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Med term Flashcards

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Definition
Centesis   Surgical puncture  
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desis   binding, fixation(of a bone or joint)  
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ectomy   removal, excision  
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lysis   separation, loosening  
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plasty   surgical repair  
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stomy   form an opening  
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tomy   incision (surgical)  
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tripsy   crushing  
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gram   record, writing  
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graph   instrument for recording  
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garphy   process of recording  
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meter   instrument for measuring  
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metry   act of measuring  
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scope   instrument for examining  
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scopy   visual examination  
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algia   pain  
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cele   hernia  
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edema   swelling  
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emesis   vomiting (emesis basin/ vomit bucket)  
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emia   blood condition  
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gen   forming, producing, origin  
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iasis   abnormal condition  
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itis   inflamation  
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lith   stone,calculus  
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malacia   softening  
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megaly   enlargement  
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oma   tumor  
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osis   abnormal condition; increase  
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pathy   disease  
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penia   decrease, deficiency  
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phagia   eating, swallowing  
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phasia   speech  
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phobia   fear  
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plasia   formation, growth  
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plasm   new formation  
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plegia   paralysis  
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ptosis   prolapse, downward displacement  
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rrhage   bursting forth (of)  
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rrhagia   discharge of blood  
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rrhea   discharge, flow  
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rrhexis   rupture  
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sclerosis   abnormal condition of hardening  
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spasm   involuntary contraction, twitching  
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stenosis   narrowing, stricture  
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toxic   poison  
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trophy   nourishment, development  
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ac   pertaining to, cardi/ac (heart)  
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al   neur/al pertaining to a nerve  
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ar   muscul/ar pertaining to muscle  
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ary   pulmon/ary Pertaining to the lungs  
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eal   esophag/eal pertaining to the esophagus  
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ic   thora/ic pertaining to the chest  
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ical   path/o/log/ical pertaining to the study of disease  
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ile   pen/ile pertaining to the penis  
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ior   poster/ior pertaining to the back of the body  
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ous   cutane/ous pertaining to the skin  
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tic   acous/tic pertaining to hearing  
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esis   condition  
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ia   condition  
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ism   condition  
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iatry   medicine; treatment  
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ician   specialist  
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ist   specialist  
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y   condition; process  
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icle   small, minute  
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ole   smallest  
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ule   small  
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epi   above, upon  
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hypo   under, below, deficient  
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infra   under, below  
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sub   under  
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inter   between  
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post   after, behind  
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pre   before, in front of  
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pro    
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retro   backward  
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bi   two  
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dipl   double  
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diplo   double  
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hemi   one half  
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hyper   excessive, above normal  
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macro   large  
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micro   small  
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mono   one  
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uni   one  
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multi   many, much  
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poly   many  
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nulli   none  
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primi   first  
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quadri   four  
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tri   three  
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ab   from, away from  
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ad   toward  
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circum   around  
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peri   sround  
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dia   through, across  
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trans   through  
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ecto,exo,extra   outside, outward  
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endo, intra   in, within  
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para   near,beside;beyond  
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super   upper, above  
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supra   above, excessive; superior  
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ultra   excess, beyond  
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a, an   without, not  
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anti, contra   against  
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brady   slow  
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dys   bad; painful; difficult  
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eu   good, normal  
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hetero   different  
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homo, homeo   same  
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mal   bad  
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pan   all  
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pseudo   false  
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syn   union, together, joined  
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tachy   rapid  
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