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NCC Medical Terminology
Unit 1
100
Medical
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08/25/2005
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Cyt/o
 Definition
cell
Term
Leuk/o
 Definition
white
Term
My/o
 Definition
muscle
Term
Pathy/o
 Definition
disease
Term
-ology
 Definition
study of
Term
-oid
 Definition
resembling
Term
-cyte
 Definition
cell
Term
-pathy
 Definition
cell
Term
-ac
 Definition
pertaining to or relating to
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-al
 Definition
pertaining to or relating to
Term
-ar
 Definition
pertaining to or relating to
Term
-ary
 Definition
pertaining to or relating to
Term
-eal
 Definition
pertaining to or relating to
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-ic
 Definition
pertaining to or relating to
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-ical
 Definition
pertaining to or relating to
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-ory
 Definition
pertaining to or relating to
Term
-ous
 Definition
pertaining to or relating to
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-tic
 Definition
pertaining to or relating to
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epi-
 Definition
above, upon
Term
Aer/o
 Definition
air
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-dys
 Definition
bad, painful, difficult
Term
Hemat/o
 Definition
blood
Term
Carcin/o
 Definition
cancer
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-pepsia
 Definition
digestion
Term
Esophag/o
 Definition
esophagus
Term
-ectomy
 Definition
excision, removal
Term
-itis
 Definition
inflamation
Term
-tomy
 Definition
incision, cut into
Term
-tome
 Definition
instrument to cut
Term
-rrhea
 Definition
flow, discharge
Term
-algia
 Definition
pain
Term
-dynia
 Definition
pain
Term
Gastr/o
 Definition
stomach
Term
-phagia
 Definition
swallow, eat
Term
-oma
 Definition
tumor
Term
-emisis
 Definition
vomiting
Term
a
 Definition
without, not
Term
an-
 Definition
without, not
Term
ab-
 Definition
away from
Term
ad-
 Definition
toward, to, near
Term
ambi-
 Definition
both
Term
ante-
 Definition
before
Term
pre-
 Definition
before
Term
pro-
 Definition
before
Term
anti-
 Definition
against
Term
contra-
 Definition
against
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auto-
 Definition
self
Term
bi-
 Definition
two, both
Term
bio-
 Definition
life
Term
brady-
 Definition
slow
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circum-
 Definition
around
Term
peri-
 Definition
around
Term
con-
 Definition
with
Term
sym-
 Definition
together
Term
syn-
 Definition
together
Term
de-
 Definition
not, from, down
Term
dia-
 Definition
across, through
Term
trans-
 Definition
through, across
Term
dis-
 Definition
apart
Term
dys-
 Definition
faulty, painful
Term
e-
 Definition
out, away
Term
ec-
 Definition
out, out from
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ecto-
 Definition
outside
Term
exo-
 Definition
out
Term
extra-
 Definition
outside of, beyond
Term
en-
 Definition
inside, within
Term
endo-
 Definition
within
Term
intra-
 Definition
within
Term
epi-
 Definition
upon
Term
eu-
 Definition
normal or good
Term
hemi-
 Definition
half
Term
semi-
 Definition
half
Term
hyper-
 Definition
above or excessive
Term
hypo-
 Definition
deficient, below
Term
infra-
 Definition
under, below
Term
sub-
 Definition
under, below
Term
inter-
 Definition
between
Term
mal-
 Definition
bad
Term
meso-
 Definition
middle
Term
meta-
 Definition
beyond, after, change
Term
micro-
 Definition
small
Term
mono-
 Definition
one
Term
uni-
 Definition
one
Term
neo-
 Definition
new
Term
pachy-
 Definition
thick
Term
pan-
 Definition
all
Term
para-
 Definition
abnormal
Term
per-
 Definition
through
Term
poly-
 Definition
many
Term
multi-
 Definition
many
Term
post-
 Definition
after
Term
quadric-
 Definition
four
Term
tetra-
 Definition
four
Term
re-
 Definition
against and back
Term
retro-
 Definition
backward or behind
Term
super-
 Definition
above or excessive
Term
supra-
 Definition
outisde or beyond
Term
tachy-
 Definition
fast
Term
tri-
 Definition
three
Term
ultra-
 Definition
beyond, excessive
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