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117 Cards in this Set
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What are the four word parts?
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Word root, Combining forms, Prefixes, Suffixes |
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Word root definition
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Foundation of the word |
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Prefix definition
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At the beginning of the word |
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Suffix definition |
At the end of the word |
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Combining vowels definition |
Connect other word parts
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Bi/o
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Life
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Carcin/o
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Cancer |
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Cardi/o |
Heart |
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Chem/o |
Chemical |
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Cis/o |
To cut |
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Dermat/o |
Skin
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Enter/o |
Small intestine |
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Gastr/o |
Stomach |
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Gynec/o
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Female |
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Hemat/o
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Blood |
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Immun/o |
Immunity |
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Laryng/o |
Voice box |
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Nephr/o |
Kidney |
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Neur/o |
Nerve |
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Ophthalm/o |
Eye |
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Ot/o
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Ear |
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Path/o
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Disease |
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Pulmon/o |
Lung |
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Rhin/o |
Nose |
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a- |
without, away from
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an- |
without |
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anti- |
against |
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auto- |
self
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brady-
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slow |
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de- |
without |
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dys-
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painful, difficult, abnormal |
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endo-
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within, inner |
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epi- |
upon, over |
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eu- |
normal, good |
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ex- |
external, outward |
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extra- |
outside of |
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hetero-
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different |
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homo-
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same |
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hyper- |
over, above |
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hypo- |
under, below |
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in- |
not, inward |
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inter- |
among, between |
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intra- |
within, inside |
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macro-
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large |
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micro-
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small |
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neo- |
new |
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para- |
beside, near, abnormal, two like parts of a pair |
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per- |
through |
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peri-
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around |
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post-
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after
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pre- |
before, in front of |
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pro- |
before |
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pseudo- |
false |
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re- |
again |
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retro- |
backward, behind |
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sub- |
below, under |
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trachy-
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fast |
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trans-
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through, across |
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ultra- |
beyond, excess |
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un- |
not |
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bi-
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two |
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hemi- |
half |
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mono- |
one |
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multi- |
many |
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nulli- |
none |
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pan- |
all |
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poly- |
many |
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quadri- |
four |
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semi- |
partial, half |
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tetra- |
four |
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tri- |
three |
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-algia
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pain |
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-cele |
hernia, protrusion |
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-cyte |
cell |
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-dynia |
pain |
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-ectasis |
dilatation |
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-gen |
that which produces |
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-genic |
producing, produced by |
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-ia
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state, condition |
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-iasis |
abnormal condition |
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-ism |
state of |
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-itis |
inflammation |
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-logist |
one who studies |
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-logy |
study of
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-lytic
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destruction |
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-malacia
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abnormal softening |
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-megaly |
enlargement, large |
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-oma |
tumor, mass |
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-opsy |
view of |
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-osis |
abnormal condition |
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-pathy |
disease |
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-plasm
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formation, development |
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-plegia
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paralysis |
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-ptosis |
drooping |
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-rrhage |
excessive, abnormal flow |
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-rrhagia
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abnormal flow condition |
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-rhea |
discharge, flow |
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-rrhexis
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rupture |
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-sclerosis |
hardening |
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-stenosis
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narrowing |
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-therapy |
treatment |
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-trophy |
nourishment, development |
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-centesis
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puncture to withdraw fluid |
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-ectomy
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surgical removal
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-ostomy |
surgically create and opening |
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-otomy
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cutting into |
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-pexy
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surgical fixation |
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-plasty |
surgical repair |
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-rrhaphy |
suture |
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-tome |
instrument to cut |
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-gram
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record or picture |
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-graphy |
process of recording |
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-meter |
instrument for measuring |
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-metry |
process of measuring |
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-scope |
instrument for viewing |
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-scopic |
pertaining to visually examining |
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-scopy |
process of visually examining |