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health occ. first 100 cards
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ostomy | create an opening |
| cerebr | brain |
| cyan | blue |
| ologist | specialist |
| rhin | nose |
| hyster | uterus |
| path | disease |
| para | beside, beyond |
| blephar | eyelid |
| hepat | liver |
| arthr | joint |
| proct | anus |
| dermat | skin |
| otomy | to cut into |
| psycho | mind |
| lysis | loosening, destruction |
| ology | the study of |
| my | muscle |
| enter | intestine |
| osis | any condition |
| oid | alike, resemble |
| cryst | sack containing fluid |
| gastr | stomach |
| cardi | heart |
| spasm | involuntary contraction |
| hem | blood |
| algia | pain |
| crani | skull |
| ectomy | surgical removal |
| malacia | soft |
| angi | vessel |
| nephr | kidney |
| plast | surgical repair |
| gingiv | gums |
| ost | bone |
| chondr | cartilage |
| cervic | neck |
| aden | glands |
| ophthalm | eye |
| hemi | half |
| end | inside, within |
| lip | fat |
| oma | tumor |
| chole | bile |
| megal | inlarged |
| hyper | above, more than normal |
| hypo | under |
| itis | inflammation |
| scope | observe |
| lith | stone |
| glosso | tongue |
| strept | twist |
| cost | ribs |
| gram | record |
| acro | extremities |
| dent | teeth |
| ptosis | falling, drooping |
| epi | upon |
| auto | self |
| burso | sack |
| retro | backwards |
| trip | rub, friction |
| hydro | water |
| rhexis | break, burst |
| carcin | cancer |
| penia | decrease |
| gen | original, production |
| lobo | section |
| cephal | head |
| rraphy | suture(stitches) |
| mast | breasts |
| dyn | pain |
| supra | above |
| trophy | developement |
| desis | binding |
| vaso | vessel |
| mani | maddness |
| cyt | cell |
| ectasis | expansion |
| brady | slow |
| trans | through, across |
| iasis | condition |
| contra | against, counter |
| emesis | vomiting |
| lingua | tongue |
| cauda | tail |
| melan | black |
| erythro | red |
| celio | abdomen |
| semen | seed |
| benign | mild, non-cancerous |
| cele | hernia |
| cheil | lip |
| spondyl | spinal column |
| myring | eardrum |
| steno | narrow, contracted |
| cantho | angle at the end of the eyelid |
| esthesia | sensation |
| leuk | white |
| odont | tooth |