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Medical Terminology

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To code medical procedures and diagnoses accurately, you first must learn the language of medicine.

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Root

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the base of the word. standing alone as the main portion of the medical term

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Derm/o & Dermat/o

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skin

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Hidr/o

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sweat, perspiration

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Kerat/o

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Keratin, horny layer of skin

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Melan/o

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dark, black, melanin

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Onych/o

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Nail

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Seb/o

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Sebum, Sebaceous gland

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Trich/o

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Hair

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Arthr/o

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Joint

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Burs/o

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Bursa, sac of fluid near joint

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Chondr/o

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Cartilage

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Erg/o

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Work

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Fasci/o

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Fascia

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Kin/o, Kinesi/o

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Movement

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muscul/o

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muscle

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myel/o

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bone marrow, spinal cord

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oste/o

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bone

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synov/i

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synovial fluid, joint, or membrane

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ten/o, tendin/o

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tendon

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Ton/o

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tone, pressure

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bronch/o

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bronchus

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dermabrasion

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total face

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arthrodesis

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binding or fusion of the joint

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Laryng/o

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Larynx

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Pharyng/o

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Pharynx

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Phren/o

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diaphragm

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Phrenic/o

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Phrenic nerve

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Pleur/o

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Pleura

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Pneumon/o

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lung

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Pneum/o, pneumat/o

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air, gas; respiration, lung

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Pulm/o, Pulmon/o

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Lungs

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Rhin/o

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nose

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Sept/o

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septum, partition, dividing wall

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Spir/o

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Breathing

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Trache/o

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Trachea

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Angi/o

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Vessel

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Aort/o

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Aorta

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Arter/o, arteri/o

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artery

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arteriol/o

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arteriole

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atri/o

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atrium

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cardi/o

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heart

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Phleb/o, ven/o, ven/i

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Vein

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Valv/o, valvul/o

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valve

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Vas/o, vascul/o

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vessel, duct

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ventricul/o

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cavity, ventricle

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Erythr/o, erythrocyt/o

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red blood cell

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Hem/o, hemat/o

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blood

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Immun/o

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Immunity, immune system

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Leuk/o, leukocyt/o

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white blood cell

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lymph/o

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lymph, lymphatic system

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lymphaden/o

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lymph node

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lymphangi/o

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lymphatic vessel

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splen/o

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thromb/o

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blood clot

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thrombocyt/o

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Platelet, thrombocyte

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Thym/o

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thymus gland

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tonsil/o

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bucc/o

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chol/e, chol/o

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bile, gall

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cholangi/o

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bile, duct

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cholecyst/o

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gallbladder

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choledoch/o

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common bile duct

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enter/o

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gastr/o

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gloss/o

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hepat/o

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labi/o

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lingu/o

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Or/o

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Sial/o

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Saliva, salivary gland, salivary duct

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Stoma, stomat/o

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Proct/o

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rectum and anus

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Uvul/o

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Cali/o

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Cyst/o

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urinary bladder

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glomerul/o

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glomerulus

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nephr/o , ren/o

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pyel/o

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renal pelvis

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Ur/o

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urine, urinary tract

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Ureter/o

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Urethr/o

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Urin/o

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Vesic/o

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Urinary bladder

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Epididym/o

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epididymis

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Orchi/o, orchid/ o

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Osche/o

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Prostat/o

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Semin/o

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sperm/o, spermat/o

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semen, spermatozoa

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test/o

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testis,testicle

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vas/o

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vas deferens, ductus deferens; also vessel; duct

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vesicul/o

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seminal vesicle

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colp/o

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episi/o

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Gyn/o, gynec/o

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hyster/o, metr/o, metr/i

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Mast/o

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breast, mammary gland

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men/o, mens

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menstruation

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O/o, Ov/o, ovul/o

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Ovum, egg cell

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Oophor/o

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saping/o

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Oviduct, tube

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adren/o, adrenal/o

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adrenal gland, epinephrine

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adrenocortic/o

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adrenal cortex

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endocrin/o

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endocrine glands or system

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hypophys/o, pituitar/o

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pituitary gland, hypophysis

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insul/o

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pancreatic islets

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parathyr/o, parathyroid/o

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parathyroid gland

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Thyr/o, thyroid/o

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thyroid gland

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cerebr/o

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cortic/o

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cerebral cortex, outer portion

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encephal/o

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gangli/o, ganglion/o

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gli/o

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neuroglia cells

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medull/o

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medulla oblongata, medulla (inner section), middle, soft, marrow

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mening/o, meninge/o

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myel/o

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spinal cord and bone marrow

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narc/o

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stupor, numbness, sleep

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neur/o, neur/i

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nervous system, nervous tissue, nerve

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psych/o

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somn/o, somn/i

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