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Chapter One

Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in each of the black spaces below before clicking on it to display the answer.
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Term
Definition
Aden/o   gland  
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Carcin/o   cancer  
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Cardi/o   heart  
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Chem/o   chemical  
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Dermat/o   skin  
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enter/o   small intestine  
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gastr/o   stomach  
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gynec/o   female  
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hemat/o   blood  
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hydr/o   water  
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immun/o   immune  
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laryng/o   voice box  
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nephr/o   kidney  
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neur/o   nerve  
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ophthalm/o   eye  
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ot/o   ear  
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path/o   disease  
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pulmon/o   lung  
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rhin/o   nose  
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ur/o   urine, urinary tract  
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A   without, away from  
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an   without  
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ante   before, in front of  
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anti   against  
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auto   self  
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brady   slow  
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dys   painful, difficult  
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endo   inner, within  
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epi   upon, over  
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hetero   different  
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homo   same  
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hydro   water  
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hyper   over,above  
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hypo   under, below  
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infra   under, beneath, below  
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intra   within, inside  
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macro   large  
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micro   small  
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neo   new  
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pan   all  
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para   beside, beyond, near  
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peri   around  
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post   after,  
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pre   before, in front of  
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pseudo   false  
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retro   behind  
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sub   under, below  
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super   above, excess  
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supra   above  
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tachy   rapid, fast  
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trans   across, through  
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bi   two  
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hemi   half  
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mono   one  
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multi   many  
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nulli   none  
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poly   many  
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quad   four  
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semi   partial, half  
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tri   three  
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uni   one  
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algia   pain  
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gen   that which produces  
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genesis   generates, produces  
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genic   producing  
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iasis   abnormal condition  
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itis   inflammation  
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logist   one who studies  
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logy   study of  
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lysis   destruction  
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megaly   enlargement, large  
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pathy   disease  
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ptosis   drooping  
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sclerosis   hardening  
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stenosis   narrowing  
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therapy   treatment  
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trophy   nourishment, development  
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uria   condition of the urine  
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centesis   puncture to withdraw fluid  
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ectomy   surgical removal  
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ostomy   surgically create an opening  
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otomy   cutting into  
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gram   record of picture  
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graph   instrument for recording  
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graphy   process of recording  
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meter   instrument for measuring  
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metry   process of measuring  
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scope   instrument for viewing  
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scopy   process of visually examining  
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vertebra   vertebrae  
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thorax   thoraces  
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appendix   appendices  
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metastasis   metastases  
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sarcoma   sarcomata  
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phalanx   phalanges  
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ganglion   ganglia  
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nucleus   nuclei  
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ovum   ova  
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biopsy   biopsies  
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