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Unit 5
Medical Terminolgy Unit 5 Terms and Word Parts
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09/26/2015
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a- (an-)
 Definition
not, lack of
Term
audi/o
 Definition
hearing
Term
bacill/o
 Definition
bacillus (rod -shaped bacteria)
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brady-
 Definition
slow
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calcul/o
 Definition
stone, calculi
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cheilo
 Definition
lips
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chole/o
 Definition
gall, bile
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cholecyst/o
 Definition
gallbladder
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cocc/o (us, i)
 Definition
cocci (round shaped bacteria)
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dactyl/o
 Definition
fingers and toes (digits)
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dia-
 Definition
through
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diplo-
 Definition
double
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dips/o
 Definition
thirst
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drom/o
 Definition
running: it's course, a race
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erg/o (ism, istic)
 Definition
work
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esthesi/o (ia)
 Definition
feeling, sensation
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gen/o (ses)
 Definition
original development
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-iasis
 Definition
condition of infestation
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lex/o (ia)
 Definition
vocabulary, language
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lith/o
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stone
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macro-
 Definition
large
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men/o
 Definition
menses, mestruation
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ot/o
 Definition
ear
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peps/o (ia)
 Definition
digestion
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phag/o (ia)
 Definition
eating, swallowing
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phas/o (ia)
 Definition
speaking
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pleg/o (ia)
 Definition
paralysis
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pne/o (a)
 Definition
breathe
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pro-
 Definition
before, in front of
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poly-
 Definition
too many
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py/o
 Definition
pus
Term
rhin/o
 Definition
nose
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-rrhea
 Definition
flow or discharge
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-spasm
 Definition
twitching, voluntary movement
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staphyl/o
 Definition
bunches like grapes, uvula
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strepto-
 Definition
twisted chains
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syn-
 Definition
jointed, fused
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tachy-
 Definition
fast
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therm/o (ia)
 Definition
heat
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trich/o
 Definition
hair, flagellum
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tympan/o
 Definition
eardrum, tympanum
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uvul/o
 Definition
uvula
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