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76 Cards in this Set
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a-, an-
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no, not, without
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chron
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time
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dips/o
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thirst
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dip into the water...
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eu
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well, easy, normal, true
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eudaemonism
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gnos/ia
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knowledge
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gnosticism
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lys/o
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dissolution, loosening, to break
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cell lysis
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men/o
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menstruation
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Strangely enough, has nothing to do with men.
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-orrhea
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flow, discharge
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diarrhea
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phag/o
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eat
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phagocytes
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phon/o
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voice, sound
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phonograph
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pre-
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before
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premonition
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retr/o
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behind
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retrospect
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spondyl/o
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spine
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sym-
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joined, together
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symbiosis
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trans-
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across, beyond, over
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transfusion
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anis/o-
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unequal
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anisotropic - a crystal that looks different when viewed from different directions
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chir/o
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hand
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a chiral molecule is a "handed" molecule
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crypt/o-
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hidden
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cryptography - the art of writing in code
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ectasia, ectasis
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dilation, stretching
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equi-
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equally, equal
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hydr/o
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water, fluid
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metr/o
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uterus
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metrectomy = hysterectomy
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nas/o
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nose
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nasal
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-otomy
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incision
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lobotomy
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pne/o
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breath, breathing
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pneumonia
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proct/o
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rectum
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A proctologist will stick his hand up yours.
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ren/o
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kidney
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In a renogram, they track radioactive particles that you drink.
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scler/o
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hard
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scleroderma is a stiffening of the skin.
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staphyl/o
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bunch of grapes
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staphylococcus bacteria form irregular clusters in the mucous membranes.
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tach/y
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fast, rapid
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tachycardia is an excessive quickening of the heartbeat
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auto-
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self
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autonomic
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chrom/o
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color
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chromophose is the sensation of activation of the cones in the eye.
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dacry/o
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tears
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An onion is dacryogenic.
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dis-
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to separate, free from, undo
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disassociate
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gloss/o
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tongue
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Can you blame involuntary cursing on a glossospasm?
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dacry/o
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tears
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An onion is dacryogenic.
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gloss/o
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tongue
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Can you blame involuntary cursing on a glossospasm?
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in-
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not, in, into
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involuntary
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lith/o
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calculus, stone
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a calculus is a concretion of mineral salts
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my/o
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pertaining to the muscles
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myocelitis might give you a six pack like you didn't plan for...
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ob-
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against
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obstinate
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paralysis
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loss of movement
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phren/o
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personality
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a phrenetic person was thought to have an inflammation of the brain
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prim/i
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first
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primary
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rhin/o
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pertaining to the nose
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rhinitis is hayfever
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stasis
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stopping
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homeostasis
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thromb/o
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blood clot
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-acer, -acri-
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bitter, sharp, pointed
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An acrid taste is not pleasant.
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brad/y-
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slow
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Individuals who are bradylexic are usually behind in school.
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chol/e
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gall, bile
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a cholelith is a gallstone.
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cyst/o
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bladder
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guys can do it standing up.
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dors/o
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back
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dorsal fin
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enter/o
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pertaining to the small intestine
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gastroenteritis
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hypo-
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below, under, less than normal
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hypothermia is related to what kind of body temperature?
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mania
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madness
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mult/i
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many, more than one
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omphal/o
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umbilicus (navel)
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are you an inny or an outy?
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ot/o
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ear
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An infection here will cause a doctor to stick an otoscope into you.
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plast/o
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surgical repair
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plastic surgery?
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semi-
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half, partly
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strept/o
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twisted
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streptococcus is a filament bacteria, often like a rope
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alges/i
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sensitivity to pain
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an analgesic stops this.
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bene
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good
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beneficial
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clys/o
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washing, irrigation
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ehh, a clyster is another name for an enima.
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de-
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from, away
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detoxify
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ect/o
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outer, on the outside
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the ectoderm is the part of our skin you can see.
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erythr/o
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red
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erythrocytes are our main blood cells
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gram/o
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record
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histogram, electrocardiogram
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kerat/o
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cornea
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In LASIK, the K stands for a derivation of this.
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macr/o
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large
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macroeconomics
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null/i
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none
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the null value in programming is?
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orrhexis
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rupture
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metrorhexis is uterine rupture
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phas/o
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speech
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pneum/o
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air
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also related to lungs, breathing
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py/o
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pus
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zits are a manifestation of pyosebaceous products.
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stern/o
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sternum
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