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Week 4
Beginner Medical Terminology- CF/WR, Suffixes, & Prefixes
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08/31/2011
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-pnea
 Definition
breathing
Term
-spasm
 Definition
involuntary contraction, twitching
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-stenosis
 Definition
narrowing, stricture
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-ectasis
 Definition
dialation, expansion
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-rrhea
 Definition
discharge, flow
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-centesis
 Definition
surgical puncture
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-ptysis
 Definition
spitting
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-scopy
 Definition
visual examination
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-osmia; -odia
 Definition
smell
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eu-
 Definition
good, normal
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brady-
 Definition
slow
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tachy-
 Definition
rapid
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dys-
 Definition
pain, bad
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a-
 Definition
without, not
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-gram
 Definition
record, writing
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-graphy
 Definition
process of recording
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-graph
 Definition
instrument for recording
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-sclerosis
 Definition
scler/o-harding sclera; osis- abnormal condition
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-megaly
 Definition
enlargement
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-plasty
 Definition
surgical repair
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-ole
 Definition
small, minute
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endo-
 Definition
in, within
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epi-
 Definition
above, upon
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peri-
 Definition
around
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rhin/o; nas/o
 Definition
nose
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thorac/o
 Definition
chest
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pharyng/o
 Definition
throat
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trache/o
 Definition
trachea
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alveol/o
 Definition
alveolus
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bronch/o
 Definition
bronchus
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lob/o
 Definition
lobes
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pneum/o
 Definition
air
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pulmon/o; pneumon/o
 Definition
lung
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atel/o
 Definition
incomplete, imperfect
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ox/o
 Definition
oxygen
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hem/o
 Definition
blood
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sept/o
 Definition
septum
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sinus/o
 Definition
sinuses
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angi/o; vascul/o
 Definition
vessel
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arteri/o; arter/o
 Definition
artery
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arteriol/o
 Definition
arteriole
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ather/o
 Definition
fatty plaque
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ven/o; phleb/o
 Definition
vein
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cardi/o
 Definition
heart
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my/o
 Definition
muscle
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thromb/o
 Definition
blood clot
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hemangi/o
 Definition
blood vessel
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aort/o
 Definition
aorta
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scler/o
 Definition
hardening sclera
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