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Medical Terminology
Word Parts (-GEN/O-HOLIST/O)
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Undergraduate 3
04/28/2010
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gen/o
 Definition
race
Term
geni/o
 Definition
chin
Term
genit/o
 Definition
reproductive or birth
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genu-
 Definition
knee
Term
-gen
 Definition
origin, develop, to produce, to form, to make
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ger/o-
 Definition
old or old age
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gest-
 Definition
to bear or separate
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gingiv/o
 Definition
gum
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glandul/o
 Definition
little acorn or gland
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glauc/o-
 Definition
waterfall or gray
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gli/o-
 Definition
glue or glue-like
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glomerul/o
 Definition
small round mass or tiny ball
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gloss/o-
 Definition
tongue
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glott/o-
 Definition
back of tongue
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glut-
 Definition
buttocks
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glyco-
 Definition
sugar
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-gnosis
 Definition
knowledge
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goiter
 Definition
swelling (throat)
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gon/o-
 Definition
seed or seed producer
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gout
 Definition
to drop
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-grade
 Definition
a step, stage, or degree in a process
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-graft
 Definition
to probe or cut with a knife
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-gram
 Definition
to record
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-graphy
 Definition
procedure of using an instrument to do recording
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-graph
 Definition
instrument
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gravid/o-
 Definition
heavy or pregnant
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groun
 Definition
inguinal region
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gumm/o-
 Definition
gum or gum like
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gust/o-
 Definition
tasting or to taste
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gynec/o-
 Definition
woman
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hallux
 Definition
great or big toe
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haplo-
 Definition
half (single)
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health
 Definition
wholeness
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helico-
 Definition
spiral
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helio-
 Definition
sun
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helminth/o-
 Definition
worms or worm
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hem/o-
 Definition
blood
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heme-
 Definition
iron
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hemi-
 Definition
half or one half
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hepat/o-
 Definition
liver
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hept/a-
 Definition
seven
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herni/o-
 Definition
rupture or protrusion
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herpes
 Definition
to creep
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heter/o-
 Definition
other or opposite
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hiat-
 Definition
an opening
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hidr/o-
 Definition
sweat
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hirsut-
 Definition
hairy or profound hair
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-hiscence
 Definition
to gape open
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histo-
 Definition
web-like or tissue
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holist/o-
 Definition
whole
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