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Medical Terminology
Newman FAU
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Medical
Undergraduate 4
08/23/2014
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Term
cardi
 Definition
heart
Term
gastr
 Definition
stomach
Term
hepat
 Definition
liver
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rhin
 Definition
nose
Term
cephal
 Definition
head
Term
arthr
 Definition
joint
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my
 Definition
muscle
Term
oste
 Definition
bone
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carcin
 Definition
cancer
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the suffix provides what kind of information
 Definition
conditions, diseases, surgical procedures, and diagnostic procedures
Term
-ectomy
 Definition
surgical removal
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-itis
 Definition
inflammation
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-megaly
 Definition
enlarged
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-logy
 Definition
study of
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-gram
 Definition
record or picture
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-pathy
 Definition
disease
Term
what information does the prefix provide
 Definition
abnormal conditions, numbers, positions, or times
Term
inter-
 Definition
between
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dys-
 Definition
abnormal, difficult, painful
Term
sub-
 Definition
below or beneath
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post-
 Definition
after
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-algia
 Definition
pain
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-asthenia
 Definition
weakness
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-cele
 Definition
hernia, protrusion
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-dynia
 Definition
pain
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-cytosis
 Definition
abnormal cell condition
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-ectasis
 Definition
dilated, stretched out
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-edema
 Definition
swelling
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-emesis
 Definition
vomiting
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-emia
 Definition
condition of the blood
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-ia
 Definition
state; condition
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-iasis
 Definition
abnormal condition
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-ism
 Definition
state of; condition
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-itis
 Definition
inflammation
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-lith
 Definition
stone
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-lysis
 Definition
destruction
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-lytic
 Definition
destruction
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-malacia
 Definition
abnormal softening
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-oma
 Definition
tumor, mass
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-osis
 Definition
abnormal condition
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-penia
 Definition
too few
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-plegia
 Definition
paralysis
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-ptosis
 Definition
drooping
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-rrhage
 Definition
bursting forth
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-rrhagia
 Definition
bursting forth
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-rrhea
 Definition
discharge, flow
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-rrhexis
 Definition
rupture
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-sclerosis
 Definition
hardened condition
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-spasm
 Definition
involuntary muscle contraction
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-stasis
 Definition
stopping
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-stenosis
 Definition
narrowing
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-uria
 Definition
condition of the urine
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-clasia
 Definition
surgical breaking
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-desis
 Definition
surgical fixation
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-ectomy
 Definition
surgical removal, excision
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-ostomy
 Definition
surgically create an opening
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-otomy
 Definition
cutting into, inision
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-pexy
 Definition
surgical fixation
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-plasty
 Definition
surgical repair
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-rrhaphy
 Definition
suture
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-tome
 Definition
instrument to cut
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-tripsy
 Definition
crushing
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-centesis
 Definition
puncture to withdraw fluid
Term
-graph
 Definition
instrument for recording
Term
-graphy
 Definition
process of recording
Term
-manometer
 Definition
intrument for measuring pressure
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-meter
 Definition
instrument for measuring
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-metry
 Definition
process of measuring
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-scopy
 Definition
process of visually examining
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-cle
 Definition
small
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-cyesis
 Definition
pregnancy
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-cyte
 Definition
cell
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-derma
 Definition
skin condition
Term
-dipsia
 Definition
thirst
Term
-esthesia
 Definition
feeling, sensation
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-gen
 Definition
that which produces
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-genesis
 Definition
produces, generates
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-genic
 Definition
producing
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-globin
 Definition
protein
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-globulin
 Definition
protein
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-gravida
 Definition
pregnancy
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-kinesia
 Definition
movement
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-oid
 Definition
resembling
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-ole
 Definition
small
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-opia
 Definition
vision
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-opsy
 Definition
view of
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-osmia
 Definition
sense of smell
Term
-para
 Definition
to bear
Term
-partum
 Definition
birth, labor
Term
-pepsia
 Definition
digestion
Term
-phagia
 Definition
eating, swallowing
Term
-phasia
 Definition
speech
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-phil
 Definition
attracted to
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-phonia
 Definition
voice
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-plasm
 Definition
formation, develpment
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-pnea
 Definition
breathing
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-poiesis
 Definition
formation
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-porosis
 Definition
porous
Term
-ptysis
 Definition
spitting up, coughing up
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-trophic
 Definition
development
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-trophy
 Definition
nourishment, development
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ule
 Definition
small
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-er
 Definition
one who
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-iatric
 Definition
medical speciality
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-iastrist
 Definition
physician
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-ician
 Definition
specialist
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-ist
 Definition
specialist
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-logist
 Definition
one who studies
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-logy
 Definition
the study of
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