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1
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Traumatic (no prefix)

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Pertaining to injury

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Uria

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Urination

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Ab-

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Away from

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Ad-

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Toward

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A-

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Without / no

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An-

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Toward

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Emetic

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Pertaining to vomiting

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Anti-

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Against

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Dys-

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Difficult, painful, or bad

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Eu-

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Good, easy, or normal

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Endo-

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Within or inside

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Ex / exo-

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Without, out of, outside, or away from

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Ecto-

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Outside

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Hyper-

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Elevated, higher, or more normal

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Hypo-

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Depressed, lower, less than normal

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Inter-

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Between

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Intra-

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Within

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Poly-

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Many or excessive

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Oligo-

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Scant or little

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Pre-

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Before

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Post-

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After

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Sub-

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Below, under, or less

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Super / Supra-

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Above, beyond, or excessive

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What does a prefix usually indicate?

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Number, location, time, or status

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25
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What must be added to a root for it to be a complete word?

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A suffix

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26
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What does a suffix usually indicate?

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A procedure, condition, disease, or disorder

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27
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Pan-

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All

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28
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-penia

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Deficiency or reduction in number

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29
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Leuk/o

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White

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30
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-tomy

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Cutting into / incision

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31
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Epi-

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Upper

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Extra-

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Infra-

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Below or beneath

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Meta-

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Per-

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Throughout

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Trans-

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Ultra-

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Above, increased, or more than normal

38
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-stomy

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Surgically created opening

39
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-ectomy

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Surgical removal or excision

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-ac

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Pertaining to the heart

41
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-al

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Pertaining to the kidneys

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-an

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Pertaining to the ovaries

43
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-ar

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Pertaining to the loin, lower back

44
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-ary

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Pertaining to the gastrointestinal tract

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-eal

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Pertaining to the larynx

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-ic

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Pertaining to the small intestine

47
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-ine

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Pertaining to the uterus

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-ous

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Pertaining to the skin

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-tic

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Pertaining to the kidneys

50
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-pexy

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Suture to stabilize

* stabilizing tummy to the wall, the x like a support beam

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-plasty

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Surgical repair

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-stomy

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Surgically created opening

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-tomy

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Cutting into, incision

54
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-centesis

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Surgical puncture to remove fluid or gas

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-gram

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-graph

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Instrument that records

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-graphy

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Procedure that records

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-lysis

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Separation or breakdown, such as in urinalysis

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-scope

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Instrument to physically examine

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-scopy

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Procedure to physically examine

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-therapy

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-rrhagia

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Bursting forth

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-rrhaphy

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-rrhea

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Flow, discharge

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-rrhexis

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-algia/ -dynia

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-ia

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State or condition (hyperglycemia)

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-ion

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Action, process, state, or condition (infarction, blood flow obstruction)

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-itis

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Inflammation (hepatitis)

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-ive

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Performs or tends toward (congestive, toward accumulation of fluid)

71
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-malacia

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Softening abnormally (osteomalacia)

72
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-megaly

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Enlargement (cardiomegaly)

73
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-osis

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Abnormal condition (cardiosis)

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-pathy

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-sclerosis

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Abnormal hardening

76
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-um

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Structure (pericardium)

77
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-us

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Thing (tarsus)

78
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Mucus / mucous

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Mucus : the slimelike substance with blah blah bla

Mucous: the adjective of

Veterinary Medical Terminology (2 decks)

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