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Table 1 Pg 4 Medical Terminology/biochemistry

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Term
Definition
Ante-   Before  
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Anti-   against  
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Ecto-   outside  
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Endo-   within  
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Hyper-   above, beyond, excessive  
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Hypo--   below, under, edficient  
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Intera-   between  
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Intra-   within  
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Para-   beside  
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Peri-   around  
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Per-   through  
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Pre-   before  
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Pro-   before  
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Super-   above, beyond  
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Supra-   above, beyond  
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-Poiesis   formation  
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-ptosis   prolapse, drooping  
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-ptysis   spitting  
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-rrhagia   bursting forth  
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-rrhaphy   suture  
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-rrhea   flow  
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-rrhexis   rupture  
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-scope   instrument  
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-scopy   to view  
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-tome   instrument to cut  
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tomy   incision  
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-tripsy   crushing  
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-trophy   nourishment  
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Radi/o   radiation  
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Graph(er)   recording instrument (one who)  
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Pneumon/o(ia)   lungs, air (condition)  
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Chemo(ist)   drug, chemical (specialist)  
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Arteri/o (ole)   artery (little, small)  
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pustul/o(ule)   infected blister, pimple (little small)  
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peri(cardio) -um,-ium   around; heat; structure, tissue  
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tachy-   fast  
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brady-   deficient, under  
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aden/o   gland  
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oid   resembling  
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-s, -es   plural  
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adip/o (-ose)   fat (full of)  
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-algia   pain  
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-dynia   pain  
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-emia   blood condition  
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-genic   producing, forming  
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-ia   condition, disease  
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-itis   inflammation  
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-malacia   softening  
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-megaly   enlargement  
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-oma   tumor, mass  
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-osis   condition  
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-pathy   diisease  
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-penia   deficiency  
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-rrhea   flow, discharge  
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-rrhage, -rrhagia   bursting forth  
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-sclerosis   hardening  
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-centesis   surgical puncture to remove fluid for analysis  
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-ectomy   surgical removal  
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-graphy   process of recording  
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-lysis   separation, breakdown, destruction  
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-opsy   view of, vision  
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-plasty   surgical repair  
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-scopy   process of visual examination  
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-stomy   opening  
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