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Flashcards for P-Z set of words and roots and prefix/suffixes for health.
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Health Care
10th Grade
01/24/2012
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Term
pan-
 Definition
all, complete, entire
Term
pancreat- (o)
 Definition
pancreas
Term
para-
 Definition
near, beside, beyond, abnormal, lower half of the body
Term
-paresis
 Definition
paralysis
Term
-partum
 Definition
birth, labor
Term
path- (ia, o, y)
 Definition
disease, abnormal condition
Term
ped- (ia)
 Definition
child
Term
-penia
 Definition
lack of, abnormal reduction in number, deficiency
Term
pent- (a)
 Definition
five
Term
-pepsia, -pepsis
 Definition
digestion
Term
per-
 Definition
through, by, excessive
Term
peri-
 Definition
around
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-pexy
 Definition
fixation
Term
phag- (o)
 Definition
eat, ingest
Term
-phage, -phagia
 Definition
to eat, consuming, swallow
Term
pharyng- (o)
 Definition
pharynx, throat
Term
-phas, -phasia
 Definition
speech
Term
-philia, -philic
 Definition
affinity for, attracted to
Term
phleb- (o)
 Definition
vein
Term
-phobia
 Definition
fear
Term
phon- (o)
 Definition
sound, voice
Term
-phylaxis
 Definition
protection, prevention
Term
-plasty
 Definition
surgical correction or repair
Term
-plegia
 Definition
paralysis
Term
pleuro-
 Definition
side, rib
Term
pnea
 Definition
breathing
Term
pneum- (o, on)
 Definition
lungs, pertaining to the lungs, air
Term
pod- (e, o)
 Definition
foot
Term
poly-
 Definition
many, much
Term
post-
 Definition
after, behind
Term
pre-
 Definition
before, in front of
Term
pro-
 Definition
in front of, forward
Term
proct- (o)
 Definition
rectum, rectal, anus
Term
psora-
 Definition
itch
Term
pseudo-
 Definition
false
Term
psych- (i, o)
 Definition
pertaining to the mind
Term
-ptosis
 Definition
drooping down, sagging, downward displacement
Term
pulmon- (o)
 Definition
lung
Term
py- (o)
 Definition
pus
Term
pyel- (o)
 Definition
renal pelvis of kidney
Term
pyr- (o)
 Definition
heat, fever
Term
quad- (ra, ri)
 Definition
four
Term
radi- (o)
 Definition
X-rays, radiation
Term
re-
 Definition
back, again
Term
rect- (o)
 Definition
rectum
Term
ren- (o)
 Definition
kidney
Term
retro-
 Definition
backward, in back, behind
Term
rhin- (o)
 Definition
nose, pertaining to the nose
Term
-rraphy
 Definition
suture of, sewing up of a gap or defect
Term
-rrhagia
 Definition
sudden or excessive flow
Term
-rrhea
 Definition
flow, discharge
Term
-rrhexis
 Definition
rupture of, bursting
Term
salping- (i, o)
 Definition
tube, fallopian tube
Term
sanguin- (o)
 Definition
blood
Term
sarc- (o)
 Definition
malignant (cancer) connective tissue
Term
-sarcoma
 Definition
tumor, cancer
Term
scler- (o)
 Definition
hardening
Term
-sclerosis
 Definition
dryness or hardness
Term
-scope
 Definition
examining instrument
Term
-scopy
 Definition
observation
Term
-sect
 Definition
cut
Term
semi-
 Definition
half, part
Term
sep- (ti)
 Definition
poison, rot, infection
Term
sinistr- (o)
 Definition
left
Term
soma- (t)
 Definition
body
Term
son- (o)
 Definition
sound
Term
-spasm
 Definition
involuntary contraction
Term
sperm- (ato)
 Definition
spermatozoa, male germ (sex) cell
Term
splen- (o)
 Definition
spleen
Term
-stasis
 Definition
stoppage, maintaining a constant level
Term
steno-
 Definition
contracted, narrow
Term
stern- (o)
 Definition
sternum, breast bone
Term
stoma- (t)
 Definition
mouth
Term
-stomy
 Definition
artificial opening
Term
sub-
 Definition
less, under, below
Term
sup- (er, ra)
 Definition
above, upon, over, higher in position
Term
sym-, syn-
 Definition
joined, fused, together
Term
tach- (o, y)
 Definition
rapid, fast
Term
ten- (do, o)
 Definition
tendon
Term
tetra-
 Definition
four
Term
-therapy
 Definition
treatment
Term
therm- (o, y)
 Definition
heat
Term
thorac- (o)
 Definition
thorax, chest
Term
thromb- (o)
 Definition
clot, thrombus
Term
thym- (o)
 Definition
thymus gland
Term
thyr- (o)
 Definition
thyroid gland
Term
-tome
 Definition
instrument that cuts
Term
-tox (ic)
 Definition
poison
Term
trach- (e, i, o)
 Definition
trachea, windpipe
Term
trans-
 Definition
across, over, beyond
Term
tri-
 Definition
three
Term
trich- (o)
 Definition
hair
Term
-trips (y)
 Definition
crushing by rubbing or grinding
Term
-trophy
 Definition
nutrition, growth, development
Term
tympan- (o)
 Definition
eardrum, tympanic membrane
Term
ultra-
 Definition
beyond, excess
Term
uni-
 Definition
one
Term
ur- (o)
 Definition
urine, urinary tract
Term
ureter- (o)
 Definition
ureter (tube from kidney to bladder)
Term
jurethr- (o)
 Definition
urethra (tube from bladder to urinary meatus)
Term
-uria
 Definition
urine
Term
uter- (o)
 Definition
uterus, womb
Term
vas- (o)
 Definition
vessel, duct
Term
ven- (a)
 Definition
vein
Term
ventro-
 Definition
to the front, abdomen
Term
vertebr- (o)
 Definition
spine, vertebrae
Term
vesic- (o)
 Definition
urinary bladder
Term
viscer- (o)
 Definition
internal organs
Term
vit- (a)
 Definition
necessary for life
Term
xanth- (o)
 Definition
yellow
Term
-xenia
 Definition
strange, abnormal
Term
zoo-
 Definition
animal
Term
zymo-
 Definition
enzymes
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