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Chapter 1
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Undergraduate 1
05/15/2011
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-er, -ist
 Definition
one who
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-iatrician
 Definition
practitioner
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-logist
 Definition
one who studies
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-ac, -al, -ic
 Definition
pertaining to
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-logic, -logical
 Definition
pertaining to the study of
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-iatrics, -iatry
 Definition
medical profession
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-logy
 Definition
study or science of
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cardi/o
 Definition
heart
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crin/o
 Definition
to secrete
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dermat/o
 Definition
skin
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esthesi/o
 Definition
feeling or sensation
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gastr/o, enter/o
 Definition
stomach, intestines
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ger/a, ger/o, geront/o
 Definition
elderly
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gynec/o
 Definition
female
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immun/o
 Definition
immune
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ne/o, nat/o
 Definition
new, birth
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neur/o
 Definition
nerve
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obstetr/o
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midwife
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onc/o
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tumor
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opthalm/o
 Definition
eye
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orth/o
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straight
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ped/o
 Definition
child
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ot/o
 Definition
ear
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laryng/o
 Definition
larynx
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path/o
 Definition
disease
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psych/o
 Definition
mind
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radi/o
 Definition
radiation
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rheumat/o
 Definition
rheumatism
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rhin/o
 Definition
nose
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ur/o
 Definition
urnary tract
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-centesis
 Definition
surgical puncture
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-ectomy
 Definition
excicion
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-lysis
 Definition
loosing, destroying
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-pexy
 Definition
surgical fixation
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-plasty
 Definition
surgical repair
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-rrhaphy
 Definition
suture
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-scopy
 Definition
visual examinaition
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-stomy
 Definition
formation of opening
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-tome
 Definition
instrument used for cutting
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-tomy
 Definition
incision
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-tripsy
 Definition
surgical crushing
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aden/o
 Definition
gland
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angi/o
 Definition
vessel
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append/o, appendic/o
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sppenddix
Term
bi/o
 Definition
life or living
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blephar/o
 Definition
eyelid
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cerebr/o, encephal/o
 Definition
brain
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chir/o
 Definition
hand
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col/o
 Definition
colon
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cutane/o, dem/a, dermat/o
 Definition
skin
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faci/o
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face
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hepat/o
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liver
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mamm/o, mast/o
 Definition
breast
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