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Med Term Chapter 1 JMG
Learning Terminology
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Undergraduate 4
04/10/2009

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acanth(o)-
Definition
Spiny, thorny
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actin(o)-
Definition
light
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aer(o)
Definition
air; gas
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alge, algesi, algio, algo
Definition
pain
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amyl(o)
Definition
starch
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andro
Definition
masculine
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athero
Definition
plaque, fatty substance
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bacill(i)
Definition
bacilli, bacteria
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bacteri(o)
Definition
bacteria
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bar(o)
Definition
weight, pressure
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bas(o), basi(o)
Definition
base (acid/base)
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bio-
Definition
life
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blasto-
Definition
immature cells
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cac(o)
Definition
bad; ill
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calc(o), calci(o)
Definition
calcium
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carcin(o)
Definition
cancer
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chemo
Definition
chemical
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chloro
Definition
chlorine, green
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chondrio, chondro
Definition
cartilage, grainy, gritty
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choreo
Definition
dance
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chrom, chromat, chromo
Definition
color
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chrono
Definition
time
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chylo
Definition
chyle, a digestive juice
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chymo
Definition
chyme, a semifluid production of chyme in the stomach
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cineo
Definition
movement
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conio
Definition
dust
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crino
Definition
secrete
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cryo
Definition
cold
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crypto
Definition
hidden, obscure
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cyano
Definition
blue
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cyclo
Definition
circle, cyclic, ciliary body
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cysto, cysti
Definition
bladder, cyst, cystic duct
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cyto
Definition
cell
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dextro
Definition
right
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dipso
Definition
thirst
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dorso, dorsi
Definition
back
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dynamo
Definition
force, energy
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echo
Definition
reflected sound
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electro
Definition
electricity, electric
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eosino
Definition
red, rosy
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ergo
Definition
work
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erythro
Definition
red, redness
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esthesio
Definition
sensation, perception
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ethmo
Definition
of the ethmoid bone
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etio
Definition
cause
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fibro
Definition
fiber
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fluoro
Definition
light, luminous, fluorine
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fungi
Definition
fungus
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galacto
Definition
milk
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geno
Definition
producing, being born
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gero, geronto
Definition
old age
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gluco
Definition
glucose
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glyco
Definition
sugar
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gonio
Definition
angle
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granulo
Definition
granular
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gyno, gyne, gyneco
Definition
women
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homeo, homo
Definition
same, constant
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hydro
Definition
hydrogen, water
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hypno
Definition
sleep
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iatro
Definition
physician, treatment
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ichthyo
Definition
dry, scaly, fish
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idio
Definition
distinct, unknown
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immuno
Definition
safe, immune
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kali
Definition
potassium
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karyo
Definition
nucleus
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keto, ketono
Definition
ketone, acetone
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kino, kine
Definition
movement
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kinesio, kineso
Definition
motion
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kypho
Definition
humpback
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lacto, lacti
Definition
milk
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latero
Definition
lateral, to one side
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lepto
Definition
light, fragile, thin
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leuko
Definition
white
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lipo
Definition
fat
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litho
Definition
stone
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logo
Definition
speech, words, thought
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lyso
Definition
dissolution
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macro
Definition
large, long
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medio
Definition
middle, medial plane
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mega megalo
Definition
large, million
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melano
Definition
black, dark
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meso
Definition
middle, median
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micro
Definition
small, one-millionth, tiny
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mio
Definition
smaller, less
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morpho
Definition
structure; shape
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narco
Definition
sleep, numbness
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necro
Definition
death, dying
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nocti
Definition
night
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normo
Definition
normal
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nucleo
Definition
nucleus
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nycto
Definition
night
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oncho, onco
Definition
tumor
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ortho
Definition
straight, normal
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oxy
Definition
sharp, acute, oxygen
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pachy
Definition
thick
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patho
Definition
disease
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phago
Definition
eating, devouring, swallowing
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pharmaco
Definition
drugs, medicine
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phono
Definition
sound, voice, speech
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photo
Definition
light
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physi, physio
Definition
physical, natural
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physo
Definition
air, gas, growing
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phyto
Definition
plant
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plasma, plasmo
Definition
formative; plasma
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poikilo
Definition
varied, irregular
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pseudo
Definition
false
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pyo
Definition
pus
Term
pyreto
Definition
fever
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pyro
Definition
fever; fire; heat
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radio
Definition
radiation; x-ray, nucleus
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salpingo
Definition
split
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schizo
Definition
split, division
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sclero
Definition
hardness, hardening
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scolio
Definition
crooked, bent
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scoto
Definition
darkness
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sidero
Definition
iron
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sito
Definition
food, grain
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somato
Definition
body
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somno, somni
Definition
sleep
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sono
Definition
sound
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spasmo
Definition
spasm
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sphero
Definition
round, spherical
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spiro
Definition
breath, breathe
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squamo
Definition
scale squamous
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staphylo
Definition
grape-like clusters
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steno
Definition
narrowness
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stereo
Definition
3D
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strepto
Definition
twisted chains; streptococci
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stylo
Definition
peg-shaped
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syringo
Definition
tube
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telo, teleo
Definition
distant, end, complete
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terato
Definition
monster (i.e. malformed fetus)
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thermo
Definition
heat
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tono
Definition
tension; pressure
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topo
Definition
place, topical
Term
toxi, toxico, toxo
Definition
poison, toxin
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tropho
Definition
food, nutrition
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vivi
Definition
life
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xantho
Definition
yello
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xeno
Definition
stranger
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xero
Definition
dry
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xipho
Definition
sword, xiphoid
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zoo
Definition
life
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zymo
Definition
fermentation, enzyme
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