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Medical Terminology
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Undergraduate 3
02/27/2013
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Term
aut-
 Definition
self
Term
crin-
 Definition
secrete
Term
esthe(s)-
 Definition
sensation
Term
Gen-
 Definition
come into being, produce
Term
gram
 Definition
a record
Term
graph
 Definition

write, record

 
Term
iatr-
 Definition
healer, physician
Term
idi-
 Definition
of one's self
Term
kine-
 Definition
movement
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Ly(s)-
 Definition
destroy
Term
myx-
 Definition
mucus
Term
orth-
 Definition
straight, erect
Term
ot-
 Definition
ear
Term
path-
 Definition
disease
Term
phil-
 Definition
have an affinity for
Term
pt-
 Definition
fall, sag
Term
pyr-
 Definition
fever
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pyrex-
 Definition
be feverish
Term
rhe-
 Definition
flow, secrete
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rhag-
 Definition
flow profusely
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rhin-
 Definition
nose
Term
scop-
 Definition
look at
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sep-
 Definition
be infected
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ta-
 Definition
stretching
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tel-
 Definition
end
Term
ten-
 Definition
tendon
Term
therap-
 Definition
treat medically
Term
tom-
 Definition
a cutting, slice
Term
ton-
 Definition
tone, tension
Term
acous-
 Definition
hear
Term
amni-
 Definition
fetal membrane
Term
asc-
 Definition
bladder, sac
Term
bary-
 Definition
heavy,dull
Term
cente-
 Definition
pierce
Term
chroma-
 Definition
color
Term
dips-
 Definition
thirst
Term
echo-
 Definition
reverberating sound
Term
edema-
 Definition
swelling
Term
eme-
 Definition
vomit
Term
gno(s)-
 Definition
know
Term
lal-
 Definition
talk
Term
lepar-
 Definition
abdomen
Term
lex-
 Definition
read
Term
mne-
 Definition
remember
Term
ne-
 Definition
new
Term
no-
 Definition
mental activity
Term
orec-
 Definition
have an appetitie
Term
ox(y)-
 Definition
acute, pointed; oxygen
Term
pha-
 Definition
speak, communicate
Term
phag-
 Definition
swallow, eat
Term
pharmac-
 Definition
medicine, drug
Term
phem-
 Definition
speech
Term
phob-
 Definition
fear
Term
phon-
 Definition
sound,voice
Term
phrac-
 Definition
enclose,obstruct
Term
phras-
 Definition
speak
Term
phren-
 Definition
mind; diaphragm
Term
phylac-
 Definition

protection(against disease)

 
Term
phys(i)-
 Definition
nature, appearance
Term
phyt-
 Definition
plant(organism), growth
Term
poie-
 Definition
produce
Term
sapr-
 Definition
rotten, decaying
Term

stear-

steat-

 Definition
fat, sebum
Term
andr-
 Definition
male
Term
ancyl-,ankyl-
 Definition
fused,stiffened; hooked, crooked
Term
aphrodis-
 Definition
sexual desire
Term
brachy-
 Definition
short
Term
crypt-
 Definition
hidden, latent
Term
dem-
 Definition
people,population
Term
dolich-
 Definition
long,narrow,slender
Term
drom-
 Definition
a running
Term
er-,erot-
 Definition
sexual desire
Term
gyn-
 Definition
woman
Term
helmint(h)-
 Definition
(intestinal)worm
Term
nemat-
 Definition
thread(worm)
Term
nos-
 Definition
disease,illness
Term

odont-

 

 Definition
tooth
Term
pali(n)-
 Definition
back,again
Term
pan(t)-
 Definition
all,entire
Term
phor-
 Definition

bearing,carrying

 
Term
phos-,phot-
 Definition
light,daylight
Term
plec-,pleg-
 Definition
strike, paralyze
Term
r(h)achi-
 Definition
spine
Term
schiz-,schist-,-schisis
 Definition
split,cleft,fissure
Term
spondyl-
 Definition
vertebra
Term
-staxis,staxia-
 Definition
dripping,oozing(of blood)
Term
than(at)-
 Definition
death
Term
the-
 Definition
place,put
Term
trich-
 Definition
hair
Term
troph-
 Definition
nourishment
Term
aden-
 Definition
gland
Term
aer-
 Definition
air,gas
Term
blenn-
 Definition
mucus
Term
cel(i)-
 Definition
abdomen
Term
ch(e)il-
 Definition
lip
Term
chron-
 Definition
time
Term
cla(s)-,-clast
 Definition
break, destroy
Term
-desis
 Definition
binding
Term
desm-
 Definition
ligament,connective tissue
Term
dynam-
 Definition
force,power,energy
Term
ger-
 Definition
old age
Term
gnath-
 Definition
(lower)jaw
Term
isch-,-sche-
 Definition
supress,check
Term
klept-
 Definition
steal
Term
lei-
 Definition
smooth
Term

lep-

 

 Definition

attack,seizure

 
Term
man-
 Definition
be mad
Term
mel-
 Definition
limb
Term
morph-
 Definition
form,shape
Term
nom-
 Definition
law
Term
omphal-
 Definition
naval
Term
ped-
 Definition
child
Term
pen-
 Definition
decrease,deficiency
Term
-pex-
 Definition
fixing,attachment
Term
plas(t)-
 Definition
form,develop
Term
presby-
 Definition
old,old age
Term
prostat-
 Definition
prostate glad
Term
pty-
 Definition
spit
Term
ptyal-
 Definition
saliva
Term
-rrhaph-
 Definition
suture
Term
sit-
 Definition
food
Term
sta(t)-
 Definition
stand,stop
Term
tax-
 Definition
coordination
Term
therm-
 Definition
heat,temperature
Term
trop-
 Definition
turning
Term
abdomin-
 Definition
abdomen
Term
adip-
 Definition
fat
Term
aur-
 Definition
ear
Term
bacill-
 Definition
bacillus
Term
burs-
 Definition
bursa
Term
calc-
 Definition
stone
Term
calor-
 Definition
heat,energy
Term
capit-
 Definition
head
Term
cerebr-
 Definition
brain
Term
cost-
 Definition
rib
Term
dent-
 Definition
tooth
Term
dors-
 Definition
back(of the body)
Term
extern-
 Definition
outer
Term
fibr-
 Definition
fiber,filament
Term
fistul-
 Definition
fistula
Term
frig-
 Definition
cold
Term
insul-
 Definition
island
Term
intern-
 Definition
inner
Term
meat-
 Definition
passage,opening
Term
nas-
 Definition
nose
Term
pur-
 Definition
pus
Term
rad-,radic-,radix-
 Definition
root
Term
ren-
 Definition
kidney
Term
sangui-
 Definition
blood
Term
son-
 Definition
sound
Term
synov-
 Definition
synovial fluid/membrane
Term
tub-
 Definition
tube
Term
tuss-
 Definition
cough
Term
vacc-
 Definition
cow
Term
vir-,virus-
 Definition
virus
Term
viscer-
 Definition
internal organ
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