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LAT Medical Terminology
Medical Terms Set 1
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Undergraduate 1
09/17/2017
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Term
-tome
 Definition
instrument used to cut slices
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-tomy
 Definition
cut into , incise, incision
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-ostomy
 Definition
cut a new surgical opening
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-ectomy
 Definition
cut out, remove, excise, excision
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crani/o
 Definition
skull, cranial
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mening/o
 Definition
membranes
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cerebr/o
 Definition
of or relating to the brain
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encephal/o
 Definition
brain
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cephal/o
 Definition
heat
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ather/o
 Definition

plaque, soft fatty deposit

System: Cardiovascular
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arteri/o
 Definition
Artery
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angi/o
 Definition
vessel
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hemangi/o
 Definition
blood vessels
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malac/o
 Definition
soft
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neur/o
 Definition
nerve
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malacia
 Definition
softening of
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hyper
 Definition
high
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myel/o
 Definition
bone marrow, spinal cord
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-itis
 Definition
inflammation
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hypo-
 Definition
low
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neonatal
 Definition
newborn
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-pathy
 Definition
disease
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hist/o
 Definition
tissue
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neoplasm
 Definition
new growth
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neoplasm
 Definition
new growth
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-trophy
 Definition
condition of nutrition or growth
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aden/o
 Definition
gland
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neo-
 Definition
new
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-emesis
 Definition
to vomit
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lip/o
 Definition
fat
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scler/o
 Definition
hard, hardening
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-oma
 Definition
tumor
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carcin/o
 Definition
cancer
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meta-
 Definition
post, after
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-stasis
 Definition
a stoppage or diminution of flow, as of blood or other body fluid
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sarc/o
 Definition
flesh
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anti-
 Definition
counteracting, affects against
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-logy
 Definition
a science or study of
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papill/o
 Definition
resembling a nipple
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mucoid
 Definition
mucus
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-logist
 Definition
science or study of
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fibr/o
 Definition
fiber/fibrous
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mucus, ous
 Definition
free slime of mucous membranes
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-oid
 Definition
resembling, having the appearance of
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oste/o
 Definition
bone
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serosa
 Definition
outer most layer of membrane that covers the abdominal cavity
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-lysis
 Definition
destruction of a cell by specific lysin
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chondr/o
 Definition
cartilage
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mucosa
 Definition
mucus membrane
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-blast
 Definition
immature stage in cellular development
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onc/o
 Definition
tumor, swelling, mass
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-algia
 Definition
pain
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-plasty
 Definition
repair of
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hypertension
 Definition
high blood pressure
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-cele
 Definition
swelling, tumor
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-genesis
 Definition
creation, origination
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