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Medical Terminology
Lesson 1 Greek
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Medical
Undergraduate 1
12/01/2008
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acanth-
 Definition
akantha - thorn, spine
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alg-
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algos - pain
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alges-
 Definition
algesis - sensitivity to pain
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all-
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allos - other, divergence, different from
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angi-
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angeion - blood vessel, duct
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arteri-
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arteria - air passage, artery
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arthr-
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arthron - joint
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bi-
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bios - life
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brady-
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bradys - slow
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cardi-
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kardia - heart
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cephal-
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kephale - head
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crani-
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kranion - skull
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cyt-
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kytos - cell
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encephal-
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enkephalon - brain
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erythr-
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erythros - red, RBC
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lept-
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leptos - thin, fine, slight
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leuk-
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leukos - white, WBC
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lith-
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lithos - stone, calculus
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log-
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logos - word, study
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malac-
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malakos - soft, softening
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mes-
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mesos - middle, secondary, partional, mesentery
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-meter ; metr-
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metron - measuring device, measure
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nephr-
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nephros - kidney
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neur-
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neuron - nerve, nervous system
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oste-
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osteon - bone
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prosop-
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prosopon - face
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prot-
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protos - first, primitive, early
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scler-
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skleros - hard
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sten-
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stenos - narrow
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stere-
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stereos - solid, having three dimensions
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tachy-
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tachys - rapid
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tox- ; toxi-
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toxon - poison
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