Chapter three and four, Building a Medical Vocabulary
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| -centesis | surgical puncture to aspirate or remove fluid
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| -ectomy | excision (surgical removal or cutting out)
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| -lysis | process of loosening, freeing, or destroying
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| -pexy | surgical fixation (fastening in a fixed position)
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| -plasty | surgical repair
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| -rrhaphy | suture (uniting a wound by stitches)
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| -scope | instrument used for viewing (also used in diagnostic procedures)
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| -stomy | formation of an opening
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| -tome | an instrument used for cutting
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| -tomy | incision (cutting into tissue)
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| -tripsy | surgical crushing
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| aden(o) | gland
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| blephar(o) | eyelid
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| angi(o) | vessel
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| append(o), appendic(o) | appendix
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| oste(o) | bone
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| cutane(o), derm(a), dermat(o) | skin
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| cerebr(o), encephal(o) | brain
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| colon(o), col(o) | colon / large intestine
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| tonsill(o) | tonsil
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| mamm(o), mast(o) | breast
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| nephr(o), ren(o) | kidney
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| vas(o) | vessel, ductus deferens (also called vas deferens, excretory duct of testicle)
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| -algia, -dynia | pain
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| -edema | swelling
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| -ectasia, -ectasis | dilation or stretching of structure or part
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| -emesis | to vomit, vomiting
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| -rrhea | flow or discharge
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| -malacia | soft, softening
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| -rrhexis | rupture
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| -megaly | enlargement
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| -spasm | twitching, cramp
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| -oid (forms adj and n) | resembling
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| -stasis | stopping, controlling
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| -penia | deficiency
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| -rrhage, -rrhagia | excessive bleeding or hemorrhage
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| -gram | record
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| -graph | an instrument used to record
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| -graphy | the process of recording
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| -scopy | visual examination
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| ech(o), son(o) | sound
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| tom(o) | to cut
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| ultra- | excessive
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| electr(o) | electricity
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| flour(o) | emitting or reflecting light
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| CT, CAT | Computed Tomography, Computed Axial Tomography
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| CXR | Chest X-Ray
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| Dx | Diagnosis
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| MRI | Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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| ECG, EKG | ElectroCardioGram
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| GI | GastroIntestinal
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| WNL | Within Normal Limits
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| Cancer(o), carcin(o) | cancer
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| path(o) | disease
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| -cele | hernia (protrusion of all or part of an organ through the wall that contains it)
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| -emia | condition of the blood
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| -ia, -iasis | condition
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| -lith | stone or calculus
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| -mania | excessive preoccupation
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| -maniac | a person who shows excessive preoccupation
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| -oma | tumor
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| -pathy | disease
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| -phobia | abnormal fear
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| -ptosis | prolapse (sagging)
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| -osis | condition (often abnormal condition, sometimes an increase)
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| -al, -ary, -eal, -ive, -tic | pertaining to
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| -ous | pertaining to or characterized by
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| -able, -ible | capable of, able to
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| -iac | one who suffers
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| -ase | enzyme
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| -opia | vision
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| -eum, -ium | membrane
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| -ose | sugar
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| -ia, -ism | condition or theory
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| -y | state or condition
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| alb(o), albin(o), leuk(o) / leuc(o) (sometimes) | white
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| chlor(o) | green
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| erythr(o) | red
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| xanth(o) | yellow
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| cyan(o) | blue
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| melan(o) | black
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| hist(o) | tissue
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| pyr(o) | fire
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| muscul(o), my(o) | muscle
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| therm(o) | heat
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| mas(o), rhin(o) | nose
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| pod(o) | foot
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| algesi(o) | sensitivity to pain
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| narc(o) | stupor
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| -therapy | treatment
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| tox(o), toxic(o) | poison
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| Bx | biopsy
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| OD | Over Dose
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| OTC | over the counter
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| Tx | Treatment
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