Medical Terminology Chs. 1-3 Flashcards
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caud
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tail
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or/o
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mouth
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trich/o
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hair
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pil/o
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hair
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ocul/o
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eye
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opthalm/o
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eye
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nas/o
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nose
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rhin/o
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nose
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oro/o
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mouth
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stomat/o
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mouth
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thorac/o
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chest
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ot/o
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ear
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eponym
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name for disease/organ/etc. that is derived from name of a person
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abbreviation
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shortened form of written word/phrase
–> could be acronym (letters) or shortened word
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pharmacology
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study of the preparation, properties, uses, and actions of drugs
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-is plural
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-es (ex. diagnosis –> diagnoses)
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-um plural
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-a (ex. atrium –> atria)
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-us plural
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-i (ex. bacillus –> bacilli)
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-a plural
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-ae (ex. vertebra –> vertebrae)
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-ix plural
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-ices (ex. appendix –> appendices)
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-ex plural
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-ices (ex. cortex –> cortices)
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-ax plural
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-aces (ex. thorax –> thoraces)
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-ma plural
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-s or -mata (ex. carcinoma –> carcinomas or carcinomata)
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-on plural
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-a (ex. protozoon –> protozoa)
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-nx plural
-nges (ex. larynx --> larynges)
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-er / -ist
one who (specializes)
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-iatrician
practitioner
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-logist
one who studies; specialist
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-ac / -al / -ic / -ical / -an / -ar / -ary / -eal / -ive / -tic
pertaining to
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-logic / -logical
pertaining to the study of
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-iatrics / -iatry
medical profession or treatment of
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-logy
study or science of
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internist
one who specializes in internal medicine (internal structure of body)
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cardi/o
heart
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crin/o
to secrete
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dermat/o
skin
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cutane/o
skin
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esthesi/o
feeling or sensation
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gastr/o, enter/o
stomach / intestines (ex. gastroenterologist)
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ger/a, ger/o, geront/o
elderly
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gynec/o
female
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immun/o
immune
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ne/o, nat/o
new / birth
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neur/o
nerve
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obstetr/o
midwife
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onc/o
tumor
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orth/o, ped/o
straight / child
--> ped/o can also mean foot
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laryng/o
larynx
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path/o
disease
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ped/o
child
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psych/o
mind
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radi/o
radiation
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rheumat/o
rheumatism
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ur/o
urinary tract / urine
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pathology
general study of characteristics, causes, effects of disease
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pathologist
someone who studies disease
clinical: using lab tests, methods
surgical: studying tissues, organs removed during surgery
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plastic surgery
surgical repair or reconstruction of the body
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elective procedure
procedure performed by choice of patient (ex. aesthetic plastic surgery)
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orthopedics
preservation, restoration of bones and associated structures
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psychiatry
medical profession: causes, treatment, prevention of mental disorders
--> psychology (diagnosis of personality, behavioral disorders) is not a branch of medicine
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intensivists
physicians who specialize in the ICU
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triage
method of sorting ICU patients based on immediacy of their needs
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hospitalists
physicians who specialize at hospitals
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anesthesiology
administration and effects of anesthetics
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anesthetist
not a physician, but trained to administer anesthetics
--> think: assistant, nurse
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epidemiologist
physician who studies prevalence, spread, prevention of disease
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therapist
person with special skills to care for certain areas of healthcare
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-centesis
surgical puncture to aspirate / remove fluid (ex. amniocentesis)
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-ectomy
excision (ex. appendectomy)
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-lysis
process of loosening, freeing, or destroying (ex. hemolysis)
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-pexy
surgical fixation (ex. mastopexy = fixation of breasts)
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-plasty
surgical repair (ex. rhinoplasty)
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-rraphy
suture (stitching)
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-scopy
visual examination (ex. microscopy)
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-stomy
formation of opening
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-tome
instrument used for cutting (ex. microtome)
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-tomy
incision (cutting into tissue)
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-tripsy
surgical crushing
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aden/o
gland
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angi/o
vessel
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append/o, appendic/o
appendix
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bi/o
living / life
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blephar/o
eyelid
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cerebr/o, encephal/o
brain
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chir/o
hand
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col/o
colon / large intestine
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faci/o
face
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hepat/o
liver
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mamm/o, mast/o
breast
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muscul/o, my/o
muscle
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myel/o
bone marrow / spinal cord
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oste/o
bone
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pulm/o, pulmon/o, pneum/o, pneumon/o
lungs
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tonsill/o
tonsil
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trache/o
trachea (windpipe)
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vas/o
vessel (specifically: vas deferens)
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-algia, -dynia
pain (ex. neuralgia: pain in nerve)
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-cele
hernia (protrusion of part of organ) (ex. encephalocele: hernia of brain)
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-ectasia, -ectasis
dilation
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-edema
swelling (ex. lymphedema: swelling of lymphatic vessel)
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-emesis
vomiting
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-emia
condition of blood (ex. bacteremia: bacteria in blood)
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-ia, -iasis
condition (ex. psoriasis)
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-itis
inflammation
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-lith
stone (ex. cholelith: gallstone)
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-malacia
soft, softening
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-mania
excessive preoccupation (ex. kleptomania)
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-megaly
enlargement
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-oid
resembling (ex. mucoid: resembling mucus)
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-oma
tumor (ex. carcinoma)
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-osis
condition
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-pathy
disease
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-penia
deficiency
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-phobia
abnormal fear
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-ptosis
prolapse / sagging
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-rrhage, -rraghia
excessive bleeding or hemorrhage
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-rrhea
flow / discharge
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-rrhexis
rupture
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-spasm
twitching, cramp
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-stasis
stopping / controlling
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-able / -ible
capable of
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-ase
enzyme
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-eum, -ium
membrane
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-iac
one who suffers (ex. hemophiliac: suffers from hemophilia)
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-opia
vision
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-ose
sugar
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-ous
pertaining to / characterized by
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-y
state or condition
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adip/o, lip/o
fat (ex. liposuction)
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amyl/o
starch
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glyc/o
sugar
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hemat/o
blood
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lact/o
milk
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lith/o
stone
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micro
small
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muc/o
mucus
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prote/o, protein/o
protein
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pyr/o
fire
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mono- / uni-
one
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bi- / di-
two
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tri-
three
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quad- / quadra- / tetra-
four
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centi-
one hundred / one hundredth
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milli-
one thousandth
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diplo-
double
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hemi-, semi-
half / partly
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hyper-
excessive
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hypo-
under
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multi-, poly-
many
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nulli-
none
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pan-
all
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primi-
first
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super-, ultra-
excessive
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ab-
away from (ex. abduct: carry away from)
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ad-
toward (ex. addiction: drawn towards)
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ante-, pre-
before, in time or place
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circum-, peri-
around (ex. perimeter)
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contra-
against / opposed
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dia-
through (ex: diameter)
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ecto-, ex-, exo-, extra-
outside / without
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en-, end-, endo-
inside
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epi-
above / on (ex. epipen: held above the skin)
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hypo-, infra-, sub-
beneath / under
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inter-
between
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intra-
within
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ipsi-
same
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meso-, mid-
middle
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para-
near / beside / abnormal
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per-
through / by
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post-
after, behind
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retro-
behind / backward
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super-, supra-
above / beyond
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sym-, syn-
joined together
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trans-
across
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anti-
against
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brady-
slow
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dys-
bad / difficult / disordered
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eu-
good / normal
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mal-
bad / abnormal
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pro-
favoring / supporting
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tachy-
fast (ex. tachycardia: increased pulse rate)
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macro-, mega-, megalo-
large / great
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a-, an-, in-, non-
no / not / without
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alb/o, albin/o, leuk/o
white
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chlor/o
green
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cyan/o
blue
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erythr/o
red
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melan/o
black
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xanth/o
yellow
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cyt/o
-cyte
cell
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gen/o
-genic, -genesis
beginning / origin
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gram/o
-gram, -graph, -graphy
record / recording
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kinesi/o
-kinesia
-kinesis
movement / motion
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leps/o
-lepsy
seizure
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lys/o
-lysin
-lysis
destruction / dissolution
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malac/o
-malacia
soft / softening
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megal/o
-megaly
enlargement
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metr/o
-meter
-metry
measure
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phag/o
-phagia
-phagic
-phagy
eat / ingest
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phas/o
-phasia
speech
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pleg/o
-plegia
paralysis
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schis/o, schiz/o, schist/o
-schisis
split / cleft
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scler/o
-sclerosis
hard / hardening
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troph/o
-trophic
nutrition
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aer/o
air
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blast/o
embryonic form (ex. osteoblasts: embryonic bone cells)
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cancer/o, carcin/o
cancer
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cephal/o
head
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cry/o
cold
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crypt/o
hidden
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dips/o
thirst
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electr/o
electricity
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fibr/o
fiber
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hist/o
tissue
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narc/o
stupor (ex. narcotics: render person into a stupor)
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necr/o
dead
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optic/o, opt/o
vision
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phon/o
voice
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therm/o
heat
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phot/o
light
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py/o
pus
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top/o
position / place
