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Medical
English
epi-   above, upon  
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hyper-   excessive  
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sub-   below, under  
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intra-   in, within  
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hypo-   deficiency of  
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an-   without  
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inter-   between  
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peri-   around  
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homo-   same  
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-cyte   cell  
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-derma   skin  
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-gram   record, writing  
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-graph   instrument for recording  
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-ologist   specialist of  
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-ology   study of  
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-therapy   treatment  
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aden/o   gland  
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dermat/o   skin  
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kerat/o   horny tissue; hard  
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mast/o   breast  
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onych/o   nail  
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squam/o   scale  
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ungu/o   nail  
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adip/o   fat  
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derm/o   skin  
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lact/o   milk  
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melan/o   black  
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pil/o   hair  
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steat/o   fat  
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thel/o   nipple  
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xen/o   foreign, strange  
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crypt/o   hidden  
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hidr/o   sweat  
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lip/o   fat  
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myc/o   fungus  
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seb/o   sebum, sebaceous  
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trich/o   hair  
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xanth/o   yellow  
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cutane/o   skin  
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ichthy/o   dry, scaly  
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mamm/o   breast  
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nid/o   nest  
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scler/o   hardening  
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sudor/o   sweat  
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xer/o   dry  
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"Y"   PROCESS OF...  
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"E"   INSTRUMENT TO...  
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-tomy   process of cutting/incision  
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-tome   instrument to cut  
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-scopy   process of viewing/examination  
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-scope   instrument to view  
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-metry   process of measuring  
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-meter   instrument to measure  
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-graphy   process of recording  
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-graph   instrument to record  
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-rrhaphy   suture  
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-rrhexis   rupture  
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-rrhagia   bursting forth  
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-rrhea   discharge  
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-pathy   disease  
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-osis/-iasis   abnormal condition  
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-ism   condition/state of  
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meta-   change  
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morph/o   shape  
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cele-   hernia, swelling  
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-oma   tumour  
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-ectomy   surgical removal/excision  
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-otomy/-tomy   incision into  
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-plasia   pertaining to formation  
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-plasm   growth  
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-oid   resembling  
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hist/o   tissue  
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-centesis   surgical puncture  
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-desis   fixation (bones/joints)  
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-pexy   fixation (organ)  
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-penia   deficiency of  
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dermabrasion   pertaining to skin SCRAPING  
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-stomy   formation of an opening  
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poikil/o   irregular  
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gynecomastia   pertaining to female breast  
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-dynia   painful  
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aut/o   self  
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-graft   transplantation  
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-lytics/-lysis   destruction  
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cheil/o   lips  
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ne/o   new  
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-plasm   growth  
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erythr/o   red  
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micro-   small  
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macro-   large  
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-genesis   formation  
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hyperhidrosis   excessive sweating  
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IV   intravenous  
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CM   centimeter  
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IMP   impression  
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stat   immediately  
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decub   decubitus (bedsore)(ulcer)  
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MRI   magnetic resonance imaging  
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I+D   incision + drainage  
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FS   frozen section  
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ID   intradermal  
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UV   ultraviolet  
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Bx   biopsy  
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TMN   tumour node metastasis  
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derm   dermatology  
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ER   emergency room  
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subcu   subcutaneous  
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XP   xeroderma pigmentosa  
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BCC   basal cell carcinoma  
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ung   ointment  
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CA   cancer  
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