Chapter 5 Def Flashcards by Caroline Ippolito

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a-

A

without, not

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aden/o

A

gland

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-al, -ic, -ary

A

pertaining to

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aneurysm/o

A

a widening, a widened blood vessel

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angi/o

A

vessel - usually blood or lymph

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anti-

A

against

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aort/a

A

aorta

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arteri/o

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artery

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ather/o

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fatty plaque

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atri/o

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atrium

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bi-

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two

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brady-

A

slow

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cardi/o, coron/o

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heart

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-cardia

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heart

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cerebr/o

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cerebrum

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-cyte

A

cell

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echo-

A

a repeated sound

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-ectasis

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dilation, expansion

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-ectomy

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excision, removal

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embo/o

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embolus (plug)

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-emia

A

blood

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endo-

A

in, within

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epi-

A

above, upon

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-genesis

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forming, producing, origin

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-gram

record, writing,

-graphy

process of recording

hem/o

blood

-ia

condition

isch/o

to hold back; block

-lith

stone, calculus

lymph/o

lymph

-lysis

separation, destruction, loosening

-malacia

softening

-megaly

enlargement

micro-

small, minute

my/o

muscle

necr/o

death, necrosis

-oid

resembling

-ole,-ule

small, minute

-oma

tumor

-osis

abnormal condition (increase - when used in refering to blood cells)

-pathy

disease

peri-

around

-phagia

swallowing, eating

phleb/0, ven/o

vein

-phobia

fear

-phylaxis

protection

-plasty

surgical repair

-pnea

breathing

-poiesis

formation, production

-rrhapy

suture

-rrhexis

rupture

rrhythm/o

rhythm

sarc/o

flesh (connective tissue)

scler/o

hardening, sclera (white of eye)

-spasm

involuntary contraction

-stenosis

narrowing

tachy-

rapid

-tension

to stretch

-therapy

treatment

thromb/o

blood clot

-tomy

incision

trans-

across, through

tri-

three

-um

structure, thing

-us

condition, structure

varic/o

dilated vein

vas/o

vessel; vas deferens; duct

vascul/o

vessel

ventricul/o

ventricle (of the heart or brain)

-version

turning