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Medical Terminology
Chapter 1
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10/01/2012
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Objectives in studying the medical languate
 Definition
1 break word into parts 2 relate the medical terms to the structure or function of body 3 spelling counts
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The root of a word is
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the foundation of the word
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the suffix of a word is
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the word ending
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the combining vowel of a word is
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usually and "O" links the root to the suffix or a root to another root, has no meaning of its own, not included if suffix starts with a vowel.
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how to read medical terms
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from the suffix to the first root word then across but to the suffix
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what goes between two root words
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a combining vowel
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prefix
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word beginning
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aden/o
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glad
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oma
 Definition
tumor or mass
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arthr/o
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joint
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bi/o
 Definition
life
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carcin/o
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cancerous/ cancer
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cardio
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heart
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cephal/o
 Definition
cerebrum (largest part of brain)
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itis
 Definition
inflammation
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logy
 Definition
study of
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cis/o
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to cut
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crin/o
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to secrete
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ex
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out
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cyst/o
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urinary bladder; a sac or cyst
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scop
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visual examination
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y
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process
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cyt/o
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cell
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derm/o
dermat/o
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skin
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electr/o
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electricity
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gram
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record
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encephal/o
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brain
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entter/o
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intestines (usually the small intestines)
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erythr/o
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red
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gastr/o
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stomach
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glyc/o
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sugar
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hyper
 Definition
excessive, above, more than normal
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emia
 Definition
blood condition
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ectomy
 Definition
removal
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tom(Y)
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to cut (process)
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gnos/o
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knowledge
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dia (suffix)
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complete
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gynec/o
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woman, female
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hemat/o
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blood
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hem/o
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blood
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oma
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mass or collection of blood
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hept/o
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liver
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iat/o
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treatment, physician
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leuk/o
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white
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log/o
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study of
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nephr/o
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kidney
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neur/o
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nerve
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onc/o
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tumor
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ophthalm/o
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eye
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oste/o
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bone
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path/o
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disease
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ped/o
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child
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psych/o
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mind
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radi/o
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x-rays
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ren/o
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kidney
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nephr/o
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kidney
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rhin/o
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nose
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sarc/o
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flesh
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sect/o
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to cut
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re
 Definition
back
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thromb/o
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clot, clotting
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ur/o
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urinary tract, urnine
urology
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ac (suffix)
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pertaining to
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al (suffix)
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pertaining to
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algia (suffix)
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pain
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cyte (suffix)
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cell
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ectomy (suffix)
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excision, removal
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emia (suffix)
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blood condition
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genic (suffix)
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pertaining to, producing, produced by, or produced in
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globin (suffix)
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protein
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gram (suffix)
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record
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ic, ical (suffix)
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pertaining to
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ion (suffix)
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process
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ist (suffix)
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specialist
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itis (suffix)
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inflammation
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logy (suffix)
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process of study
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oma (suffix)
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tumor, mass, swelling
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opsy (suffix)
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process of viewing
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osis (suffix)
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condition usually abnormal
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pathy (suffix)
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disease condition
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scope (suffix)
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instrument to visually examine
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scopy (suffix)
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process of visually examining with an endoscope
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sis (suffix)
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stat of; condition
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tomy (suffix)
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process of cutting, incision
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y (suffix)
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process, condition
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a (prefix)
an
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no, not, without
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auto
aut (prefix)
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self, own
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dia (Prefix)
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through, complete
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end, endo (Prefix)
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in inside
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epi (prefix)
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ablove, upon
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ex, exo (prefix)
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out, outside of, outward
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hyper (prefix)
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excessive, above, more than normal
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hypo (prefix)
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deficient, below, under, less than normal
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in (prefix)
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into, in
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peri (prefix)
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surrounding, around
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pro (prefix)
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before, forward
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re (prefix)
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back, backward, again
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retro (prefix)
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behind
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sub (prefix)
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below, under
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trans (prefix)
 Definition
across, through
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