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Beginning Medical Terminology

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Term
Definition
Auto   self  
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Bio   Life  
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Centi   one-hundredth  
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Deca;Deka   ten  
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Kilo   thousand  
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-logy   study of  
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Macro   large;big  
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Micro   small;tiny  
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Milli   one-thousandth  
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Multi   many  
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Ocu;Oculo   pertaining to the eye  
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Patho   disease  
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-scope   an instrument for viewing or observing  
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Trans   throughj or across  
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Uni   single;one  
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A   lack, without  
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Aqua   water  
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Chromo   color  
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-cule   small  
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Di   two  
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Endo   inner; within  
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Erythro   red  
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Ex-,exo   outer  
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Leuko   white  
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Mole   body  
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Mono   one  
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Morpho   body,shape, form  
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Sub   below  
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Super   above  
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-thermic   heat  
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Amyl   Starch  
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Angio   Blood or lymph vessel  
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-ase   Enzyme  
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Capillus   Hair or small tube  
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Hydro   Water  
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Iso   Same or equal  
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Lact; lacto   Milk  
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Lipos; lipi   Fat  
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-lysis   Breaking down or decomposition  
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-ose   Carbohydrate, esp.sugar  
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-philic   Loving  
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-phobic   Fearing  
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Poly   Many  
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Sacchari(o)   Sugar  
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Tri   Three  
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Carcin(o)   Cancerous  
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Chlor(o)   Green  
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Chondr(o)   Cartilage  
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-cide;-cidal   To kill  
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-cyte;-cyto   Cell  
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Myo   Muscle  
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Neo   New; strange  
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Nucle(o)   Nucleus  
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Nucleol(o)   Little nucleus  
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Nutri(o)   Food  
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-oma   Tumor  
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Onc(o)   Tumor; cancer  
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-plasm(a)   Formative material  
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Sarc(o)   Flesh; connective tissue  
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-some;-soma   Body  
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