Medical Terms Part I
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| -ac | pertaining to
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| -al | pertaining to
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| -ar | pertaining to
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| -ary | pertaining to
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| -ic | pertaining to
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| -ine | pertaining to
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| -ive | pertaining to
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| -ous | pertaining to
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| -ation | a process; being or having
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| -ion | action; condition
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| -ia | condition; state; thing
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| -ism | process; disease from a specific cause
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| -itis | inflammation of; infection of
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| -megaly | enlargement
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| -oma | tumor; mass
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| -osis | condition; abnormal condition; process
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| -pathy | disease
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| -ectomy | surgical removal
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| -gram | a record or picture
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| -graphy | process of recording
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| -metry | process of measuring
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| -scope | instrument used to examine
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| -stomy | surgically created opening
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| -therapy | treatment
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| -tomy | process of cutting or making an incision
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| -iatry | medical treatment
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| -ics | knowledge; practice
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| -ist | one who specializes in
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| -logy | the study of
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| endo- | innermost; within
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| epi- | upon; above
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| inter- | between
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| intra- | within
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| peri- | around
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| post- | after; behind
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| pre- | before; in front of
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| sub- | below; underneath
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| trans- | across; through
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| bi- | two
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| brady- | slow
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| hemi- | one half
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| hyper- | above; more than normal
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| hypo- | below; deficient
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| poly- | many; much
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| quadri- | four
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| tachy- | fast
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| tri- | three
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| a- | away from; without
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| an- | without; not
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| anti- | against
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| de- | reversal of; without
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| dys- | painful; difficult; abnormal
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| eu- | normal; good
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| mal- | bad; inadequate
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| re- | again and again
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| abdomin/o- | abdomen
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| append/o- | appendix
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| arteri/o- | artery
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| arthr/o- | joint
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| bi/o- | living organisms
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| card/I- | heart
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| cardi/o- | heart
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| cholecyst/o- | gallbladder
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| col/o- | colon
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| colon/o- | colon
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| communicat/o- | impart; transmit
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| cost/o- | rib
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| cutane/o- | skin
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| derm/o- | skin
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| dietet/o- | foods; diet
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| digest/o- | break down food; digest
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| enter/o- | intestine
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| esthes/o- | sensation; feeling
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| etym/o- | word origin
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| gastr/o- | stomach
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| gemin/o- | set or group
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| hepat/o- | liver
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| hyster/o- | uterus (womb)
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| intestine/o- | intestine
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| lapar/o- | abdomen
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| laryng/o- | larynx
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| later/o- | side
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| mamm/o- | breast
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| medic/o- | physician; medicine
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| menstru/o- | monthly discharge of blood
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| ment/o- | mind
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| muscul/o- | muscle
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| nas/o- | nose
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| neur/o- | nerve
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| nutrit/o- | nourishment
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| pelv/o- | pelvis
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| phag/o- | eating; swallowing
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| pleg/o- | paralysis
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| pneumon/o- | lung; air
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| psych/o- | mind
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| sperm/o- | sperm
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| spir/o- | breathe
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| tens/o- | pressure; tension
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| therap/o- | treatment
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| thyroid/o- | thyroid gland
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| tonsil/o- | tonsil
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| trache/o- | trachea (windpipe)
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| urin/o- | urine; urinary system
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| uter/o- | uterus (womb)
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| vagin/o- | vagina
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| ven/o- | vein
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| dia- | complete; completely through
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| anter/o- | before; front part
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| auscult/o- | listening
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| congenit/o- | present at birth
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| intern/o- | inside
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| micr/o- | one millionth; small
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| ne/o- | new
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| plast/o- | growth; formation
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| super/o- | above
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| symptomat/o- | collection of symptoms
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| -cele | hernia
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| -rrhaphy | procedure of suturing
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| anastom/o- | create an opening between two structures
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| cholangi/o- | bile duct
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| cholecyst/o- | gallbladder
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| cirrh/o- | yellow
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| constip/o- | compacted feces
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| diverticul/o- | diverticulum
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| gloss/o- | tongue
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| hemorrhoid/o- | hemorrhoids
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| herni/o- | hernia
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| lapar/o- | abdomen
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| polyp/o- | polyp
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| rect/o- | rectum
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| sial/o- | saliva; salivary gland
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| sigmoid/o- | sigmoid colon
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| dys- | painful; difficult; abnormal
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| im- | not
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| trans- | across; though
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| chez/o- | to pass feces
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| choledoch/o- | common bile duct
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| duoden/o- | duodenum
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| eme/o- | vomiting
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| esophag/o- | esophagus
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| hemat/o- | blood
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| lith/o- | stone
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| log/o- | word; the study of
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| rect/o- | rectum
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| rub/o- | red
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| scop/o- | examine with an instrument
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| splen/o- | spleen
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| bronch/o- | bronchus
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| carbox/y- | carbon dioxide
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| carcin/o- | cancer
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| cocc/o- | spherical bacterium
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| dilat/o- | dilate; widen
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| glob/o- | shaped like a globe; comprehensive
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| hem/o- | blood
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| pneum/o- | lung; air
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| pneumon/o- | lung; air
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| pulmon/o- | lung
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| thorac/o- | thorax; chest
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| -ator | person who produces or does; thing that produces
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| -centesis | procedure to puncture
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| -ectasis | condition of dilation
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| -isy | condition of inflammation or infection
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| -pnea | breathing
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| -ptysis | abnormal condition of coughing up
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| -spasm | sudden; involuntary muscle contraction
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| -stomy | surgically created opening
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| anthrac/o- | coal
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| asthma/o- | asthma
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| cyan/o- | blue
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| lob/o- | lobe of an organ
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| orth/o- | straight
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| ox/I- | oxygen
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| pleur/o- | pleura; lung membrane
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| py/o- | pus
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| resuscit/o- | revive; raise up again
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| steth/o- | chest
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| ventil/o- | movement of air
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| pan- | all
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| anti- | against
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| em- | in
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| endo- | innermost; within
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| ex- | out; away from
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| -plasty | process of reshaping by surgery
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| -tome | instrument used to cut; area with distinct edges
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| aneurysm/o- | aneurysm; dilation
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| angi/o- | blood vessel; lymphatic vessel
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| ather/o- | soft; fatty substance
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| claudicate/o- | limping pain
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| fibril/o- | muscle fiber; nerve fiber
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| infarct/o- | area of dead tissue
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| necr/o- | dead cells; tissue, or body
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| palpit/o- | to throb
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| pat/o- | to be open
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| phleb/o- | vein
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| scler/o- | hard
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| sten/o- | narrowness; constriction
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| tele/o- | distance
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| valvul/o- | valve
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| ech/o- | echo; sound wave
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| electr/o- | electricity
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| idi/o- | unknown; individual
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| ly/o- | break down; destroy
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| man/o- | thin; frenzy
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| sphygm/o- | pulse
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| thromb/o- | thrombus; blood clot
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| vers/o- | to travel; to turn
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| -cyte | cell
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| -edema | swelling
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| -emia | condition of the blood
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| -immune | immune response
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| -ization | process of making, creating or inserting
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| agglutin/o- | clumping; sticking
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| attenu/o- | weakened
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| aut/o- | self
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| coagul/o- | clotting
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| embol/o- | embolus; occluding plug
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| morph/o- | shape
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| myel/o- | bone marrow; spinal cord; myelin
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| septic/o- | infection
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| thym/o- | thymus
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| vaccin/o- | giving a vaccine
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| -ency | condition of being
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| -penia | condition of deficiency
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| -ure | system; result of
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| ansi/o- | unequal
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| cyt/o- | cell
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| defici/o- | lacking; inadequate
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| mon/o- | one; single
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| norm/o- | normal; usual
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| nucle/o- | nucleus
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| phil/o- | attraction to; fondness for
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| phor/o- | to bear; to carry; range
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| poikil/o- | irregular
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| punct/o- | hole; perforation
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| -ate | composed of; pertaining to
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| -graft | tissue for implant or transplant
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| -oid | resembling
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| -opsy | process of viewing
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| -plasm | growth; formed substance
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| abras/o- | scape off
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| blephar/o- | eyelid
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| contus/o- | bruising
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| erythemat/o- | redness
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| exud/o- | oozing fluid
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| fulgur/o- | spark of electricity
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| kel/o- | tumor
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| lip/o- | lipid; fat
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| melan/o- | black
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| myc/o- | fungus
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| onych/o- | nail; fingernail or toenail
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| pedicul/o- | lice
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| prurit/o- | itching
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| rhytid/o- | wrinkle
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| xer/o- | dry
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| -olisthesis | abnormal condition with slipping
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| amput/o- | to cut off
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| bunion/o- | bunion
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| chondr/o- | cartilage
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| comminut/o- | break into small pieces
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| densit/o- | density
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| goni/o- | angle
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| kyph/o- | bent; humpbacked
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| lord/o- | swayback
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| oste/o- | bone
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| prosthet/o- | artificial part
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| spondyl/o- | vertebra
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| alg/o- | pain
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| dextr/o- | right
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| lev/o- | left
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| malac/o- | softening
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| ped/o- | child
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| por/o- | small openings; pores
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| sarc/o- | connective tissue
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| scoli/o- | curved; crooked
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| -clonus | condition of rapid contracting and relaxing
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| -collis | condition of the neck
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| athet/o- | without position or place
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| burs/o- | bursa
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| contract/o- | pull together
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| fasci/o- | fascia
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| ganglion/o- | ganglion
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| inflammat/o- | redness and warmth
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| my/o- | muscle
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| myos/o- | muscle
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| tendin/o- | tendon
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| ten/o- | tendon
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| tort/I- | twisted position
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| pod/o- | foot
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| radi/o- | radius; forearm bone
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| rhabd/o- | rod shaped
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| skelt/o- | skeleton
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| synov/o- | synovium membrane
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