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Medical Terminology column 2
Medical Terminology column 2
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Nursing
Undergraduate 2
02/08/2011
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- toxic
 Definition
poison, toxin
Term
- ac, -al, -ary, -eal
 Definition
pertaining to, towards
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-ic, -ical, -ory
 Definition
pertaining to; relating to
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-ous, -tic
 Definition
possessing, full of, pertaining to
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-ia, -ism, -y
 Definition
condition or abnormal state, or a theory
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-ole, -icle, -ula, ule
 Definition
little or small
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anter/o
 Definition
anterior, front, before
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cyt/o
 Definition
cell
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hist/o
 Definition
tissue
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home/o
 Definition
same, likeness
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idi/o
 Definition
individual, distinct
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later/o
 Definition
side
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medi/o
 Definition
middle
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nucle/o
 Definition
nucleus
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path/o
 Definition
disease, suffering
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poster/o
 Definition
posterior, behind, toward the back
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proxim/o
 Definition
near
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radi/o
 Definition
x-ray or radioactive isotope/chemical
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ventr/o
 Definition
abdomen, anterior surface of the body
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viscer/o
 Definition
viscera
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ab-
 Definition
from, away from, absent
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ad-
 Definition
adherence, increase, toward
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infra-
 Definition
below, under, beneath, inferior to, after
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peri-
 Definition
around, about
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trans-
 Definition
across, over, beyond, through
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ultra-
 Definition
beyond, excess
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aden/o
 Definition
gland
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adip/o, lip/o, steat/o
 Definition
fat
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crypt/o
 Definition
hidden
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cutane/o, dermat/o, derm/o
 Definition
skin
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mamm/o, mast/o
 Definition
breat
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scler/o
 Definition
hard or relating to the sclera
Term
albin/o, leuk/o, leuc/o
 Definition
white
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cirrh/o, jaund/o, xanth/o
 Definition
yellow
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cyan/o
 Definition
blue
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erythem/o, erythr/o, rube/o
 Definition
red
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melan/o
 Definition
black
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squam/o
 Definition
scaly
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- cyte
 Definition
cell
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- derma
 Definition
skin
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epi -
 Definition
upon, over, at, in addition to, after
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hyper -
 Definition
above, excessive, beyond
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hypo-, sub-
 Definition
below or under, deficient, less than
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