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Medical Terminology Flashcards

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Macro

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large

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Micro

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small

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Megalo or megaly

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very large

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peri

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around

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trans

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across

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endo

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within or inside

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inter

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between

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chloro

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green

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leuk

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white

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eryth

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red

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cyan

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blue

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dys

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not working correctly/normally

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mal

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bad

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emia

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blood condition

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itis

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inflammation

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osis

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condition or disease (usually non-inflammatory)

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pathy

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disease

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hyper

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above normal

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hypo

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below normal

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tachy

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fast

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brady

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slow

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echo

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ultrasonic waves

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electro

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electricity

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ectomy

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removal of

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gram

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picture

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graph or graphy

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process of taking a picture

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otomy

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making a cut in/removing a part of

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scopy

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use of instrument for viewing

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stomy

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create an opening in

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plasty

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modifying the shape of/repairing

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vas or vasc

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veins and arteries

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blood

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hem or hemo or sangu

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angi or angio

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blood vessels

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ven or veno or phleb or phlebo

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veins

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aort

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aorta

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arteri or arterio

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arteries

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diaphoresis

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profuse sweating

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anasarca

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edema that is generalized over the whole body

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hirsutism

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excess body hair

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petechia

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small red spots

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purpura

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blood spots or skin hemorrhages, refers to purple-colored skin spots that are most recognizable on the skin.

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dysphagia

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difficulty swallowing

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hemoptysis

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coughing up of blood or blood stained

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precordial

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anterior chest wall over the heart

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retrosternal

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behind the breadtbone

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cyanosis

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bluish cast to the skin and mucous membranes

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dyspnea

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shortness of breath, “air hunger”

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orthopmea

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sensation of breathlessness in the recumbent position, relieved by sitting or standing

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paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea

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condition that triggers sudden shortness of breath during sleep

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nocturia

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wake up in the middle of the night because you have to urinate

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intermittent claudication

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muscle pain on mild exertion (ache, cramp, numbness, or sense of fatigue), classically in calf

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cerebrovascular accident

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Sudden death of some brain cells due to lack of oxygen when the blood flow to the brain is impaired by blockage or rupture of an artery to the brain. A CVA is also referred to as a stroke.

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parenteral

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medication administered or occurring elsewhere in the body than the mouth and alimentary canal

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Root: brachi(o)

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Meaning: arm

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Root: bucc(o)

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Meaning: Cheek

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Root: Cardi(o)

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Meaning: Heart

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Root: Carp(o)

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Meaning: Wrist

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Root: Cephal(o)

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Meaning: Head

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Root: Colp(o)

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Meaning: Vagina

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Root: Crani(o)

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Meaning: Skull

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Root: Cyst(o)

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Meaning: Bladder

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Root: Cyto

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Meaning: Cell

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Root: Dactyl(o)

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Meaning: Finger, toe

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Root: Encephal(o)

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Meaning: Brain

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Root: Enter(o)

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Meaning: Intestine

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Root: Gloss(o)

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Meaning: Tongue

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Root: Hemo, sanguin(o)

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Meaning: Blood

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Root: Hyster(o)

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Meaning: Womb, uterus

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Root: Mast(o), mamm(o)

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Meaning: Breast

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Root: Men(o)

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Meaning: Month, r/t menses

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Root: Nephr(o), Ren(o)

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Meaning: Kidney

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Root: Oophor(o)

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Meaning: Ovary

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Root: Ophthalm, Ocul(o)

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Meaning: Eye

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Root: Ot(o), Auri, Aud

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Meaning: Ear

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Root: Phleb(o), Ven(o)

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Meaning: Vein

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Root: Pod

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Meaning: Foot

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Root: Rhin(o)

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Meaning: Nose

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Root: Salping(o)

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Meaning: Fallopian tube

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Root: Thorac(o)

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Meaning: Chest

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Root: Thromb(o)

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Meaning: Clot

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Root: Gluc(o)

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Meaning: sweet, sugar

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Root: Hydr(o)

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Meaning: water

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Root: Lact(o)

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Meaning: milk

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Root: Lip(o), adip(o)

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Meaning: fat

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Root: Therm

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Meaning: Heat

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Root: Melan(o)

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Meaning: black

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Root: Cirrh(o)

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Meaning: yellow

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Root: Ankyl(o)

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Meaning: stiff, fixed, crooked

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Root: Sten(o), Stric

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Meaning: narrow

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Root: Ortho

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Meaning: straight position

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Root: kypho

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Meaning: bent, crooked

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Root: pseudo

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Meaning: false

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Root: poly, hyper, multi

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Meaning: many, much

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Root: oligo, hypo

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Meaning: few

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Root: Iso

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Meaning: equal

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Root: Diplo, ambi

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Meaning: both, double

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Root: hemi

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Meaning: half

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Root: pan

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Meaning: all

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Root: pro, ante, pre

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Meaning: before

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Root: post

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Meaning: after

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Root: super, supra

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Meaning: above

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Root: Sub

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Meaning: below

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Root: Dors(o)

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Meaning: back

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Root: retro

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Meaning: backwards

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Root: para

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Meaning: beside

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Root: Re

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Meaning: again

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Root: Later(o)

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Meaning: side

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Root: Medi(o)

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Meaning: middle

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Root: Schizo

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Meaning: split

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Root: Inter

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Meaning: between

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Root: heter(o)

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Meaning: different

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Root: Hom(o)

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Meaning: same

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Root: Ad(o)

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Meaning: towards

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Root: Ab(o)

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Meaning: away from

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Root: endo, in, intra

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Meaning: in, within, inside

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Root: Ex(o), Ec(to)

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Meaning: Out

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Root: anti, contra

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Meaning: against

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Root: epi

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Meaning: upon, above

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Root: dia, trans

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Meaning: through

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Root: Peri, Circum

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Meaning: around

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Root: sinister(a)

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Meaning: left

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Root: dextr(o)

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Meaning: right

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Root: Aden(o)

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Meaning: gland

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Root: Arthr(o)

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Meaning: Joint

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Root: Cervic(o)

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Meaning: neck

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Root: Costo

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Meaning: Rib

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Root: Cyto

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Meaning: cell

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Root: Derm

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Meaning: skin

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Root: Gastr(o)

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Meaning: Stomach

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Root: Glosso

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Meaning: tongue

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Root: Heme

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Meaning: blood

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Root: Hepat(o)

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Meaning: liver

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Root: Lingu

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Meaning: Tongue

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Root: Litho

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Meaning: stone

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Root: My

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Meaning: muscle

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Root: Myo, myel

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Meaning: marrow

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Root: Neuro

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Meaning: nerve

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Root: Oto

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Meaning: Ear

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Root: Opti, Ocu

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Meaning: Eye

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Root: Osteo

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Meaning: Bone

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Root: Pneum(o), Pulm

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Meaning: lung

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Root: psycho

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Meaning: mind

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Root: rhino

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Meaning: nose

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Root: thor(a)

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Meaning: chest

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Root: Vasc

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Meaning: vessel

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Prefix: A(n)

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Meaning: without (e.g. anemia, avascular)

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Prefix: Auto

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Meaning: self (e.g. autoimmune)

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Prefix: Dys

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Meaning: Difficult, painful (e.g. dyspnea, dysuria)

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Prefix: Gravida

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Meaning: Pregnant, heavy (e.g. gravidity)

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Prefix: Neo

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Meaning: New (e.g. neonatal, neoplasm)

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Suffix: centesis

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Meaning: tap, puncture (e.g. thoracentesis)

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Suffix: ectomy

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Meaning: Removal (e.g. mastectomy, appendectomy)

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Suffix: lysis

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Meaning: separate, destroy (e.g. hemolysis)

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Suffix: Ostomy

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Meaning: form an opening (e.g. colostomy)

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Suffix: Otomy

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Meaning: Cut into (e.g. tracheotomy, craniotomy)

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Suffix: Plasty

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Meaning: Repair (rhinoplasty)

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Suffix: algia

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Meaning: pain (e.g. arthralgia, myalgia)

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Suffix: Cele

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Meaning: Hernia, swelling (e.g. hydrocele, cystocele)

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Suffix: Emia

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Meaning: blood (e.g. leukemia, anemia)

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Suffix: Gen

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Meaning: producing (e.g. carcinogen, allergen)

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Suffix: Itis

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Meaning: inflammation (e.g. appendicitis, hepatitis)

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Suffix: Megaly

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Meaning: Enlargement (e.g. splenomegaly, hepatomegaly)

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Suffix: Oid

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Meaning: Resemble (fibroid, keloid)

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Suffix: oma

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Meaning: tumor (e.g. adenoma, myoma)

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Suffix: osis

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Meaning: abnormal condition (e.g. dermatosis)

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Suffix: Pathy

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Meaning: disease (e.g. neuropathy, psychopathology)

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Suffix: Penia

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Meaning: deficiency (e.g. cytopenia, thrombocytopenia)

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Suffix: phagia

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Meaning: eating (e.g. dysphagia)

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Suffix: phasia

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Meaning: speech (e.g. aphasia, dysphagia)

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Suffix: Plegia

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Meaning: paralysis (e.g. paraplegia, quadriplegia)

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Suffix: Phobia

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Meaning: fear (e.g. acrophobia, agoraphobia)

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Suffix: Pnea

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Meaning: Air, breathing (e.g. apnea, dyspnea, orthopnea)

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Suffix: Rrhage

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Meaning: burst forth (e.g. hemorrhage)

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Suffix: Sclerosis

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Meaning: Hardening (e.g. atherosclerosis)

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Suffix: Spasm

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Meaning: contraction (bronchospasm)

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Suffix: troph(o)

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Meaning: nourishment (e.g. atrophy, hypertrophy)

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Suffix: uri(a)

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Meaning: urine (e.g. nocturia, dysuria)

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Suffix: Rrhea

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Meaning: flow, discharge (e.g. diarrhea)

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Cephalocaudal

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head-to-toe

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proximodistally

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midline to periphery

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Ology

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Phon(o)

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sound (e.g. bronchophony)

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S/P

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status post (after)

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sp.gr.

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specific gravity

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S.Q.

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subcutaneous(ly)

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STAT

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immediately

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STS

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serological test for syphilis

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Sx

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TCDB

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turn, cough, deep breathe

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TIA

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transient ischemial attack (mini stroke)

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tid

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TM

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tympanic membrane

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TMJ

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temporomand-ibular joint

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TNTC

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too numerous to count

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TPN

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total parenteral nutrition

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TURP

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transurethral resection of prostate

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TSE

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testicular self-examination

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UA

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urinalysis

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mmHg

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millimeters of mercury

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