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Dermat and cutane meaning

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Skin

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Nephr or ren meaning

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Kidney

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Gastr/ meaning

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Stomach

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Hepat/ meaning

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Liver

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Oste/ meaning

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Bone

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Suffix -itis meaning

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Inflammation

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-megaly meaning

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Enlargement

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-oma meaning

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Tumor

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-cyte meaning

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Cell

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An- meaning

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Without/not

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Hyper-

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Excessive, above normal

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Intra-

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In, within

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Para-

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Near, beside; beyond

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Poly-

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Many, much

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Pre-

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Before

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Hemat definition

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Blood

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Arthr-

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Joint

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-emesis

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Vomiting

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-logy

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Study of

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-centesis

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Surgical puncture

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-dynia and -algia

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Pain

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-pathy

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Disease

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Encephal/

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Brain

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-clasis

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To break; surgical fracture

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-desis

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Binding,fixation (of bone or joint)

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-ectomy

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Excision, removal

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-lysis

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Separation, destruction, loosening

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-pexy

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Fixation (of an organ)

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-plasty

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Surgical repair

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-rrhaphy

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Suture

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-stomy

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Forming an opening (mouth)

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-tome

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Instrument to cut

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-tomy

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Incision

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34
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-tripsy

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Crushing

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-gram

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Record; writing

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-graph

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Instrument for recording

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-graphy

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Process of recording

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-scope

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Instrument for examining

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-scopy

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Visual examination

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-cele

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Hernia or swelling

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-ectasis

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Dilation, expansion

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-emia

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Blood condition

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-gen and -genesis

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Forming, producing, origin

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-malacia

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Softening

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-osis

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Abnormal condition increase (used primarily with blood cells)

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-penia

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Decrease, deficiency

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-phobia

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Fear

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-plegia

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Paralysis

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-ptosis

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Prolapse, downward displacement

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-rrhea

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Discharge, flow

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-rrhexis

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Rupture

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-sclerosis

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Abnormal condition of hardening

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-spasm

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Involuntary contraction, twitching

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-stenosis

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Narrowing, stricture

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-toxic

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Poison

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Pertaining to adjectives:

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  • ac
  • al
  • ar
  • ary
  • eal
  • ic
  • ous
  • tic
57
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-ia and -ism

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Condition

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-iatry, -ist

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Medicine; treatment

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-y

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Condition; process

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Diminutive nouns (small, minute)

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-icle, -ole, -ule

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-endo, -intra

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In, within

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-epi

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Above, upon

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Hypo-

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Under, below; deficient

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Infra-, sun-

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Under, below

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Inter-

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Between

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Retro-

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Behind, backward

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Bi-

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Two

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Dipl-, diplo-

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Double

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Hemi-

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One half

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Hyper-

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Excessive, above normal

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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-

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One

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Multi-, poly-

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Many, much

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Quadri-

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Four

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Tri-

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Three

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Ab-

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From, away from

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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, across

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Ecto-, eco-, extra-

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Outside, outward

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Para-

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Near, beside; beyond

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Super-

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Above; upper

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Supra-

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Above, excessive; superior

85
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Ultra-

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Excess, beyond

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A-, an-

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Without, not

87
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Anti-, contra-

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Against

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Auto-

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Self, own

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Brady-

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Slow

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Dys-

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Bad; painful; difficult

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Eu-

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Good, normal

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Hetero-

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Different

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Homo-, homeo-

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Same

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Tachy-

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Rapid

Medical Terminology (2 decks)

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