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Chapter 3
Chapter 3 of Chabner "The Language of Medicine"
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Medical
11th Grade
02/09/2011

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abdomin/o
Definition
abdomen
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acr/o
Definition
extremities, top, extreme point
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acu/o
Definition
sharp, severe, sudden
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amin/o
Definition
amnion (sac surrounding the embryo in the uterus)
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angi/o
Definition
vessel
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ateri/o
Definition
artery
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axill/o
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armpit
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blephar/o
Definition
eyelid
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broch/o
Definition
bronchial tubes (2 tubes, one right and one left, that branch from the trachea to enter the lungs
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chem/o
Definition
chemical,drug
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chron/o
Definition
time
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col/o
Definition
colon
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hydr/o
Definition
water, fluid
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isch/o
Definition
to hold back
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lapar/o
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abdomen, abdominal wall
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lymph/o
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lymph, a clear fluid that bathes tissue spaces
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mamm/o
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breast
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mast/o
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breast
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morph/o
Definition
shape, form
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muc/o
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mucus
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my/o
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muscle
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myel/o
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spinal cord, bone marrow
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necr/o
Definition
death
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neutr/o
Definition
neutrophil (a white blood cell)
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ot/o
Definition
ear
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-algia
Definition
pain
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-emia
Definition
blood condition
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-cele
Definition
hernia
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-centesis
Definition
surgical puncture to remove fluid
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-coccus
Definition
berry-shapped bacterium
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-dynia
Definition
pain
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-genesis
Definition
condition of producing, forming
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-lysis
Definition
breakdown, destruction, separation
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-malacia
Definition
softening
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-megaly
Definition
enlargement
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-oma
Definition
tumor, mass, collection of fluid
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-penia
Definition
deficiency
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-phobia
Definition
fear
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-plasia
Definition
development, formation, growth
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-plasty
Definition
surgical repair
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-ptosis
Definition
drooping, sagging, prolapse
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-sclerosis
Definition
hardening
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-stasis
Definition
stopping, controlling
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-stomy
Definition
opening to form a mouth (stoma)
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-therapy
Definition
treatment
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-trophy
Definition
development, nourishment
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-er
Definition
one who
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-ia
Definition
condition
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-ole
Definition
little, small
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-ule
Definition
little, small
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-us
Definition
structure, substance
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-ar
Definition
pertaining to
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-ary
Definition
pertaining to
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-eal
Definition
pertaining to
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-oid
Definition
resembling
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-ose
Definition
pertaing to, full of
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-ous
Definition
pertaining to
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-tic
Definition
pertaing to
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