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Medical Terminology
Chapter 4
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10/02/2012

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Term
carp/o
Definition
wrist bones
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cib/o
Definition
meals
Term
cis/o
Definition
to cut
Term
cost/o
Definition
rib
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cutane/o
Definition
skin
Term
dactyl/o
Definition
fingers, toes
Term
duct/o
Definition
to lead, carry
Term
flex/o
Definition
to bend
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furc/o
Definition
forking, branching
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gloss/o
Definition
tongue
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glyc/o
Definition
sugar
Term
immun/o
Definition
protection
Term
morph/o
Definition
shape, form
Term
mort/o
Definition
death
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nat/i
Definition
birth
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nect/o
Definition
to bind, tie, connect
Term
norm/o
Definition
rule, order
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ox/o
Definition
oxygen
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pub/o
Definition
pubis (pubic bone) anterior portion of the pelvic hipbone
Term
seps/o
Definition
infection
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somn/o
Definition
sleep
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son/o
Definition
sound
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the/o
Definition
to put, place
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thel/o
Definition
nipple
Term
thyr/o
Definition
thyroid gland; shield the shape of the thyroid gland.
Term
top/o
Definition
place, positions, locations
Term
tox/o
Definition
poison
Term
trache/o
Definition
windpipe, trachea
Term
urethr/o
Definition
urethra
Term
-blast
Definition
embryonic, immature
Term
-crine
Definition
to secrete
Term
-cyesis
Definition
pregnancy
Term
-drome
Definition
to run
Term
-fusion
Definition
coming together; to pour
Term
-gen
Definition
substance that produces
Term
-lapse
Definition
to slide, fall, sag
Term
-lysis
Definition
breakdown, destruction, separation
Term
-meter
Definition
to measure
Term
-mission
Definition
to send
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-or
Definition
one who
Term
-partum
Definition
birth, labor
Term
-phoria
Definition
to bear, carry, felling (mental state)
Term
-physis
Definition
to grow
Term
-plasia
Definition
development, formation, growth
Term
-plasm
Definition
structure or formation
Term
-pnea
Definition
breathing
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-ptosis
Definition
falling, dropping, prolapse
Term
-rrhea
Definition
flow, discharge
Term
-stasis
Definition
stopping, controlling
Term
-trophy
Definition
development, nourishment
Term
a-, an-
Definition
no, not, without
Term
ab-
Definition
away from
Term
ad-
Definition
toward
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ana-
Definition
up, apart
Term
ante-
Definition
before, forward
Term
anti-
Definition
against
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auto-
Definition
self, own
Term
bi-
Definition
two
Term
brady-
Definition
slow
Term
cata-
Definition
down
Term
con-
Definition
with, together
Term
contra-
Definition
against, opposite
Term
de-
Definition
down, lack of
Term
dia-
Definition
through, complete
Term
dys-
Definition
dyspnea
Term
ec-,ecto-
Definition
out, outside
Term
en, endo-
Definition
in, within
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epi-
Definition
upon, on, above
Term
eu-
Definition
good, normal
Term
ex-
Definition
out, outside, away from
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hemi-
Definition
half
Term
hyper-
Definition
excessive, above
Term
hypo-
Definition
deficient, under
Term
in-
Definition
not
Term
in-
Definition
into, within
Term
infra-
Definition
beneath, under
Term
inter-
Definition
between
Term
intra-
Definition
in, within, into
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mal-
Definition
bad
Term
macro-
Definition
large
Term
meta-
Definition
beyond, change
Term
micro-
Definition
small
Term
neo-
Definition
new
Term
pan-
Definition
all
Term
para-
Definition
abnormal, beside, near
Term
per-
Definition
through
Term
peri-
Definition
surrounding
Term
poly-
Definition
many, much
Term
post-
Definition
after, behind
Term
pre-
Definition
before, in front of
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pro-
Definition
before, forward
Term
pseudo-
Definition
false
Term
re-
Definition
back, again
Term
retro-
Definition
backwards, behind
Term
sub-
Definition
under
Term
supra-
Definition
above, upper
Term
syn-,sym-
Definition
together, with
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tachy-
Definition
fast
Term
trans-
Definition
across, through
Term
ultra-
Definition
beyond, excess
Term
uni-
Definition
one
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