Chapter 9 Defs Flashcards by Caroline Ippolito

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a-

A

without, not

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aden/o

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gland

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adren/o, adrenal/o

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adrenal glands

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-algia, -dynia

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pain

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cephal/o

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brain

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cerebr/o

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cerebrum

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cyst/o

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bladder

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-dipsia

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thirst

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dys-

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bad; painful; difficult

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-emia

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blood condition

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encephal/o

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brain

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endo-

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within

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enter/o

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intestine (usually small intestine)

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-gen, -genesis

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forming, producing; origin

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gli/o

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glue; neuroglial tissue

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-glia

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glue; neuroglial tissue

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gluc/o, glyc/o

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sugar, sweetness

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hem/o

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blood

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hyper-

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excessive, above normal

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hypo-

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under, below, deficient

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-iasis

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abnormal condition (produced by something specified)

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-ism

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condition

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-lith

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stone, calculus

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-logist

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specialist in the study of

-logy

study of

-malacia

softening

-megaly

enlargement

mening/o, meningi/o

meninges (membranes covering the brain and spinal cord)

myel/o

bone marrow; spinal cord

nephr/o, ren/o

kidney

neur/o

nerve

-oid

resembling

orchid/o, orchi/o, orch/o

testis (plural, testes)

-osis

abnormal condition; increase (used primarily with blood cells)

pancreat/o

pancreas

para-

near, beside; beyond

parathyroid/o

parathyroid glands

-pathy

disease

-penia

decrease, deficiency

-phagia

swallowing, eating

-phasia

speech

pituitar/o

pituitary gland

-plegia

paralysis

-rrhagia

bursting forth (of)

-rrhea

discharge, flow

scler/o

hardening; sclera (white of the eye)

spin/o

spine

thromb/o

blood clot

thym/o

thymus gland

thyroid/o

thyroid gland

-tome

instrument to cut

-tomy

incision

toxic/o

poison

-uria

urine

vascul/o

blood vessel