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Medical Terms 3
Prefixes,roots,and suffixes
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Undergraduate 1
02/03/2009
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Term
mal-
 Definition
bad,poor
Term
melan/o-
 Definition
black,dark
Term
mega/lo-
 Definition
large,enlarged
Term
mes/o-
 Definition
middle
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meta-
 Definition
beyond,over,change
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micr/o-
 Definition
small,one-millionth
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mon/o-
 Definition
one
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multi-
 Definition
many
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neo-
 Definition
new
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noct/i-
 Definition
night
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non-
 Definition
not
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olig/o-
 Definition
little,deficiency
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ortho-
 Definition
straight,correct
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pan-
 Definition
all
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para-
 Definition
beside,near
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per-
 Definition
by,through
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peri-
 Definition
around
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poly-
 Definition
many
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post-
 Definition
after,behind
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pre-
 Definition
before
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lact/o
 Definition
milk
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laryng/o
 Definition
larynx
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lith/o
 Definition
stone
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lymph/o
 Definition
lymph
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mast/o
 Definition
breast
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medull/o
 Definition
central part, medulla oblongata
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men/o
 Definition
menses
Term
mening/o
 Definition
meninges
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metr/o
 Definition
uterus
Term
my/o
 Definition
muscle
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myc/o
 Definition
fungus
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myel/o
 Definition
marrow,spinal cord
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myring/o
 Definition
typanic membrane
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nas/o
 Definition
nose
Term
necr/o
 Definition
death
Term
nephr/o
 Definition
kidney
Term
neur/o
 Definition
nerve
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ocul/o
 Definition
eye
Term
odont/o
 Definition
tooth
Term
onc/o
 Definition
tumor,swelling
Term
-rhexis
 Definition
rupture
Term
-scope
 Definition
instrument for examining
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-scopy
 Definition
visual examination
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-stasis
 Definition
stoppage of flow
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-stomy
 Definition
surgical formation of an opening
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-tomy
 Definition
incision into
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-trophy
 Definition
nourishing
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-tropic
 Definition
acting on
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-tripsy
 Definition
crushing
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-uresis
 Definition
urination
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-uria
 Definition
urine
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