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Abductor vs. adductor
Ab- Away from (b curves away from a)
Ad- Toward (d curves toward a
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Anabolism
ana- up
bol- to cast
ism- process
Anabolism - Process of building up (i.e proteins)
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Anterior
Anter - Front
(Ventral) Front surface of the body
Anterior
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Aplastic Anemia
A- no Plas/o -formation -tic = pertaining to
A- no -emia = blood condition (no blood)
Aplastic Anemia - Bone marrow fails to produce blood parts
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Apnea
a- no, not, without
-pnea = breathing
Apnea - Not breathing
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Arthrocentesis
Arthr/0 - Joint
-centesis - Surgical puncture to remove fluid
Arthrocentesis - Surgical puncture to remove fluid from joint space
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Arthroscopy
Arthr/o - Joint
-scopy = Visual Examination
Arthroscopy - Visual Examination of joint
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Autoimmune
Auto- Self, own
- Immun/o - Protection, safe
- Autoimmune- Producing antibodies against one's own norml cells.
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Basophil
Bas/o = basic
- -phil = Attraction for
- Basophil - Granules stain blue
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Bradycardia
Brady = slow
- Cardi - Heart
- Bradycardia - Slow heart rate; < 60
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Carcinogenic
Carcin/o - Cancerous/ Cancer
- genic = Pertaining to; producing ; Produced by or in
Carcinogenic - Pertaining to/producing cancer
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Catabolism
Cata = down, bol = to cast, -ism = process
Catabolism - (Sugar and fat) is broken down
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Chondroma
Chondr/o = Cartilage
-oma = tumor, mass, fluid collection
Chondroma- Benign tumor
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Chondrosarcoma
Chondr/o = Cartilage, sarc = flesh (connective tissue) , -oma = tumor, mass, fluid collection
Chondrosarcoma - Malignant tumor (arising from flesh)
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