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Word Parts 2010
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The separation of a whole into its parts | analysis |
| Absence of oxygen | anoxia |
| Absence of breathing | apnea |
| To bend forward | anteflexion |
| A substance that kills microorganisms that cause disease | antibiotic |
| Capable of preventing infection | antisepsis |
| An immune response of the body to its own tissues | autoimmune |
| Of no danger to health | benign |
| Branching into two separate parts | bifurcation |
| Small artery; Small vein | arteriole; venule |
| Slow heart rate of less than 60 bpm | bradycardia |
| Spread of cancer from its primary site to other places in the body | metastasis |
| A factor that renders the administration of a drug or medical procedure inadvisable | contraindication |
| Excessive loss of water from the body or from an organ or body part | dehydration |
| Having a rapid onset and following a short but severe course | acute |
| Abnormal development or growth of tissues, organs, or cells | dysplasia |
| Within or passing through the trachea | endotracheal |
| Difficulty in breathing resulting in shortness of breath; air hunger | dyspnea |
| A disease that persists over a long period of time | chronic |
| A feeling of great happiness or well-being | euphoria |
| Examination of the blood vessels using x-rays following the injection of a radiopaque substance | angiography |
| Formation of blood vessels from pre-existing vessels | angiogenesis |
| Within or administered into a vein | intravenous |
| Chronic inability to fall asleep or remain asleep for an adequate length of time | insomnia |
| Localized collection of pus in part of the body, formed by tissue disintegration | abscess |
| Genetic long bone growth disorder when cartilage is not converted to bone resulting in dwarfism | achondroplasia |
| A vague feeling of bodily discomfort, depression or unease | malaise |
| Extremely destructive and threatening to life | malignant |
| To change in shape and form | metamorphosis |
| An optical instrument that uses a lens to magnify images of objects too small to be seen by the eye | microscope |
| A newborn infant, especially one less than four weeks old | neonate |
| A pronounced reduction in all blood cells | pancytopenia |
| Loss or impairment of the ability to move a body part | paralysis |
| Passed through the skin | percutaneous |
| The dense fibrous membrane covering the surface of bones except at the joints | periosteum |
| An early symptom indicating the onset of an attack or a disease | prodrome |
| Repair of a damaged vessel by formation of a solid clot from fluid blood while maintaining blood flow | hemostasis |
| The protrusion of an organ or other bodily structure through the wall that normally contains it; a rupture | hernia |
| An abnormal increase in the number of cells in an organ or a tissue with consequent enlargement | hyperplasia |
| Enlargement of an organ or a tissue as a result of an increase in the size rather than the number of cells | hypertrophy |
| Decreased blood supply to a bodily organ, tissue caused by constriction or obstruction of blood vessels | ischemia |
| The period during which the symptoms of a disease abate or lessen | remission |
| To bend backward | retroflexion |
| Located or placed just beneath the skin | subcutaneous |
| A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence between two organisms | symbiosis |
| Exact correspondence of form on both sides | symmetry |
| A group of symptoms that collectively indicate or characterize a disease or condition | syndrome |
| Rapid breathing | tachypnea |
| The transfer of whole blood or blood products from one individual to another | transfusion |
| ante- | before |
| anti- | against |
| bi- | two, double |
| brady- | slow |
| con- | with |
| contra- | against, opposite |
| de- | down, lack of |
| dys- | bad, painful, difficult |
| ec-, ecto- | out, outer, outside |
| eu- | good, normal |
| hemi- | half |
| in- | into, not |
| infra- | beneath |
| inter- | between |
| intra- | within |
| macro- | large |
| micro- | small |
| mal- | bad |
| neo- | new |
| pan- | all |
| para- | beside, abnormal |
| per- | through |
| pre- | before, in front of |
| pro- | forward, before |
| post- | after |
| pseudo- | false |
| supra- | above |
| syn-, sym- | together |
| tachy- | fast |
| ultra- | beyond, excessive |
| uni- | one |
| arteri/o | artery |
| ven/o | vein |
| ischi/o | hold back |
| eu- | normal |
| dys- | bad, painful, difficult |
| tachy- | fast |
| brady- | slow |
| carp/o | wrist |
| cib/o | meal |
| cost/o | rib |
| cutane/o | skin |
| dactyl/o | finger, toe |
| duct/o | lead, carry |
| flex/o | bend |
| furc/o | branching |
| gloss/o | tongue |
| glyc/o | sugar |
| immun/o | protection |
| morph/o | shape |
| mort/o | death |
| my/o | muscle |
| nat/i | birth |
| nect/o | connect |
| norm/o | rule, order |
| ox/o | oxygen |
| seps/o | infection |
| somn/o | sleep |
| son/o | sound |
| the/o | to place |
| thyr/o | shield |
| top/o | location |
| tox/o | poison |
| pleur/o | lung |
| pulm/o | lung |
| pneum/o | air, lung |
| hydr/o | water |
| axill/o | armpit |
| bronch/o | bronchial |
| chem/o | drug |
| acr/o | top, extreme point, sudden, sharp |
| acu/o | sharpness |
| agor/a | marketplace; open space |
| angi/o | vessel |
| -genesis | formation |
| -gram | record, gram |
| -graph | record |
| -graphy | recording |
| -ia | condition of |
| -lysis | separation, destruction |
| -malacia | softening |
| -um, -ium | structure |
| -oid | resemble |
| -therapy | treatment |
| -trophy | nourishment, development |
| -um, -ium | structure |
| -oid | resemble |
| -sclerosis | hardening |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
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