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Medical Terminology Chapter 5
Medical Terminology for the University of Missouri
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Undergraduate 4
12/06/2010
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cocci
 Definition
spherically shaped
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strept/o
 Definition
twisted chains or strips
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staphyl/o
 Definition
bunch of grapes
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uvul/o
 Definition
uvula
Term
py/o
 Definition
pus
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-genic
 Definition
producing or forming
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onc/o
 Definition
tumors
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-rrhea
 Definition
flow or discharge
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ot/o
 Definition
ear
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-metry
 Definition
process of measuring
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a-
 Definition
not, lack of
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an-
 Definition
not, lack of
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brady-
 Definition
abnormally slow
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dys-
 Definition
difficult, abnormal, poor, painful
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tachy-
 Definition
abnormally fast
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audi/o
 Definition
hearing
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phon/o
 Definition
voice or vocal sounds
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rhin/o
 Definition
nose
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lith/o
 Definition
stone
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-genesis
 Definition
generating, producing, or forming
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chol/e
 Definition
gall or bile
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-iasis
 Definition
pathologic condition
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pne/o
 Definition
breath
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-pnea
 Definition
breathing
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men/o
 Definition
menstruation
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peps/o
 Definition
digestion
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therm/o
 Definition
heat
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dia-
 Definition
through
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micro-
 Definition
small
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macro-
 Definition
large
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dactyl/o
 Definition
digits
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syn-
 Definition
with or together
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drom/o
 Definition
run
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poly-
 Definition
too much or too many
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dipsia
 Definition
thirst
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