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language of medicine 4
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Undergraduate 3
01/21/2009
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carp/o
 Definition
wrist bones
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cib/o
 Definition
meals
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cis/o
 Definition
to cut
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cost/o
 Definition
rib
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cutane/o
 Definition
skin
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dactyl/o
 Definition
fingers and toes
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duct/o
 Definition
to lead or carry
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flex/o
 Definition
to bend
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furc/o
 Definition
forking or branching
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gloss/o
 Definition
tongue
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glyc/o
 Definition
sugar
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immun/o
 Definition
protection
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morph/o
 Definition
shape or form
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mort/o
 Definition
death
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nat/i
 Definition
birth
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nect/o
 Definition
to bind, tie, or connect
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-blast
 Definition
embryonic, immature
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-crine
 Definition
to secrete
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-cyesis
 Definition
pregnancy
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-drome
 Definition
to run
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-fusion
 Definition
coming together
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-gen
 Definition
substance that produces
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-lapse
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to side, fall, sag
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-lysis
 Definition
breakdown, separation, loosening
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-meter
 Definition
to measure
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-mission
 Definition
to send
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ab-
 Definition
away from
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ad-
 Definition
toward
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ante-
 Definition
before
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brady-
 Definition
slow
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con-
 Definition
with, together
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contra-
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against, opposite
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de-
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down, lack of
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dys-
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bad, painful, difficult
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ec-, ecto-
 Definition
in, within
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epi-
 Definition
above
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eu-
 Definition
good, normal
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ex-
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out, away from
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hemi-
 Definition
half
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hyper-
 Definition
excessive, above
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in-
 Definition
not, or into/within
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infra-
 Definition
beneath
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inter-
 Definition
between
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intra-
 Definition
into, within
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meta-
 Definition
beyond, change
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neo-
 Definition
new
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pan-
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all
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para-
 Definition
abnormal, beside, near
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per-
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through
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poly-
 Definition
many
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post-
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after
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pseudo-
 Definition
false
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supra-
 Definition
above
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tachy-
 Definition
fast
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ultra-
 Definition
beyond, excess
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Rh condition
 Definition
protein coating on red blood cells
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hemolytic disease of the newborn, erythroblastosis fetalis
 Definition
second Rh+ infant born to a Rh negative mothers
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jaundice
 Definition
excessive destruction of red blood cells
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congenital anomalies
 Definition
irregularity in a structure/organ that an infant is born with
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contralateral
 Definition
opposite side
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ipsilateral
 Definition
same side
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dialysis
 Definition
complete separation
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PTH
 Definition
maintains blood calcium at normal level
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PCR
 Definition
producing multiple copies of a single gene
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reye syndrome
 Definition
vomiting, swelling of the brain, hypoglycemia, liver dysfunction
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syndrome
 Definition
group of signs/symptoms that appear together and present clinical picture of disease
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marfan syndrome
 Definition
tall and thin, long fingers, blood vessel, ophthalmic abnormalities, elongated head
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symbiosis
 Definition
2 organisms living together in close association, sometimes for mutual benefit
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symphisis
 Definition
joint firmly held together by layer of fibrocartilage
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transurethral
 Definition
section of prostate removed with an instrument passed through the urethra
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echocardiograms
 Definition
ultrasound images of the heart
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