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Medical Terminology
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Undergraduate 1
03/06/2011
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Term
ITIS
 Definition
inflammation
Term
MEGALY
 Definition
enlargement
Term
OMA
 Definition
tumor
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CYTE
 Definition
cell
Term
DYNIA
 Definition
pain
Term
CENTESIS
 Definition
surgical puncture
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EMESIS
 Definition
vomiting
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LOGY
 Definition
study of
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CLASIS
 Definition
to break; surgical fracture
Term
DESIS
 Definition
binding, fixation (of bone or joint)
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ECTOMY
 Definition
excision, removal
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LYSIS
 Definition
seperation; destruction; loosening
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PEXY
 Definition
fixation (of a 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
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TOME
 Definition
instrument to cut
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TOMY
 Definition
incision
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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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METER
 Definition
instrument for measuring
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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
 Definition
pain
Term
CELE
 Definition
hernia, swelling
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ECTASIS
 Definition
dilation, expansion
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EDEMA
 Definition
swelling
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EMIA
 Definition
blood condition
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GEN
 Definition
forming, producing, origin
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IASIS
 Definition
abnormal condition (produced by something specific)
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LITH
 Definition
stone, calculus
Term
MALACIA
 Definition
softening
Term
GENESIS
 Definition
forming, producing, origin
Term
OSIS
 Definition
abnormal condition; increasing (used primarily with blood cells)
Term
PLASM
 Definition
formation, growth
Term
PATHY
 Definition
disease
Term
PENIA
 Definition
decrease, deficiency
Term
PHAGIA
 Definition
eating, swallowing
Term
PHASIA
 Definition
speech
Term
PHOBIA
 Definition
fear
Term
PLASIA
 Definition
formation, growth
Term
PLEGIA
 Definition
paralysis
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PTOSIS
 Definition
prolapse, downward displacement
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RRHAGE/ RRHAGIA
 Definition
bursting forth (of)
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RRHEA
 Definition
discharge, flow
Term
RRHEXIS
 Definition
rupture
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SCLEROSIS
 Definition
abnormal condition of hardening
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DUCTION
 Definition
act of leading, bringing, conducting
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SPASM
 Definition
involuntary contractions, twitching
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STENOSIS
 Definition
narrowing, stricture
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TROPHY
 Definition
nourishment, development
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DERMAT
 Definition
skin
Term
STOMAT
 Definition
mouth
Term
NEPHR
 Definition
kidney
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CUTANE
 Definition
skin
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REN
 Definition
kidney
Term
OR
 Definition
mouth
Term
GASTR
 Definition
stomach
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OR
 Definition
mouth
Term
HEPAT
 Definition
liver
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IMMUN
 Definition
immune
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OSTE
 Definition
bone
Term
ERYTHR
 Definition
red
Term
ESTHES
 Definition
feeling
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THERM
 Definition
heat
Term
MUSCUL
 Definition
muscle
Term
NAS
 Definition
nose
Term
UR
 Definition
urine
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ENTER
 Definition
intestine
Term
CHONDR
 Definition
cartilage
Term
ARTHR
 Definition
joint
Term
ENCEPHAL
 Definition
brain
Term
APPEND
 Definition
appendix
Term
THROMB
 Definition
blood clot
Term
MAST
 Definition
breast
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RHIN
 Definition
nose
Term
MY
 Definition
muscle
Term
TRACHE
 Definition
trachea
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CARDI
 Definition
heart
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ANGI
 Definition
vessel (usually blood or lymph)
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PELV
 Definition
pelvis
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NEUR
 Definition
nerve
Term
OT
 Definition
ear
Term
CARCIN
 Definition
cancer
Term
ENDO
 Definition
in, within
Term
AN
 Definition
without, no
Term
CHOL
 Definition
bile, gall
Term
DYS
 Definition
bad, painful, difficult
Term
HEMI
 Definition
one half
Term
HEM
 Definition
blood
Term
MEN
 Definition
menses, mestruation
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DIA
 Definition
through, across
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BLEPHAR
 Definition
eyelid
Term
PULMON
 Definition
lung
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PEN
 Definition
penis
Term
POSTER
 Definition
posterior, back of body
Term
ACOUS
 Definition
hearing
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THORAC
 Definition
chest
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PNEUMON
 Definition
air, lung
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POD
 Definition
foot
Term
IATRY
 Definition
medicine, treatment
Term
VENTR
 Definition
belly, belly side
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VEN
 Definition
vein
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NAT
 Definition
birth
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COST
 Definition
ribs
Term
GNOSIS
 Definition
knowing
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VERSION
 Definition
turning
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LATER
 Definition
side
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OPIA
 Definition
vision
Term
CALC
 Definition
calcium
Term
NUCLE
 Definition
nucleus
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GRAVIDA
 Definition
pregnant woman
Term
CEPS
 Definition
head
Term
ODONT
 Definition
teeth
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VAGIN
 Definition
vagina
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TROPIA
 Definition
turning
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CRANI
 Definition
cranium, skull
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CRINE
 Definition
secrete
Term
SON
 Definition
sound
Term
GRAFT
 Definition
transplantation
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CYESIS
 Definition
pregnancy
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DACTYL
 Definition
fingers; toes
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PNEA
 Definition
breathing
Term
CEPTION
 Definition
conceiving
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PERI
 Definition
around
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EPI
 Definition
above, upon
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HYPO
 Definition
under, below, deficient
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INFRA
 Definition
under, below
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SUB
 Definition
under, below
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INTER
 Definition
between
Term
RETRO
 Definition
backward, behind
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DIPL/ DIPLO
 Definition
double
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AB
 Definition
from, away from
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AD
 Definition
toward
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CIRCUM
 Definition
around
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PERI
 Definition
around
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TRANS
 Definition
through, across
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DIA
 Definition
through, across
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ECTO
 Definition
outside, outward
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EXO
 Definition
outside, outward
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INTRA
 Definition
in, within
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EXTRA
 Definition
outside, outward
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PARA
 Definition
near; beside; beyond
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CONTRA
 Definition
against
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BRADY
 Definition
slow
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EU
 Definition
good, normal
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PSEUDO
 Definition
false
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SYN
 Definition
union, together, joined
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TACHY
 Definition
rapid
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PAN
 Definition
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