Medical Terminology: word roots, prefixes, suffixes
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-algia | pain, painful condition
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dys- | bad, difficult, or painful
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-ectomy | surgical removal, cutting into
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hyper- | excessive, increased
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hypo- | deficient, decreased
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-itis | inflammation
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-osis | abnormal condition
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-ostomy | the surgical creation of an artificial opening to body surface
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-otomy | cutting, surgical incision
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-plasty | surgical repair
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-rrhage | bleeding, abnormal excessive fluid discharge
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-rrhapy | surgical suturing
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-rrhea | flow or discharge
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-rrhexis | rupture
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-sclerosis | abnormal hardening
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cyan/o | blue
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erythr/o | red
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leuk/o | white
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melan/o | black
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poli/o | gray
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-ac | pertaining to
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-al | pertaining to
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-an | pertaining to
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-ar | pertaining to
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-ary | pertaining to
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-eal | pertaining to
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-ical | pertaining to
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-ial | pertaining to
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-ic | pertaining to
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-ine | pertaining to
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-ior | pertaining to
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-ory | pertaining to
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-ous | pertaining to
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-tic | pertaining to
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-ago | abnormal condition
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-esis | abnormal condition
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-ia | abnormal condition
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-iasis | abnormal condition
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-ion | abnormal condition
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-ism | abnormal condition
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ab- | away from
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ad- | toward, to, in the direction of
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dextr/o | right side
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sinistr/o | left side
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ex- | out of, outside, away from
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in- | in, into, not, without
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macro- | large, abnormal size, or long
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micr/o, micro- | small
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mega-, megal/o | large, great
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olig/o | scanty, few
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pre- | before
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post- | after, behind
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eu- | good, normal, well or easy
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inter- | between, among
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intra- | within, inside
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sub- | under, less, below
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super-, supra- | above, excessive
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myc/o | fungus
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myel/o | bone marrow, spinal cord
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my/o | muscle
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-ologist | specialist
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-ology | the study of
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pyel/o | renal pelvis
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py/o | pus
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pyr/o | fever, fire
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arteri/o | artery
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arthr/o | joint
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cardi/o | heart
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nat/o | birth
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neur/o | nerve
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rhin/o | nose
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aden/o | gland
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adip/o | fat
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anter/o | before, front
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caud/o | lower part of body, tail
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cephal/o | head
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cyt/o, -cyte | cell
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hist/o, histi/o | tissue
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path/o, -pathy | disease, suffering, feeling, emotion
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plas/i, plas/o, -plasia | development, growth, formation
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poster/o | behind, toward the back
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anatomy | the study of the structures of the body
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physiology | the study of the functions of the structures of the body
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LLQ | left lower quadrant
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LUQ | left upper quadrant
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RLQ | right lower quadrant
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RUQ | right upper quadrant
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hem/o | blood
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oste/o | bone
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peri- | surrounding
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nephr/o | kidney
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hemat/o | blood
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hepat/o | liver
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fasci/o | cover, support and separate muscles, fascia
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ten/o | tendon
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tend/o | tendon
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tendin/o | tendon
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tax/o | coordination, order
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ton/o | tone, stretching, tension
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tri- | three
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-cele | hernia, swelling
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kines/o | movement
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kinesi/o | movement
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angi/o | blood vessel
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vas/o | blood vessel
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arteri/o | arteries
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capill/o | capillaries
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phleb/o | veins
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ven/o | veins
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thromb/o | clot
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aort/o | aorta
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-crasia | mixture, blending
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phag/o | eat, swallow
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tox/o | poison
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nas/o | nose
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pleur/o | pleura, side of body
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somn/o | sleep
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spir/o | breathe
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phon/o | sound, voice
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cholecyst/o | gallbladder
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pancreat/o | pancreas
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an/o | anus
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proct/o | anus, rectum
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rect/o | rectum
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gastr/o | stomach
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or/o | mouth
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stomat/o | mouth
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-lithiasis | presence of stones
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cholang/o | bile duct
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