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Medical Terminology
Medical Terminology
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04/28/2007
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hist/o; histi/o
 Definition
tissue
Term
acous/o; -acusis
 Definition
hearing
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acr/o
 Definition
extremity
Term
-ad; af-
 Definition
toward
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adren/o
 Definition
gland
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-cylysis
 Definition
washing, irrigating
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-algesia
-algia
 Definition
pain
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cyt/o; -cyte
 Definition
cell
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ana-
 Definition
against, up, back
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andro/o
 Definition
male
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angi/o
 Definition
vessel- usually blood or lymph
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aniso-
 Definition
unequal, dissimilar
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ankyl/o
 Definition
stiffness; bent, crooked
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anter/o
 Definition
anterior front
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audi/o
audit/o
 Definition
hearing
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aur/o
auricul/o
 Definition
ear
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atel/o
 Definition
incomplete; imperfect
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-ate
 Definition
having the form of, possessing
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-ary,ac, al, ar, eal, ic, ical, ile, ior, ous, tic
 Definition
pertaining to
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esis, ia, ism
 Definition
condition
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icle, ole, ule
 Definition
small, minute
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plasia, plasm
 Definition
formation, growth
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-rrhage, rrhagia
 Definition
bursting of
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-rrhea
 Definition
discharge, flow
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-rrhexis
 Definition
rupture
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-trophy
 Definition
nourishment, development
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hemat
 Definition
blood
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arthr/o
 Definition
joint
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encephal/o
 Definition
brain
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-clasis
 Definition
to break; surgical fx
Term
-desis
 Definition
binding, fixation
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-lysis
 Definition
seperation; destruction; loosening
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-pexy
 Definition
fixation of an organ
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-plasty
 Definition
surgical repair
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-rrhaphy
 Definition
suture
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-stomy
 Definition
forming an opening (mouth)
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-tripsy
 Definition
crushing
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-gram
 Definition
record, writing
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-graph
 Definition
instrument for recording
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graphy
 Definition
process of recording
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-metry
 Definition
act of measuring
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-scope
 Definition
instrument for examining
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-scopy
 Definition
visual examination
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-algia/-dynia
 Definition
pain
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-ectasis
 Definition
dilation, expansion
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-iasis
-osis
 Definition
abnormal condition
abnormal condition; increase (used with blood cells)
Term
-malacia
 Definition
softening
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-megaly
 Definition
enlargement
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-penia
 Definition
decrease, deficiency
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epi-
 Definition
above, upon
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infra-, sub-
 Definition
under, below
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dipl-, diplo-
 Definition
double
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dia-, trans-
 Definition
across, through
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ecto-, exo-, extra-
 Definition
outside, outward
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endo-, intra-
 Definition
in, within
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salping/o
 Definition
tube such as fallopian tube or eustachian tube
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scler/o
 Definition
hardening; sclera
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sphhygm/o; -sphyxia
 Definition
pulse
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spir/o
 Definition
breathe
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-stasis
 Definition
standing still
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sten/o;-stenosis
 Definition
narrowing; stricture
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muscul/o, my/o, myos/o
 Definition
muscle
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onych/o
 Definition
nail
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glauc/o
 Definition
gray
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-esthesia, esthes/o
 Definition
feeling
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