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1
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-algia

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Pain, suffering

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-dys

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Bad, difficult, or painful

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-ectomy

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Surgical removal, cutting out, excision

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-hyper

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Excessive, increased

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-hypo

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Deficient, decreased

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-itis

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Inflammation

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-osis

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Abnormal condition, disease

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-ostomy

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Surgical creation of an artificial opening to the body surface

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-otomy / -tomy

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Cutting, surgical incision

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-plasty

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Surgical repair

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-rrhage / -rrhagia

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Bleeding, abnormal excessive fluid discharge

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-rrhaphy

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Surgical suturing

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-rrhea

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Flow or discharge

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-rrhexis

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Rupture

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-sclerosis

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Abnormal hardening

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Aden/o

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Gland

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Adip/o

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Fat

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Anter/o

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Before, front

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Caud/o

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Lower part of body, tail

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Cephal/o

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Head

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Cyt/o, -cyte

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Cell

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End-, endo-

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In, within, inside

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Exo-

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Out of, outside, away

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Hist/o

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Tissue

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-ologist

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Specialist

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-ology

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The science or study of

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Path/o, -pathy

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Disease, suffering, feeling, emotion

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Plas/i, plas/o, -plasia

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Development, growth, formation

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-centesis

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Surgical puncture

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-graphy

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Process of recording

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-scopy

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Visual examination

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ventr

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Belly side of the body

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-al

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Pertaining to

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Dors

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Back of the body

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Anter

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Situated in the front

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-ior

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Pertaining to

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Poster

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Back or toward the back

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-ic

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Pertaining to

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Home/o

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Constant

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-stasis

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Control

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Periton

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Peritoneum

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-plasm

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Formative material of cells

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-ectomy

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Surgical excision (removal)

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-gram

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A record, recording

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-megaly

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Abnormal enlargement

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-oma

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Tumor

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-penia

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Deficiency

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-pexy

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Surgical fixation of organ or tissue

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-pnea

A

Breathing

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-scope

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Instrument for viewing

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-uria

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Urination, urine

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a-, an-

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Without, not

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anti-

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Against

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bi-

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Two, double

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Brady-

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Slow

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Dys-

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Bad, difficult, painful

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Epi-

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Above

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Eu-

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Good, normal

59
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Hemi-

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One half

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Hemat/o

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Blood

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Intra-

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Inside, within

62
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Mal-

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Bad

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Neo-

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New

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Poly-

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Excessive, many

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Sub-

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Less than normal, below, underneath

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Supra-

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Above

67
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Tachy-

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Rapid

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Inter-

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Between, among

69
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-desis

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Surgical fixation or binding (fusing) bones or joints

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Carcen-

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Cancerous

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Ex-

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Out of, outside, away from

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Intra-

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Within, inside

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tele-

A

Distant

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-metry

A

To measure

75
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Angi/o

A

Relating to the blood vessels

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Pre-

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Before

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Post-

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After

78
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Peri-

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Around, surrounding

79
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-pathy

A

Disease

80
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-stenosis

A

Abnormal narrowing

81
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-stomy

A

Creation of an artificial opening

82
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Ankyl/o

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Crooked, bent, stiff

83
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Chondr/i, chondr/o

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Cartilage

84
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Cost/o

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Rib

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-desis

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To bind, tie together

86
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Kyph/o

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Bent, hump

87
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Lord/o

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Curve, swayback, bent

88
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-lysis

A

Loosening or setting free

89
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Scoli/o

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Curved, bent

90
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Spondyl/o

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Vertebrae, vertebral column, backbone

91
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-ia

A

Abnormal condition, disease

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Cleid/o

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Collarbone

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Carpi

A

Wrist or bones

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-asthenia

A

Weakness or lack of strength

Medical Billing and Coding (5 decks)

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