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Chapter 3
Chapter 3 of Chabner "The Language of Medicine"
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11th Grade
02/09/2011
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abdomin/o
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abdomen
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acr/o
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extremities, top, extreme point
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acu/o
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sharp, severe, sudden
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amin/o
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amnion (sac surrounding the embryo in the uterus)
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angi/o
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vessel
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ateri/o
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artery
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axill/o
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armpit
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blephar/o
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eyelid
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broch/o
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bronchial tubes (2 tubes, one right and one left, that branch from the trachea to enter the lungs
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chem/o
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chemical,drug
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chron/o
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time
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col/o
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colon
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hydr/o
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water, fluid
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isch/o
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to hold back
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lapar/o
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abdomen, abdominal wall
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lymph/o
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lymph, a clear fluid that bathes tissue spaces
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mamm/o
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breast
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mast/o
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breast
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morph/o
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shape, form
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muc/o
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mucus
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my/o
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muscle
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myel/o
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spinal cord, bone marrow
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necr/o
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death
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neutr/o
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neutrophil (a white blood cell)
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ot/o
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ear
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-algia
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pain
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-emia
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blood condition
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-cele
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hernia
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-centesis
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surgical puncture to remove fluid
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-coccus
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berry-shapped bacterium
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-dynia
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pain
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-genesis
 Definition
condition of producing, forming
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-lysis
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breakdown, destruction, separation
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-malacia
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softening
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-megaly
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enlargement
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-oma
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tumor, mass, collection of fluid
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-penia
 Definition
deficiency
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-phobia
 Definition
fear
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-plasia
 Definition
development, formation, growth
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-plasty
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surgical repair
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-ptosis
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drooping, sagging, prolapse
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-sclerosis
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hardening
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-stasis
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stopping, controlling
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-stomy
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opening to form a mouth (stoma)
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-therapy
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treatment
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-trophy
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development, nourishment
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-er
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one who
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-ia
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condition
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-ole
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little, small
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-ule
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little, small
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-us
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structure, substance
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-ar
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pertaining to
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-ary
 Definition
pertaining to
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-eal
 Definition
pertaining to
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-oid
 Definition
resembling
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-ose
 Definition
pertaing to, full of
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-ous
 Definition
pertaining to
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-tic
 Definition
pertaing to
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