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MT C1 Intro Med Term

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-algia   pain, suffering  
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-centesis   surgical puncture to remove fluid  
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cyan/o   blue  
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-dynia   pain  
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dys-   difficult, painful, bad  
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-ectomy   surgical removal  
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surgical removal (suffix)   -ectomy  
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erythr/o   red  
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-graphy   writing, process of recording  
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-gram   the resulting film or record  
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hyper-   over, above, increased, excessive  
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hypo-   under, below, decreased  
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inter-   between, among  
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intra-   within, inside  
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-itis   inflammation  
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leuk/o   white  
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abnormal softening (suffix)   -malacia  
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-megaly   large, great  
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-necrosis   death of tissue  
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olig/o   scanty, few  
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-ology   the science or study of  
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-osis   disease, abnormal condition  
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-ostomy   surgically creating a mouth or opening  
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poli/o   gray  
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poly-   many  
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-plasty   surgical repair  
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-rrhagia   abnormal or excessive flow  
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abnormal or excessive flow (suffix)   -rrhagia  
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-rrhaphy   to suture or stitch  
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to suture or stitch (suffix)   -rrhaphy  
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-rrhea   to flow, discharge  
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to flow, discharge (suffix)   -rrhea  
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-rrhexis   rupture  
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rupture (suffix)   -rrhexis  
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-sclerosis   abnormal hardening  
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-scopy   to see, visual exam  
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-stenosis   abnormal tightening or narrowing  
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abnormal tightening or narrowing (suffix)   -stenosis  
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sub-   below  
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super/supra   above, excessive  
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-otomy   surgical incision  
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surgical incision (suffix)   -otomy  
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peri-   surrounding  
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localized response to an injury or destruction of tissue   inflammation  
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infection   invasion of the body by a pathogenic organism  
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laceration   torn or jagged wound  
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torn or jagged wound   laceration  
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lesion   pathologic change of the tissues due to disease or injury  
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examination technique in which the examiner's hands are used to feel body parts   palpation  
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a pounding or racing heart   palpitation  
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act of rotating the arm so that the palm of the hand is forward or upward   supination  
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suppuration   formation or discharge of pus  
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triage   medical screening of patients to determine their relative priority of need & proper place of treatment  
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trauma   wound or injury  
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viral   pertaining to a virus  
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virile   having the nature, properties, or qualities of an adult male  
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condition has a rapid onset   acute  
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condition is of long duration   chronic  
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objective evidence of disease such as a fever   a sign  
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subjective evidence of disease, such as pain or a headache   a symptom  
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identification of a disease   diagnosis  
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prediction of the probable course and outcome of a disorder   prognosis  
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a set of the signs and symptoms that occur together as part of a specific disease process   syndrome  
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a condition in which one or more body parts are not functioning   disease  
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a disease, structure, operation, or procedure named for the person who discovered or described it first   eponym  
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