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Quiz 3 - Concorde Career College ICBS 130
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02/07/2011
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atel/o
 Definition
incomplete, imperfect
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bronch/o, bronchi/o
 Definition
bronchial tube, bronchus
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cyan/o
 Definition
blue
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-ectasis
 Definition
stretching, dilation, enlargement
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laryng/o
 Definition
larynx, throat
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phon/o
 Definition
sound, voice
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pleur/o
 Definition
pleura, side of the body
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-pnea
 Definition
breathing
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pneum/o, pneumon/o, pneu-
 Definition
lung, air
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pulm/o, pulmon/o
 Definition
lung
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thorac/o, -thorax
 Definition
chest
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trache/o
 Definition
trachea, windpipe
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an/o
 Definition
anus, ring
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cec/o
 Definition
cecum
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chol/e
 Definition
bile, gall
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cholecyst/o
 Definition
gallbladder
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col/o, colon/o
 Definition
colon, large intestine
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enter/o
 Definition
small intestine
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esophag/o
 Definition
esophagus
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gastr/o
 Definition
stomach, belly
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hepat/o
 Definition
liver
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-lithiasis
 Definition
presence of stones
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-pepsia
 Definition
digest, digestion
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pancreat/o
 Definition
pancreas
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proct/o
 Definition
anus and rectum
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rect/o
 Definition
rectum, straight
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sigmoid/o
 Definition
sigmoid colon
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dia-
 Definition
through, between, apart, complete
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cyst/o
 Definition
urinary bladder, cyst, sac of fluid
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glomerul/o
 Definition
glomerulus
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lith/o
 Definition
stone, calculus
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nephr/o
 Definition
kidney
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-pexy
 Definition
surgical fixation
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pyel/o
 Definition
renal pelvis, bowl of kidney
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-tripsy
 Definition
to crush
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ur/o
 Definition
urine, urinary tract
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ureter/o
 Definition
ureter
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urethr/o
 Definition
urethra
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-uria
 Definition
urination, urine
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carcin/o
 Definition
cancerous
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cervic/o
 Definition
neck, cervix (neck of uterus)
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immun/o
 Definition
immune, protection, safe
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lymph/o
 Definition
lymph, lymphatic tissue
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lymphaden/o
 Definition
lymph gland
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neo-
 Definition
new, strange
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onc/o
 Definition
tumor
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phag/o
 Definition
eat, swallow
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-plasm
 Definition
formative material of cells
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sarc/o
 Definition
flesh, connective tissue
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splen/o
 Definition
spleen
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-stasis
 Definition
control, maintenance of a constant level
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-tic
 Definition
pertaining to
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tox/o
 Definition
poison, poisonous
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