Medical Terminology – Chapter 8 – Flashcards
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aero
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air
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al
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pertaining to
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aliment
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to nourish
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an/o
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muscular ring
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ary
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pertaining to
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bucca
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cheek
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catabol
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breaking down
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cheil/o
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lips or lips of mouth
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chol/e
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bile or gall
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cholecyst/o
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gallbladder
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choledocho
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common bile duct
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col/o
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large intestine
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dent
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tooth or teeth
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dia
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through
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divert/l
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a sac or pouch in the wall of a canal or organ
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dys
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difficult, painful, bad
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ectomy
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surgical removal
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emesis
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vomiting
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endo
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withing or inside
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enter/o
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small intestine and within
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esophang/o
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gullet or food tube
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gastr/o
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stomach
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gingiv
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gums
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graphy
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process of recording a picture or process of recording a record
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halit
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breath
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hem/o, hemat/o
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blood
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hemorrhoid
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enlarged veins in or near the anus
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hepat/o
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liver
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hyper
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above
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ic
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pertaining to
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ile/o
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last part of the small intestine
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ism
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condition
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lith
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stone
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-lithiasis
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presence of stones
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megaly
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enlargment
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meta, metabol
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beyond and change
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occult
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hidden or difficult to see
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odont, odonti
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teeth or tooth
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orth/o
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straight
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osis
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condition, states, process
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otomy
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surgical incision or cutting into
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palat/o
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roof of mouth
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pept, pepsia
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digestion
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peri
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surrounding
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pexy
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surgical fixation
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phagia
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swallowing
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plasty
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surgical repair
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proct/o
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anus and rectum
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pylor/l
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gate keeper, guard
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pyr/o
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fever or fire
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rect/o
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straight
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rrhagia
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bursting forth
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rrhaphy
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to suture or to stitch
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rrhea
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abnormal flow
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rrhexis
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to rupture
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scope
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instrument for visual examination
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scopy
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visual examination
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stalsis
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contraction
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tomo
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slice or cut
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uvul/o
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little grape
