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Medical Terms 1

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Term
Definition
Electr   Electricity  
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epi   above  
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onc/o   tumor  
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path/o   disease  
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cyst   urinary bladder/sac containing fluid  
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osteo   bone  
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rhin   nose  
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excision   the process to cut out  
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cis   to cut  
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ion   process  
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tomy   incision/process of cutting  
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scopy   process of visual examination  
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scope   instrument for visual examination  
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leuk   white  
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cyt   cell  
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erythr   red  
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thromb   clot/clotting  
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ema   blood condition  
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an   no/not/without  
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globin   protein  
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cephal   head  
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ot   ear  
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ic/ac/al/ical   pertaining to  
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encephal   brain  
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aden   gland  
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pathy   disease condition  
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algia   pain  
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CVA   stroke  
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cerebr/o cerebrum   largest part of the brain  
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vascular   pertaining to a vessel (blood vessel)  
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oma   tumor/mass/collection of fluid/swelling  
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sarc   flash  
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carcin   cancer/cancerous  
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iatr   treatment  
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genic   pertaining to/produing/produced by/produced in  
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opsy   process of viewing  
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aut/o   self  
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hyper   excessive/above/more than normal  
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glyc/o   glucose/sugar  
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hypo   deficient/below/less than normal  
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epi   above/on upon  
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crin/o   secrete (to form and give off)  
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edno   within  
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exo   out  
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sis   state of  
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gnos   knowledge  
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dia   complete, through  
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pro   before, forward  
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osis   condition, usually abnormal  
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retro   behind  
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sub   below/under  
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trans   across/through  
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peri   surrounding  
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ium   tissue/structure/thing  
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ped   child  
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physic   nature  
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ren   kidney  
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secti   to cut  
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tome   instrument to cut  
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