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Medical Terminology 1
for Chabner's The Language of Medicine
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Medical
Post-Graduate
09/03/2009

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adeno
Definition
gland
Term
arthro
Definition
joint
Term
bio
Definition
life
Term
carcino
Definition
cancerous
Term
cardio
Definition
heart
Term
cephalo
Definition
head
Term
cerebro
Definition
cerebrum
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ciso
Definition
to cut
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crino
Definition
to secrete
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cysto
Definition
urinary bladder or a sac or cyst
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cyto
Definition
cell
Term
dermo
Definition
skin
Term
electro
Definition
electricity
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encephalo
Definition
brain
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entero
Definition
intestines
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erythro
Definition
red
Term
gastro
Definition
stomach
Term
gnoso
Definition
knowledge
Term
gyneco
Definition
woman
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hemato
Definition
blood
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hepato
Definition
liver
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iatro
Definition
treatment or physician
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leuko
Definition
white
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nephro
Definition
kidney
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neuro
Definition
nerve
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onco
Definition
tumor
Term
ophthalmo
Definition
eye
Term
osteo
Definition
bone
Term
patho
Definition
disease
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pedo
Definition
child
Term
psycho
Definition
mind
Term
radio
Definition
x-rays
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reno
Definition
kidney
Term
rhino
Definition
nose
Term
sarco
Definition
flesh
Term
sarco
Definition
flesh
Term
secto
Definition
to cut
Term
thrombo
Definition
clot
Term
uro
Definition
urinary tract or urine
Term
-ac, -al, -ic, -ical
Definition
pertaining to
Term
-algia
Definition
pain
Term
-cyte
Definition
cell
Term
-ectomy
Definition
excision, removal
Term
-emia
Definition
blood condition
Term
-genic
Definition
pertaining to producing, produced by, produced in
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-globin
Definition
protein
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-gram
Definition
record
Term
-ion
Definition
process
Term
-ist
Definition
specialist
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-itis
Definition
inflammation
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-itis
Definition
inflammation
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-logy
Definition
process of study
Term
-oma
Definition
tumor, mass, swelling
Term
-opsy
Definition
process of viewing
Term
-osis
Definition
a condition, possibly abnormal
Term
-pathy
Definition
disease condition
Term
-scope
Definition
instrument to visually examine
Term
-scopy
Definition
process of visually examining
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-sis
Definition
state of, condition
Term
-tomy
Definition
process of cutting, incision
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-y
Definition
process, condition
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a-, an-
Definition
no, not, without
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aut-, auto-
Definition
self, own
Term
dia-
Definition
through, complete
Term
end-, endo-
Definition
within
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epi-
Definition
above, upon
Term
ex-
Definition
out
Term
exo-
Definition
outside of, outward
Term
hyper-
Definition
excessive, above, more than normal
Term
hypo-
Definition
deficient, below, under, less than normal
Term
in-
Definition
into, in
Term
peri-
Definition
surrounding, around
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pro-
Definition
before, forward
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re-
Definition
back, backward, again
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retro-
Definition
behind
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sub-
Definition
below, under
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trans-
Definition
across, through
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