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Medical Terminology
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Health Care
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03/16/2026
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a-, an-
 Definition
without (anemia)
Term
Anti-
 Definition
Against (anticoagulant)
Term
Bradyx
 Definition
Slow (bradycardia)
Term
Brady-
 Definition
Slow (bradycardia)
Term
Tachy-
 Definition
Fadt(tachycardia)
Term
Dys-
 Definition
Bad/abnormal (dysrhythmia
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Endo-
 Definition
Within(endocardium)
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Epi-
 Definition
Upon(epicardium)
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hyper-
 Definition
excessive (hypertension)
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hypo-
 Definition
below/low (hypotension)
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inter-
 Definition
between (intercostal)
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Intrax
 Definition
within (intravenous)
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Peri-
 Definition
around (pericardium)
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Poly-
 Definition
many (polyneuropathy)
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Pre-
 Definition
before (preoperative)
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Post-
 Definition
after (postoperative)
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Sub-
 Definition
under (subclavian)
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Trans-
 Definition
across (transdermal)
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Hemi-
 Definition
half (hemiplegia)
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Uni-
 Definition
one (unilateral)
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Bi-
 Definition
two (bilateral)
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Tri-
 Definition
three (tricuspid)
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-al
 Definition
pertaining to (neural)
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-ary
 Definition
pertaining to (coronary)
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-cyte
 Definition
cell (leukocyte)
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-ectomy
 Definition
removal (appendectomy)
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-Emil
 Definition
blood condition (anemia)
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-gram
 Definition
record (electrocardiogram)
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