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Health Care
11th Grade
10/10/2008
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Term
a- or an-
 Definition
without
Term
adeno
 Definition
gland
Term
-algia
 Definition
pain
Term
angio
 Definition
vessel
Term
arterio
 Definition
artery
Term
brady-
 Definition
slow
Term
bronchi
 Definition
air tubes in lungs
Term
card
 Definition
heart
Term
-cele
 Definition
swelling
Term
cephal
 Definition
head
Term
chole
 Definition
bile, gallbladder
Term
crani
 Definition
skull
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cyst
 Definition
bladder, sac
Term
cyte
 Definition
cell
Term
derm
 Definition
skin
Term
dys-
 Definition
difficult, painful
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-ectasis
 Definition
dilation, expansion
Term
-ectomy
 Definition
surgical removal
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-emia
 Definition
blood
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erythro-
 Definition
red
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gastro
 Definition
stomach
Term
glyco
 Definition
sugar
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-graph
 Definition
recording
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hema
 Definition
blood
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hepato
 Definition
liver
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hyper-
 Definition
increased
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hystero
 Definition
uterus
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hypo-
 Definition
decreased
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-itis
 Definition
inflammation
Term
-kinesis
 Definition
motion, movement
Term
leuko-
 Definition
white
Term
mast
 Definition
breast
Term
-megaly
 Definition
enlarged
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mono-
 Definition
one
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myo
 Definition
muscle
Term
nephro
 Definition
kidney
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-ologist
 Definition
specialist
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-ology
 Definition
study of
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-oma
 Definition
tumor
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osteo
 Definition
bone
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oto
 Definition
ear
Term
-otomy
 Definition
cutting into
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-pathy
 Definition
disease
Term
-penia
 Definition
lack of, reduction in the number
Term
-phage
 Definition
to eat
Term
phleb
 Definition
vein
Term
-plasty
 Definition
surgical repair
Term
-pnea
 Definition
breathing
Term
pneumo
 Definition
lungs
Term
pyo-
 Definition
pus
Term
rhino
 Definition
nose
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-rrhagia
 Definition
excessive flow
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-rrhea
 Definition
flow, discharge
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-scopy
 Definition
to view
Term
tachy-
 Definition
rapid, fast
Term
thrombo
 Definition
clot
Term
trachea
 Definition
windpipe
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-trophy
 Definition
growth, development, nutrition
Term
uria
 Definition
urine
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vaso
 Definition
vessel, duct
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