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1
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Eponyms

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put your name on something

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Acronyms

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Made up of first letters
ex: MRI

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Ultima

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the last syllable

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penult

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almost last syllable

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antepenult

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the one that is just before the penult

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Put emphasis on the

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antepenult (3rd to last syllable)

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gen/o

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creation, cause

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hydr/o

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water

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morph/o

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change

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myc/o

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fungus

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necr/o

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death

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orth/o

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straight

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path/o

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disease

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phag/o

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eat

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plas/o

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formation

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py/o

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pus

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scler/o

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hard

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sten/o

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narrowing

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xen/o

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foreign

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troph/o

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nourishment

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-ia
-ism

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condition

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-ium

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tissue, structure

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-y

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condition, procedure

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-icle,ole,ule,ula

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small

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-iatrics
-iatry

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medical science

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-iatrist
-logist

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specialist in mecine of

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-ist

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specialist

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-logy

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study of

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-algia
-dynia

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pain

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-cele

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hernia (bulging tissue)

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-emia

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blood condition

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-iasis

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presence of

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-itis

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inflammation

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-lysis

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loosen, break down

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-malacia

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abnormal softening

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-megaly

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enlargement

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-oid

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resembling

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-oma

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tumor

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-osis

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condition

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-pathy

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disease

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-penia

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deficiency

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-ptosis

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drooping

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-rrhage
-rrhagia

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excessive flow

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-rrhea

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flow

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-rrhexis

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rupture

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-spasm

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involuntary contraction

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-centesis

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puncture

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-gram

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written record

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-graph

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instrument used to produce a record

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-graphy

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process of recording

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-meter

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instrument used to measure

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-metry

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process of measuring

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-scope

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instrument used to look

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-scopy

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process of looking

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-desis

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binding, fixation

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-ectomy

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removal

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-pexy

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surgical fixation

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-plasty

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reconstruction

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-rrhaphy

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suture

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-stomy

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creation of an opening

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-tomy

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incision

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a-
an-

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not

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anti-
contra-

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against

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de-

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down, away from

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ante-
pre-
pro-

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before

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Brady-

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slow

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tachy-

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fast

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post-

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after

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ab-

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away

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re-

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again

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ad-

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toward

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circum-
peri-

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around

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dia-
trans-

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through

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e-
ec-
ex-

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out

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ecto-
exo-
extra-

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outside

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en-
endo-
intra-

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inside

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epi-

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upon

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sub-

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beneath

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inter-

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between

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bi-

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two

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hemi-
semi-

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half

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hyper-

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over

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hypo-

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under

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macro-

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large

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micro-

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small

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mono-
uni-

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one

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oligo-

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few

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pan-

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all

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poly-
multi-

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many

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con-
syn-
sym-

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with

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dys-

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bad

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eu-

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good

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medical words constructed by

A

root and suffix and sometimes a
prefix

root = foundation
suffix = gives essential meaning to the term

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