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EMT Basic- Roots
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Health Care
Undergraduate 1
01/20/2012
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Term
abdomin-
 Definition
abdomen
Term
acou-
 Definition
hear
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aden
 Definition
gland
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adip
 Definition
fat
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alb
 Definition
white
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alges
 Definition
pain
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andr
 Definition
male
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angi
 Definition
vessel
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aorta
 Definition
large artery exiting from the left ventricle of the heart
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aqua
 Definition
water
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arteri
 Definition
artery
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arthr
 Definition
joint
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asphyxia
 Definition
lack of oxygen or excess of carbon dioxide in the body that results in unconsciousness
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asthen
 Definition
weak
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audi
 Definition
to hear
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bi
 Definition
life; also two
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bronch
 Definition
windpipe
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bucc
 Definition
cheek
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bursa
 Definition
pouch or sac
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callus
 Definition
hard, thick skin; also a meshwork of connective tissue that forms during the healing process after a fracture
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carcin
 Definition
cancer
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cardi
 Definition
heart
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carotid
 Definition
great arteries of the neck
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carpus
 Definition
wrist
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cent
 Definition
a fraction in the metric system; one hundredth or 100
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cente
 Definition
to puncture (a body cavity)
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cephal
 Definition
head
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cervic
 Definition
neck
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chol
 Definition
bile
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chondr
 Definition
cartilage
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cili
 Definition
eyelid
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cleid(o)
 Definition
clavicle
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cubitus
 Definition
elbow
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cyan
 Definition
blue
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cycl
 Definition
circle or cycle
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cyst
 Definition
bladder
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cyt
 Definition
cell
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derm(at)
 Definition
skin
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digit
 Definition
finger or toe
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ede
 Definition
swelling
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enter
 Definition
intestine
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erythr
 Definition
red
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esthe
 Definition
sensation or perception
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febr
 Definition
fever
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flex
 Definition
bend
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foramen
 Definition
opening
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fract
 Definition
break
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gastr
 Definition
stomach
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gest
 Definition
carry, produce, congestion
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glyc(y)
 Definition
sweet
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gno
 Definition
know
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gram
 Definition
something written or recorded
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graph
 Definition
write, record
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gyn(ec)
 Definition
female
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hem(at)
 Definition
blood
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hepat(ic)
 Definition
liver
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heter
 Definition
other, different
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hom
 Definition
the same
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humerus
 Definition
the bone int eh upper arm
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hydr
 Definition
water
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idi
 Definition
separate, distinct
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iod(o)
 Definition
iodine
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lact
 Definition
milk
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leuk
 Definition
white
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lingu
 Definition
tongue
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mal
 Definition
abnormal
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medi
 Definition
middle
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mega
 Definition
large
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melan
 Definition
black
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men
 Definition
month
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mening
 Definition
membrane, usually regers to the meninges
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myel
 Definition
marrow or spinal cord
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my
 Definition
muscle
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nephr
 Definition
kidney
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neur
 Definition
nerve
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ocul
 Definition
eye
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opthalm
 Definition
eye
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ost(e)
 Definition
bone
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ot
 Definition
ear
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ov
 Definition
egg
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palpate
 Definition
to examine by touch
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path
 Definition
disease
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ped
 Definition
child or foot
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percuss
 Definition
to examine by striking
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phag
 Definition
eat
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pharyng
 Definition
throat
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phot
 Definition
light
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pleur
 Definition
rib, side
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pneum(at)
 Definition
breath
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pneumo(n)
 Definition
lung
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pod
 Definition
foot
Term
pseud
 Definition
false
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psych
 Definition
mind
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pto
 Definition
fall
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ptyal
 Definition
saliva
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pur, py
 Definition
pus
Term
pyr
 Definition
fire
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quadr, quar, quat
 Definition
four
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radius
 Definition
the forearm bone on the thumb side; also a line from the center of a circle or sphere to the edge
Term
ren
 Definition
kidney
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retina
 Definition
inner nerve-containing layer of the eye
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rhin
 Definition
nose
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sangui(n)
 Definition
blood
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scler
 Definition
hard
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sebum
 Definition
a fatty secretion of the sebaceous glands
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sect
 Definition
cut
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sepsis
 Definition
the presence of microorganisms or their toxins int he blood; also the toxic condition caused by such presence
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sept
 Definition
wall, divider; also seven
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serum
 Definition
the clear portion of body fluids, including blood
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sinus
 Definition
cavity, channel or hollow space
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som(a)
 Definition
body
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spir
 Definition
coil
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stasis
 Definition
slowing or stopping of the normal flow of a fluid, such as blood flow
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stature
 Definition
height
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stern(o)
 Definition
sternum (breastbone)
Term
stoma
 Definition
any small opening on the surface of the body, such as a pore; also, the opening created in the abdominal wall for the passage of urine or feces
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tach(y)
 Definition
fast/rapid
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tact
 Definition
touch
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tetra
 Definition
four
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thorac
 Definition
chest
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tom
 Definition
cut
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toxic
 Definition
poisonous
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trich
 Definition
hair
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ur
 Definition
urine
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varic
 Definition
varicose vein
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vas
 Definition
vessel
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vertigo
 Definition
a disordered sensation in which one's own body or the surrounding are perceived as moving
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viscer
 Definition
internal organs
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viscous
 Definition
sticky
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xen
 Definition
foreign (material)
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xer
 Definition
dry
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