Medical Word Element /Meaning – Flashcards
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Endo
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In, within
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Enter/o-
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Intestines
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Epi-
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Upon, over, in addition to
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Erythem/o-
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Red
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Erythr/o-
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Red
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Ex-
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Out, out from
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Exo-
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Outside
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Extern/o
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Outside
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Extra-
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Outside
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Femor/o-
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Femur, thigh bone
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Fibul/o-
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Fibula
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Gangli/o-
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Ganglion (knot)
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- gen
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To produce
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-genesis
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Origin, beginning process
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Gloss/o
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Tongue
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Gluco/so-
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Sugar
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Glyc/o--
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Sugar, sweetness
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-graph
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Instrument used for recording
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-gravida
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Pregnancy
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Gynec/o-
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Woman, female
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Hem/o-
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Blood
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Hemat/o-
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Blood
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Hemi-
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Half, partial
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Hepat/o-
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Liver
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Heter/o-
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Different
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Hist/o-
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Tissue
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Homo-
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Same
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Humer/o-
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Humerus
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Hydro/o-
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Water
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Hyper-
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Over, above, excessive, beyond
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Hypo-
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Under, below, beneath, less
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-iasis
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Abnormal condition, formation of, presence of
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Ichthy/o-
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Dry, scaly
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Immune/o-
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Safe, protected
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Infra-
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Under, below, beneath, after
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Inter-
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Between
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Intra-
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In, within
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Ischi/o-
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Ischium
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-itis
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Inflammation
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Kinesio/o-
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Movement
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-kinesia
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Movement
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Lacrim/o-
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Tear
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Lact/o-
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Milk
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Later/o-
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Side
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-lepsy
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Seizure
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Leuc/o-
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White
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Leuko/o-
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White
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Leukocyt/o-
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White cell
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Lingu/o-
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Tongue
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Lip/o-
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Fat
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-Logy
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Study of
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Lymph/o-
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Lymph, lymph tissue
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-lysis
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Seperate, destroy, breakdown
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Macro-
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Large
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Mal-
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Ill, bad, poor
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-malacia
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Softening
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Mamm/o-
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Breast
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Manometer
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Instrument to measure pressure
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Medi-
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Middle
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Medull/o-
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Medulla
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-megaly
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Enlargement
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Meta-
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After, beyond, over, change
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Metacarp/o-
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Metacarpus, bones of hand
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-meter
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Measure, instruments for measuring
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Micro-
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Small
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Mid-
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Middle
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Mono-
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One
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Multi-
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Many, much
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My/o
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Muscle
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Myc/o-
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Fungus
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-mycosis
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Fungal infection
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Myel/o-
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Bone marrow, spinal cord
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Nas/o-
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Nose
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Ne/o-
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New
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Nephr/o-
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Kidney
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Neur/o-
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Nerve, neuron
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Nucle/o-
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Nucleus
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Ocul/o-
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Eye
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-ole
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Small, little, minute
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Olig/o-
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Scanty
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Ophthalm/o-
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Eye
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-opia
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Vision
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-opsia
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Vision
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Opt/o-
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Eye
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Osteo/o-
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Bone
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Oxy/o-
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Oxygen, O2
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Para-
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Near, beside, beyond, abnormal
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-para
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To bear
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-paresis
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Partial or incomplete paralysis
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Patell/o-
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Patella, kneecap
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-pathy
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Disease
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Pector/o-
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Chest
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Pedia-
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Child
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Peri-
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Around
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-phagia
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Eating, ingesting, swallowing
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-phasia
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