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Ab
Away from
Ad
Toward
Near
Ambi
Both
An
No
Lack of
Ana
Up
Ante
Before
Anti
Against
Auto
Self
Bi
Double
Brachy
Short
Cac
Bad
Circum
Around
Contra
Together
Di (a)
Through
Between
Di
Two
Dys
Bad painful
Ecto
Outside
outer
Endo
Within
Epi
Upon
Above
Ex
Out
Away from
Extra
Outside
Hemi
Half
Homo
Same
Hydro
Water
Hypo
Below
Hyper
Above
Infra
Below
Intra
Within
Inter
Between
Macro
Large
Mal
Bad
Meso
Middle
Meta
Beyond
Over
Neo
New
Oligo
Little
Scanty
Pan
All
Par
Around
Para
Beside
Alongside
Abnormal
Peri
Around
Post
After
Pseudo
False
Retro
Backward
Tachy
Fast
Trans
Across
ultra
Beyond
Acro
Extremity
Point
Aden
Gland
Adip
Fat
Albin
White
Anastom
Opening
Angi
Vessel
Arthr
Joint
Chloe
Green
Chym
Juice
Cirrh
Yellow
Coag
To clot
Crani
Skull
Cryo
Cold
Cyst
Bladder
Cyt
Cell
Derm
Skin
Hem
Blood
Hyster
Womb uterus
ili
Ilium
Jaund
Yellow
Leuk
White
Lip
Fat
Lith
Stone
Myo
Muscle
Necr
Death
Ocul
Eye
Oste
Bone
Ped
Foot
Phleb
Vein
Pollex
Thumb
Posteri
Back
Pulmo
Lung
Py
Pus
Pyret
Fever
Reno
Kidney
Stom
Mouth
Tendo
Tendon
Thorac
Chest
Thromb
Clot
-able
Capable
-ac
Pertaining to
-algesia
Pain
-ary
Pertaining to
-blast
Immature cell
-centesis
Surgical puncture
-cide
Kill
-Clysis
Injection
-cyst
Bladder
-derma
Skin
-ectomy
Surgical excision
-emesis
Vomiting
-emia
Blood condition
-graphy
Recording
-iasis
Condition
-ist
One who specializes
-itis
Inflammation
-logy
Study of
-lysis
Destruction
-Oma
Tumor
-opsy
To view
-osis
Condition
-penia
Lack of
-phagia
To eat
-phasia
To speak
-rrhage
To bust forth
-rehea
Flow
Discharge
-scope
Instrument
-scopy
To view
-sepsis
Decay
-stomy
New opening
-systole
Contraction
-tomy
Incision
-trophy
Nourishment
-Uria
Urine
Viscosity
Thick
Vasoconstriction
Narrowing of vessels
Febrile
Pt with fever
Afebrile
Without fever
Hypothermia
Below normal temperature
Hypovelima
Loss of blood volume
Apnea
Absence of breathing
Dyspnea
Difficulty breathing
-meter
Measuring device
-oxia
Oxygen
-globulin
Protein
-emia
Blood
Patho
Disease
Melan
Black
Dark
Scler
Hardening
Xanth
Yello
Eosin
Red
Therm
Heat
Glyc
Sugars
Bacilli
Bacteria
Onch
Tumor
Dorso
Back
Hypno
Sleep
Echo
Reflecting exam
Poly
Multiple
Iso
Equal
Abduct
Moving away from the body
Adduct
Moving towards the body
Inhale
Breathing in
Exhale
Breathing out
Pre
Before
Unconscious
Not conscious
Dermititis
Inflammation of the skin
Hepatomegaly
Enlarged liver
Gastralgia
Stomach ache
Gastro
Stomach
-phobia
Fear
-phoria
Feeling
-cele
Hernia
-cytosis
Condition of cell
-ectasia
Dilation
-crine
Secreting
-Pnea
Breathing
Hemorrhage
Bleeding profusely
Eu-
Normal
Hemoglobin
Protein of red blood cells
Anoxia
Lack of oxygen
Colostomy
Surgical opening in the colon
Hemostatic
Stopping blood flow
Thrombolytic
Breaking down a thrombus (blood clot)
-crit
Separate
-pheresis
Removal
Biopsy
Removal of living tissue to view
Cutane-
Skin
Hemoptysis
Coughing up blood
Colitis
Inflammation of Colin
Fistula
Small opening
Lithotripsy
Breaking up stones
-tripsy
Breaking up
Crushing
-plasty
Repair
Urethroplasty
Repair of urethra
Hematoturia
Blood in urine
Oo
Egg
Mastectomy
Removal of breast
A
No
Not
Without