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65 Cards in this Set
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a-/an- |
Lack of e.g. asystole, anaemia |
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ab- |
Away from e.g. abduct |
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ad- |
Towards e.g. adduct |
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-aemia |
Of the blood e.g. anaemia, hypovolaemia |
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angio- |
Vessel e.g. angiotensin |
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ante- |
Before, in front of e.g. anterior |
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baro- |
Presssure e.g. baroreceptor |
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-blast |
Germ, bud e.g. reticuloblast, osteoblast |
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brady- |
Slow e.g. bradycardia |
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card- |
Heart e.g. myocardium |
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chole- |
Bile e.g. cholecystokinin |
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cyto-/-cyte |
Cell e.g. erythrocyte, cytosol |
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dys- |
Difficult e.g. dysuria, dyspnoea |
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-ema |
Swelling e.g. oedema, emphysema |
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endo- |
Inner e.g. endocardium |
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enter- |
Intenstine e.g. enterokinase, gastroenteritis |
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epi- |
Upon e.g. epicardium, epimysium |
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erythro- |
Red e.g. ethyrthocyte, erythropoietin |
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exo- |
Outside i.e. exocytosis, exophthalmos |
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extra- |
Outside e.g. extracellular, extrapyramidal |
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-fferent |
Carry e.g. afferent, efferent |
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-gen- |
Origin/production e.g. gene, genome, genetic, antigen, allergen |
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-globin |
Protein e.g. myoglobin, haemoglobin |
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haem- |
Blood e.g. haemoglobin, haemostasis |
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hetero- |
Different e.g. heterozygous |
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homo- |
The same, steady e.g. homozygous, homologous |
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-hydr- |
Water e.g. dehydration, hydrostatic |
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hepat- |
Liver e.g. hepatic, hepatomegaly |
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hyper- |
Excess/above e.g. hypertension, hypertrophy, hypercapnia |
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hypo- |
Below/under e.g. hypoglycaemia, hypotension |
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intra- |
Within e.g. intracellular, intracranial |
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-ism |
Condition e.g. hyperthyroidism, dwarfism |
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-itis |
Inflammation e.g. appendicitis, hepatitis, cystitis, gastritis |
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lact- |
Milk e.g. lactation, lactic |
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lymph- |
Lymph tissue e.g. lymphocyte, lymphatic |
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lyso-/-lysis |
Breaking down e.g. lysosome, glycolysis, lysozyme |
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mega- |
Large e.g. megaloblast, acromegaly |
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micro- |
Small e.g. microbe, microtubules |
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myo- |
Muscle e.g. myocardium, myopathy |
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neo- |
new e.g. neoplasm, gluconeogenesis |
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nephro- |
kidney e.g. nephroon, nephrotic, nephroblastoma |
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neuro- |
nerve e.g.neurone, neuralgia, neuropathy |
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-oid |
resembling e.g. myeloid, sesamoid |
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olig- |
small e.g. oliguria |
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-ology |
study of e.g. cardiology, neurology, physiology |
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-oma |
tumour e.g. carcinoma, melanoma, fibroma |
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-ophth |
eye e.g. xerophthalmia, ophthalmic |
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-ory |
referring to e.g. secretory, sensory, auditory |
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os-, osteo- |
bone e.g. osteocyte, osteoarthritis, osteoporosis |
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-path- |
disease e.g. pathogenesis, pathogen, neuropathy, nephropathy |
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-penia |
deficiency of e.g. leukopenia, theombocytopenia |
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phago(o)- |
eating e.g. phagocyte, phagocytic |
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-plasm |
substance e.g. cytoplasm, neoplasm |
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pneumo- |
lung/air e.g. pneomothorax, pneumonia, penumotoxic |
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poly- |
many e.g. polypeptide, polyuria, polycythaemia |
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-rrhagia |
excessive flow e.g. menorrhagia |
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-rrhoea |
discharge e.g. dysmennorrhoea, rhinorrhoea, diarrhoea |
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sarco- |
muscle e.g. sarcomere, sarcoplasm |
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-scler |
hard e.g. arteriosclerosis, scleroderma |
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sub- |
under e.g. subphrenic, subarachnoid, sublingual |
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tachy- |
excessively fast e.g. tachypnoea, tachycardia |
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thrombo- |
clot e.g. thrombocyte, thrombosis, thombin, thrombus |
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-tox- |
poison e.g. toxin, cytotoxic, heptotoxic |
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tri- |
three e.g. tripeptide, trisaccharide, trigeminal |
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-uria |
urine e.g. anuria, |