback, bent |
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-lysis |
loosening or setting free |
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myel/o |
spinal cord, bone marrow |
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oss/e, oss/i, ost/o, oste/o |
bone |
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scoli/o |
curved, bent |
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spondyl/o |
vertebrae, vertebral column, backbone |
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synovi/o, synov/o |
synovial membrane, synovial fluid |
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-um |
singular noun ending |
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bi- |
twice, double, two |
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-cele |
hernia, tumor, swelling |
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dys- |
bad, difficult, or painful |
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fasci/o |
fascia, fibrous band |
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fibr/o |
fibrous tissue, fiber |
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-ia |
abnormal condition, disease, plural of -ium |
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-ic |
pertaining to |
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kines/o, kinesi/o |
movement |
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my/o |
muscle |
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-plegia |
paralysis, stroke |
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-rrhexis |
rupture |
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tax/o |
coordination, order |
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ten/o, tend/o, tendin/o |
tendon, stretch out, extend, strain |
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ton/o |
tone, stretching, tension |
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tri- |
three |
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angi/o |
blood or lymph vessel |
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aort/o |
aorta |
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arteri/o |
artery |
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ather/o |
plaque, fatty substance |
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brady- |
slow |
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cardi/o |
heart |
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-crasia |
a mixture or blending |
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-emia |
blood, blood condition |
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erythr/o |
red |
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hem/o, hemat/o |
blood, relating to blood |
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leuk/o |
white |
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phleb/o |
vein |
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tachy- |
fast, rapid |
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thromb/o |
clot |
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ven/o |
vein |
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anti- |
against |
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carcin/o |
cancerous |
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immun/o |
immune, protection, safe |
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lymph/o |
lymph, lymphatic tissue |
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lymphaden/o |
lymph node or gland |
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lymphangi/o |
lymph vessel |
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neo-, ne/o |
new, strange |
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-oma |
tumor, neoplasm |
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onc/o |
tumor |
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phag/o |
eat, swallow |
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-plasm |
formative material of cells |
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sarc/o |
flesh, connective tissue |
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splen/o |
spleen |
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-tic |
pertaining to |
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tox/o |
poison, poisonous |
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bronch/o, bronchi/o |
bronchial tube, bronchus |
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laryng/o |
larynx, throat |
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nas/o |
nose |
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ox/i, ox/o, ox/y |
oxygen |
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pharyng/o |
throat, pharynx |
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phon/o |
sound, voice |
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pleur/o |
pleura, side of the body |
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-pnea |
breathing |
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pneum/o, pneumon/o, pneu- |
lung, air |
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pulm/o, pulmon/o |
lung |
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sinus/o |
sinus |
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somn/o |
sleep |
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spir/o |
to breathe |
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thorac/o, -thorax |
chest, pleural cavity
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trache/o, trachea |
windpipe |
