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Ch 6 Medical Terminology
Medical Terminology
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11th Grade
12/09/2009
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a, an
 Definition
without
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ab
 Definition
away from
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ad
 Definition
toward
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ante
 Definition
before
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anti
 Definition
against
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bi
 Definition
both, two
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brady
 Definition
slow
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circum
 Definition
around
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con
 Definition
with
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contra
 Definition
against
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diplo
 Definition
double
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dors
 Definition
back
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dys
 Definition
painful, difficult
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ecto
 Definition
outside
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endo
 Definition
inside, within
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epi
 Definition
upper, above
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hemi
 Definition
half
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hypo
 Definition
deficient, below, less than
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inter
 Definition
between
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intra
 Definition
inside, within
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macro
 Definition
large
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mal
 Definition
bad
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hyper
 Definition
excessive, above, more than
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micro
 Definition
small
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mono
 Definition
one, single
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neo
 Definition
new
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ortho
 Definition
straight
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pan
 Definition
all
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para
 Definition
beside, beyond
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peri
 Definition
around
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poly
 Definition
many
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post
 Definition
behind, after
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pre
 Definition
before, in front of
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pseudo
 Definition
false
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retro
 Definition
backward
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semi
 Definition
half
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sub
 Definition
below
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super
 Definition
above
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supra
 Definition
above
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tachy
 Definition
rapid
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trans
 Definition
across
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acro
 Definition
extremities
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aden
 Definition
gland
Term
angio
 Definition
vessel (blood)
Term
ankyl
 Definition
crooked, looped
Term
arterio
 Definition
artery
Term
arthro
 Definition
joint
Term
aud, aur
 Definition
ear, hearing
Term
blepharo
 Definition
eyelid
Term
brachi
 Definition
arm
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bronchi
 Definition
bronchial
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bucca
 Definition
cheek
Term
carcin
 Definition
cancer
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cardio
 Definition
heart
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caud
 Definition
tail
Term
cephal
 Definition
head
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cerebro
 Definition
brain
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cervic
 Definition
neck
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chole
 Definition
bile
Term
cholecyst
 Definition
gallbladder
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chondro
 Definition
cartilage
Term
coccus
 Definition
round
Term
col
 Definition
colon
Term
colp
 Definition
vagina
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costo
 Definition
ribs
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cranio
 Definition
skull
Term
cut
 Definition
skin
Term
cyan
 Definition
blue
Term
cysto
 Definition
bladder, sac
Term
cyt, cyte
 Definition
cell
Term
dacry
 Definition
tear duct
Term
dactyl
 Definition
fingers, toes
Term
dent
 Definition
tooth
Term
derma
 Definition
skin
Term
duoden
 Definition
duodenum
Term
edema
 Definition
swelling
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electr
 Definition
electric
Term
emesis
 Definition
vomit
Term
enter
 Definition
intestine
Term
erythro
 Definition
red
Term
esophag
 Definition
esophagus
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esthesi
 Definition
feeling
Term
faci
 Definition
face
Term
fascia
 Definition
band, fibrous
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gastro
 Definition
stomach
Term
gingiva
 Definition
gum
Term
gloss
 Definition
tongue
Term
gyne
 Definition
woman
Term
hemo
 Definition
blood
Term
hepat
 Definition
liver
Term
hystero
 Definition
uterus, womb
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kerat
 Definition
cornea, scaly
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labia
 Definition
lip
Term
lacrim
 Definition
tear
Term
lacto
 Definition
milk
Term
lapar
 Definition
abdomen
Term
larying
 Definition
larynx
Term
leuko
 Definition
white
Term
lingua
 Definition
tongue
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lip
 Definition
fat
Term
lith
 Definition
stone
Term
lymph
 Definition
fluid
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mamm, mast
 Definition
breast
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melan
 Definition
black
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mening
 Definition
membrane (pertaining to the covering of the brain or spinal cord)
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meno/mens
 Definition
menstruate
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myelo
 Definition
bone marrow
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myo
 Definition
muscle
Term
nares
 Definition
nose, nostrils
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necr
 Definition
death
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ocul
 Definition
eye
Term
odont
 Definition
tooth
Term
oopharo
 Definition
ovary
Term
ophthal
 Definition
eye
Term
orchis
 Definition
testies
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osteo
 Definition
bone
Term
oto
 Definition
ear, hearing
Term
ovario
 Definition
ovary
Term
part
 Definition
birth, labor
Term
ped/pod
 Definition
foot
Term
ped
 Definition
child
Term
phagia
 Definition
swallow
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pharying
 Definition
pharynx
Term
phasia
 Definition
speak
Term
phleb
 Definition
vein
Term
pleur
 Definition
pleura of the lung
Term
pneuma
 Definition
lung
Term
procto
 Definition
rectum
Term
psycho
 Definition
mind, soul
Term
ovi
 Definition
egg
Term
nephro
 Definition
kidney
Term
neuro
 Definition
nerve
Term
a, ac
 Definition
pertaining to
Term
al
 Definition
like, similar, pertaining to
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algia
 Definition
pain
Term
hydro
 Definition
water
Term
cele
 Definition
hernia
Term
cente
 Definition
puncture
Term
crine
 Definition
secrete
Term
desis
 Definition
surgical fixation
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ectomy
 Definition
surgical removal
Term
emia
 Definition
blood
Term
genesis, genic
 Definition
source, orgin
Term
gram, graph
 Definition
pictures
Term
ia
 Definition
disease, an unhealthy state or condition
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ic, ical, is
 Definition
pertaining to
Term
itis
 Definition
inflammation
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lysis
 Definition
destruction
Term
pulm
 Definition
lung
Term
pyelo
 Definition
pelvis of the kidney
Term
pyo
 Definition
pus
Term
ren
 Definition
kidney
Term
rhin
 Definition
nose
Term
salpingo
 Definition
tube
Term
soma
 Definition
body
Term
splen
 Definition
spleen
Term
spondyl
 Definition
spine
Term
squam
 Definition
scaly
Term
stoma
 Definition
mouth
Term
stric
 Definition
narrowing
Term
thorac
 Definition
thorax
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thrombo
 Definition
clot
Term
trachi
 Definition
trachea
Term
vas
 Definition
vessel
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vesic
 Definition
bladder, sac
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viscera
 Definition
organ
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