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Chapter 4
Terminology
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Intermediate
10/21/2015
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Carp/o
 Definition
Wrist Bones
Term
Cib/o
 Definition
Meals
Term
Cost/o
 Definition
Rib
Term
Cutane/o
 Definition
Skin
Term
Cis/o
 Definition
to cut
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Dactyl/o
 Definition
Fingers/Toes
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Duct/o
 Definition
to lead, carry
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Flex/o
 Definition
to bend
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Furc/o
 Definition
forking/branching
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gloss/o
 Definition
tongue
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glyc/o
 Definition
sugar
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immun/o
 Definition
protection
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morph/o
 Definition
shape, form
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mort/o
 Definition
death
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nat/i
 Definition
birth
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nect/o
 Definition
to bind/connect
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norm/o
 Definition
rule/order
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ox/o
 Definition
oxygen
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pub/o
 Definition
Pubis
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Seps/o
 Definition
Infection
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Somn/o
 Definition
sleep
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Son/o
 Definition
sound
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the/o
 Definition
to put/place
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Thel/o, Theli/o
 Definition
Nipple
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Thyr/o
 Definition
thyroid
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Top/o
 Definition
Place, position,location
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Tox/o
 Definition
Poison
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Trache/o
 Definition
Trachea/windpipe
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Urethr/o
 Definition
Urethra
Term
-blast
 Definition
embryonic/immature
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-crine
 Definition
to secrete
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-drome
 Definition
to run
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-fusion
 Definition
coming together;to pour
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-gen
 Definition
substance that produces
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-lapse
 Definition
tp slide, fall, sag
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-lysis
 Definition
breakdown/ destruction
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-meter
 Definition
to measure
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-mission
 Definition
to send
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-or
 Definition
one who
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-oxia
 Definition
oxygen
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-partum
 Definition
birth/labor
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-phoria
 Definition
feeling (mental state)
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-physis
 Definition
to grow
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-plasia
 Definition
development/formation/growth
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-plasm
 Definition
structure or formation
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-pnea
 Definition
breath
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-ptosis
 Definition
falling/dropping/prolapse
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-rrhea
 Definition
discharge/flow
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-stasis
 Definition
stopping/controlling
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-trophy
 Definition
development/nourishment
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apnea
 Definition
without breathing
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anoxia
 Definition
no oxygen
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Abductor
 Definition
muscle that draws limb away from the body
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Abnormal
 Definition
pertaining to away from rule or order
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Adductor
 Definition
a muscle that draws a limb towards the body
Term
Adrenal Glands
 Definition
Glands that lie on top of each kidney
Term
Anabolism
 Definition
Process of casting up
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Ante Cibum
 Definition
before meals
Term
Anteflexion
 Definition
process of bending forward
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Antepartum
 Definition
before birth
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antibiotic
 Definition
pertaining to against bacterial life
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antibody
 Definition
protein substance produced by white blood cells
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Antigen
 Definition
substance that stimulates antibody production
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Against Infection
 Definition
Antisepsis
Term
Not breathing
 Definition
Apnea
Term
Condition of no oxygen
 Definition
Anoxia
Term
Irregularity at birth
 Definition
Congenital Anomaly
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Condition of change in shape/form
 Definition
metamorphosis
Term
Vague feeling of bodily discomfort
 Definition
malaise
Term
Condition of deficiency of all (blood cells)
 Definition
Pancytopenia
Term
separation of wastes from the blood
 Definition
Dialysis
Term
Spread of a cancerous tumor to a secondary organ or tissue
 Definition
Metastasis
Term
Symptoms lessen/disappear
 Definition
Remission
Term
Disease or Symptom return
 Definition
relapse
Term
Webbed fingers or toes
 Definition
Syndactyly
Term
New growth (tumor)
 Definition
Neoplasm
Term
Rapid Breathing
 Definition
Tachypenia
Term
Condition of slow heart beat
 Definition
Bradycardia
Term
Pregnancy that is out of place
 Definition
ectopic
Term
Good Feeling (well being)
 Definition
Euphoria
Term
Condition of abnormal formation (of cells)
 Definition
dysplasia
Term
Pertaining to within the windpipe
 Definition
endotracheal
Term
pertaining to below the ribs
 Definition
infracostal
Term
Blood condition of less than normal sugar
 Definition
Hypoglcemia
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ab-
 Definition
away
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ante-
 Definition
before
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Cata-
 Definition
down
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Contra-
 Definition
against
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epi-
 Definition
above
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eu-
 Definition
good
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hypo-
 Definition
under
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hyper-
 Definition
excessive
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poly-
 Definition
multiple
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post-
 Definition
after
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syn-,sym-
 Definition
together/with
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retro-
 Definition
behind
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Supra-
 Definition
above/upper
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Intra-
 Definition
in, within,into
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endo-
 Definition
inside
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tachy-
 Definition
fast
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bi-
 Definition
two sides
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Pan-
 Definition
all
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neo-
 Definition
new
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Peri-
 Definition
Surrounding
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Hemi-
 Definition
half
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Inter-
 Definition
between
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Micro-
 Definition
small
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Brady-
 Definition
Slow
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Dys-
 Definition
Bad,PAinful, difficult
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Dia-
 Definition
through,Complete
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Macro-
 Definition
Large
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Pro-
 Definition
before/forward
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Ultra-
 Definition
beyond excess
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Con-
 Definition
with
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MAl-
 Definition
bad
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Meta-
 Definition
beyond/change
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Para-
 Definition
abnormal,beside,near
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Anti-
 Definition
against
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