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Basic-MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY 1
Medical Claims & Billing
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09/17/2005
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Term
append/o, appendic/o
 Definition
appendix
Term
aden/o
 Definition
gland
Term
arteri/o
 Definition
artery
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arthr/o
 Definition
joint
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bi/o
 Definition
life
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cardi/o
 Definition
heart, upper part of stomach
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col/o, colon/o
 Definition
large intestine, colon
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crani/o
 Definition
skull
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cyst/o
 Definition
sac of fluid, bladder
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cyt/o
 Definition
cell
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derm/o, dermat/o
 Definition
skin
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duct/o
 Definition
carry
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enter/o
 Definition
small intestine
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gastr/o
 Definition
stomach
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gen/o
 Definition
giving rise to, creating
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gloss/o
 Definition
tongue
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glyc/o
 Definition
sugar
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hem/o, hemat/o
 Definition
blood
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hepat/o
 Definition
liver
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hist/o
 Definition
tissue
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hydr/o
 Definition
water, fluid
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leuk/o
 Definition
white
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lith/o
 Definition
stone, calculus
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muc/o
 Definition
mucus
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my/o
 Definition
muscul
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myel/o
 Definition
bone marrow, spinal cord
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neur/o
 Definition
nerve
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norm/o
 Definition
proper, rule
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oste/o
 Definition
bone
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path/o
 Definition
disease
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ped/o
 Definition
child, infant, foot
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pulmon/o
 Definition
lung
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ren/o
 Definition
kidney
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secti/o
 Definition
cut into
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splen/o
 Definition
spleen
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tens/o
 Definition
pressure
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the/o
 Definition
put
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therm/o
 Definition
heat
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thorac/o
 Definition
chest
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thromb/o
 Definition
clot
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ven/o
 Definition
vein
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acr/o
 Definition
extremity,tip
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a/, an/
 Definition
without, absent
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ab/
 Definition
away from
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ac/
 Definition
toward, near
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ad/
 Definition
toward, near
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anti/
 Definition
against, opposed
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brady/
 Definition
slower than usual
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de/
 Definition
lessened, removed
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dia/
 Definition
through
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ec/, ex/
 Definition
outside, outer
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ecto/, exo/
 Definition
outside, outer
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en/, endo/
 Definition
within
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inta/
 Definition
within
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epi/
 Definition
upon, in addition
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hemi/
 Definition
half
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hyper/
 Definition
increased, above
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hypo/
 Definition
decreased, below
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cata/
 Definition
negative, down
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in/
 Definition
into; not
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infra/
 Definition
inferior to, below
Term
inter/
 Definition
between
Term
macro/
 Definition
gross, large
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micro/
 Definition
small, tiny
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pan/
 Definition
all, every
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para/
 Definition
beside, beyond
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per/
 Definition
through
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peri/
 Definition
around, surrounding
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post/
 Definition
after, past
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pre/
 Definition
before
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re/
 Definition
again, abck
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retro/
 Definition
behind, back
Term
sub/
 Definition
under, inferior to
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tachy/
 Definition
faster then usual
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/algia
 Definition
pain
Term
/centesis
 Definition
withdrawing fluid
Term
/cyte
 Definition
cell
Term
/ectomy
 Definition
removal
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/emia, hemia
 Definition
throughout the blood
Term
/grade (adj.)
 Definition
go
Term
/gram
 Definition
picture, record, tracing
Term
/graph
 Definition
instrument that creates a picture or recording
Term
/graphy
 Definition
process of creating a picture, record, tracing
Term
/ia
 Definition
condition
Term
/ism
 Definition
situation,process,condition
Term
/ist
 Definition
one who does
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/itis, /itic
 Definition
inflammation
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/ium
 Definition
structure
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/logy
 Definition
study of, also used as a root word-log/o
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/megaly
 Definition
enlagerment
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/meter
 Definition
distance measure, instrument to measure
Term
/opsy
 Definition
look at
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/osis
 Definition
pathologic condition
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/pathy
 Definition
disease process
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/scope
 Definition
instrument to see through or with
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/stasis
 Definition
control,hold in
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/y
 Definition
process of
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/ac, /al, /ar, /ary, /eal, /iac, /ic,
/ior
 Definition
relating to
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/oid
 Definition
like
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/ose
 Definition
like, relating to
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/ous
 Definition
relating to
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/tic
 Definition
relating to
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abdomin/o
 Definition
abdomen
Term
acu/o
 Definition
sudden, sharp
Term
adip/o
 Definition
fat tissue
Term
angi/o
 Definition
vessel containing fluid
Term
axill/o
 Definition
armpit
Term
carcin/o
 Definition
cancer of gland tissue
Term
cerebr/o
 Definition
brain
Term
chem/o
 Definition
chemical, drug
Term
cis/o
 Definition
cut
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cost/o
 Definition
rib
Term
electr/o
 Definition
electrical activity
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gynec/o
 Definition
female
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iatr/o
 Definition
treatment
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klept/o
 Definition
steal
Term
laryng/o
 Definition
voicebox, larynx
Term
mandibul/o
 Definition
lower jaw
Term
maxill/o
 Definition
upper jaw
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nat/o
 Definition
birth, born
Term
nect/o
 Definition
bind
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ox/o
 Definition
oxygen
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sarc/o
 Definition
nongland tissue, flesh
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son/o
 Definition
sound, ultrasound
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vit/o
 Definition
living, alive
Term
auto/
 Definition
self
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bi/
 Definition
two
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con/
 Definition
with
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contra/
 Definition
opposite, against
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meta/
 Definition
change, beyond
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poly/
 Definition
many
Term
syn/
 Definition
together with
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sym/
 Definition
together with
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tran/s
 Definition
across
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ultra/
 Definition
beyond, higher than
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/blast
 Definition
undifferentiated, original
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/drome
 Definition
run
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/fusion
 Definition
pour, bond
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/genesis
 Definition
creating
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/malacia
 Definition
softening
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/mania, /manic
 Definition
excessive preocupation, obsession
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/oma
 Definition
tumor, mass
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/partum
 Definition
labor, delivery
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/penia
 Definition
lack of, decrease, poor
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/plasty
 Definition
restore by surgery
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/stoma
 Definition
body opening(to the outside)
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/stomy
 Definition
surgically created body opening
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/therapy
 Definition
treatment
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/tome
 Definition
cutting instrument
Term
/tomy
 Definition
cut into, slice
Term
/trophy
 Definition
growth, development by size or nourishment
Term
/trophic
 Definition
relating to growth, development
Term
bronch/o
 Definition
airway tubes in lung
Term
cephal/o
 Definition
head
Term
cervic/o
 Definition
neck
Term
chondr/o
 Definition
cartilage
Term
crin/o
 Definition
to separate from blood, secrete
Term
cutane/o
 Definition
skin surface
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dactyl/o
 Definition
digits, fingers, toes
Term
eosin/o
 Definition
rose-colored
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erythr/o
 Definition
red
Term
furc/o
 Definition
branch, fork
Term
gnos/o
 Definition
knowledge, understanding
Term
lapar/o
 Definition
abdomen
Term
lymph/o
 Definition
watery fluid
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morph/o
 Definition
form, structure
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mort/o
 Definition
death
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necr/o
 Definition
death
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nephr/o
 Definition
kidney
Term
ophthalm/o
 Definition
eye
Term
ot/o
 Definition
ear
Term
phag/o, phage
 Definition
eat, swallow, engulf
Term
phob/o
 Definition
fear
Term
physi/o
 Definition
nature, natural
Term
plasm/o
 Definition
development, growth
Term
pneum/o
 Definition
air, gas, lung air sacs
Term
psych/o
 Definition
mind
Term
radi/o
 Definition
rays or waves, x-ray, radius, forearm
Term
rect/o
 Definition
upright, rectum
Term
rhin/o
 Definition
nose
Term
seps/o, sept/i
 Definition
infection, bacteria
Term
thyr/o
 Definition
shield, thyroid
Term
tom/o
 Definition
cut, slice, hole
Term
tonsill/o
 Definition
tonsils
Term
top/o
 Definition
location
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tox/o
 Definition
poison, damaging
Term
trache/o
 Definition
windpipe
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vertebr/o
 Definition
back bone
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ana/
 Definition
positive, up
Term
ante/
 Definition
before
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dys/
 Definition
bad, labored
Term
eu/
 Definition
normal, even, good
Term
mal/
 Definition
bad, abnormal
Term
meso/
 Definition
middle
Term
pro/
 Definition
before
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pdeuso/
 Definition
false
Term
semi/
 Definition
half
Term
supra/
 Definition
above, superior to
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/cele
 Definition
protruding sac, hernia
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/crine
 Definition
secrete
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/cyesis
 Definition
pregnancy
Term
/dynia
 Definition
pain
Term
/lysis, /lytic
 Definition
break down or apart, dissolve
Term
/pexy
 Definition
affix, attach into place
Term
/phoria
 Definition
bear
Term
/physis
 Definition
grow
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/plasia
 Definition
growth, development
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/pnea
 Definition
breathing
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/poiesis
 Definition
formation
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/ptosis
 Definition
drooped, slipped down
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/rrhea
 Definition
flow, discharge
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/sclerosis, /sclerotic
 Definition
hardening
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