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Medical Terminology
Chapter 4
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02/21/2009
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aut/o
 Definition
self
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bi/o
 Definition
life
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coni/o
 Definition
dust
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crypt/o
 Definition
hidden
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cutane/o, derm/o, dermat/o
 Definition
skin
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heter/o
 Definition
other
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hidr/o
 Definition
sweat
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kerat/o
 Definition
horny tissue, hard
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myc/o
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fungus
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necr/o
 Definition
death (cells, body)
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onych/o, ungu/o
 Definition
nail
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pachy/o
 Definition
thick
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rhytid/o
 Definition
wrinkles
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seb/o
 Definition
sebum (oil)
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staphyl/o
 Definition
grapelike clusters
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strept/o
 Definition
twisted chains
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trich/o
 Definition
hair
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xer/o
 Definition
dry
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epi-
 Definition
up, upon, over
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intra-
 Definition
within
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per-
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through
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para-
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beside, beyond, around, abnormal
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sub-
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under, below
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trans-
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through, across, beyond
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-a
 Definition
noun suffix, no meaning
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-coccus (pl. -cocci)
 Definition
berry shaped (form of bacterium)
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-ectomy
 Definition
excision or surgical removal
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-ia
 Definition
diseased or abnormal state, condition of
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-itis
 Definition
inflammation
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-malacia
 Definition
softening
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-opsy
 Definition
view of, viewing
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-phagia
 Definition
eating or swallowing
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-plasty
 Definition
surgical repair
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-rrhea
 Definition
flow, discharge
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-tome
 Definition
instrument used to cut
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