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Medical Terminology
Word Parts (-POIE/SIS to RETINA)
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Undergraduate 3
04/28/2010
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-poie/sis
 Definition
to make, form, produce
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poikil/o-
 Definition
irregular or varied shape
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poli/o-
 Definition
gray
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pollex-
 Definition
thumb
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poly-
 Definition
many
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pons
 Definition
bridge
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por/o-
 Definition
cavity or passage (porous)
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post-
 Definition
after or behind
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-pox
 Definition
pits
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prand/i-
 Definition
meal or breakfast
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-prax/ia
 Definition
movement or action
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pre-
 Definition
before
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prepuce
 Definition
foreskin or hood
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presbyo-
 Definition
old
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prim/i-
 Definition
first
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pro-
 Definition
before
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proct/o-
 Definition
rectum or anus
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prone-
 Definition
to bend forward
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propri/o-
 Definition
property (nerve stimuli or information)
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prostat/o-
 Definition
one who lies before
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prot/o-
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first
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proxim/o-
 Definition
close or closest
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prur/i-
 Definition
itch or itching
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pseud/o-
 Definition
false
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psoas
 Definition
loin (lumbar)
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psor/i-
 Definition
to itch
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psych/o-
 Definition
mind
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pteryg/o-
 Definition
winged
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-ptosis
 Definition
to drop, fall, displace
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-ptysis
 Definition
spitting or spit
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pub/o-
 Definition
private parts
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pulmon/o-
 Definition
lung
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pulp/o-
 Definition
solid flesh
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pupill/o-
 Definition
pupil
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purpur/o
 Definition
purple
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pyel/o-
 Definition
pelvis or kidney
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pykn/o-
 Definition
thick, dense, compact
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pyl/o-
 Definition
gatekeeper
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pyo-
 Definition
pus
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pyret/o-
 Definition
fever
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quadr/i-
 Definition
four
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quint/i-
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five
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radi/o-
 Definition
ray, spoke, x-ray, radio activity
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radic/o-
 Definition
nerve root or spinal nerve
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ray-
 Definition
spoke or wave length
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re-
 Definition
again
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rect/o-
 Definition
rectum or straight
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ren/o-
 Definition
kidney
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reticul/o-
 Definition
network
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retina
 Definition
net or net like
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