Medical Terminology Module 4 Flashcards by Kelsey Juengling

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Endo prefix meaning

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Within, inside

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Exo prefix meaning

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Away from, on the outer side

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Hemi prefix meaning

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Half

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Hyper prefix meaning

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Over, above, excessive

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Hypo prefix meaning

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Under, below, deficient

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Para prefix meaning

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Alongside, beside

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Poly prefix meaning

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Many, much

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Supra prefix meaning

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Above

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Tetra prefix meaning

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Four

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Tri prefix meaning

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Three

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Al, eal, ar, ial, ary, : suffix meaning

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Pertaining too

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Crine suffix meaning

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Separate, secrete

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Megaly suffix meaning

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Enlargement, great, large

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Oid suffix meaning

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Shaped

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Plegia suffix meaning

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Paralysis

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Trophy suffix meaning

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Nourish, grow, develop

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Adren/o root meaning

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Kidney or adrenal gland

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Andr/o root meaning

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Male

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Aut/o root meaning

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Self

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Capitis root meaning

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Head

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Chondro root meaning

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Cartilage

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Clavico/ cleido root meaning

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Clavicle

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Cortic/o root meaning

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Cortex(outer layer of body or organ)

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Cost/o root meaning

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Rib

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Dips/o root meaning

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Thirst

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Endocrin/o root meaning

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Endocrine

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Faci/o root meaning

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Face

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Ger/o root meaning

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Old age, aged

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Glyc/o, gluc/o root meaning

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Sugar, sweet

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Kyph/o root meaning

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Hump

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Lact/o root

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Milk

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Lamin/o root meaning

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Lamina(thin, flat plate, or layer)

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Lord/o root meaning

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Bent forward

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Myel/o root meaning

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Bone marrow, spinal cord

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Pancreat/o root meaning

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Pancreas

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Parathyr/o root meaning

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Parathyroid gland

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Ped/o root meaning

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Child, foot

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Ren/o root meaning

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Kidney

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Stern/o root meaning

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Sternum

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Thym/o root meaning

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Thymus gland

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Thyroid/o , thyr/o root meaning

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Thyroid gland

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Spondyl/o vertebr/o root meaning

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Vertebra, spinal or vertebral column