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Med Voc Ch 5

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mono-, uni-   one  
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bi-, di-   two  
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tri-   three  
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quad-, quadri-, tetra-   four  
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centi-   one hundred or one-hundredth  
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milli-   one-thousandth (1/1000)  
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diplo-   double  
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hemi-, semi-   half, partly  
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hyper-   excessive, more than normal  
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hypo-   beneath or below normal  
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multi-, poly-   many  
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null-   none  
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pan-   all  
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primi-   first  
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super, ultra-   excessive  
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diplopia   double vision  
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hyperactive   excessively active  
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ab-   away from  
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ad-   toward  
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ante-, pre-   before in time or in place  
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circum-, peri-   around  
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dia-   through  
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ecto-, ex-, exo-, extra-   out, without, away from  
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en-, end-, endo-   inside  
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epi-   above, on  
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hypo-, intra-, sub-   beneath, under  
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inter-   between  
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intra-   within  
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ipsi-   same  
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meso-, mid-, medio-   middle  
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para-   near, beside, or abnormal  
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per-   through or by  
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post-   after, behind  
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retro-   behind, backwards  
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super-, supra-   above, beyond  
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sym-, syn-   joined together  
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trans-   across  
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abduct   to carry away by force or draw away from a given position  
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postnasal   lying or occuring behind the nose  
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transdermal   a drug is one that can absorbed through unbroken skin  
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enclose   to close up inside something  
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suprarenal glands   are located above the kidneys  
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subcutaneous   beneath the skin  
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intramuscular   within a muscle  
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intradermal   with the dermis, the layer of skin that contains the blood vessels  
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intravenous   within a vein  
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a-, an-   no, not, without  
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in-   not or inside (in)  
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hydrous   containing water  
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anhydrous   absence of water  
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atraumatic   not inflicting or causing damage or injury  
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marco-, mega-,megalo-   large or great  
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micro-   small  
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ante-, pre-, pro-   before  
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post-   after or behind  
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anti-, contra-   against  
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brady-   slow  
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dys-   bad, diffcult  
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eu-   good, normal  
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mal-   bad  
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pro-   favoring, supporting  
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tachy-   fast  
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postanesthetic   the time after anesthetic is administered  
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macroscopic   structures are large enough to be seen by the naked eye  
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microscopic   structures are so small they can only be seen with a microscope  
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microtia   usually small size of the external ear  
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bradyphasia   abnoramally slow manner of speech  
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tachyphasia   rapid speech, as may be present in the manic phase of biopolar disorder.  
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dyslexia   diffcutly in reading, often reversing letter or distinguishing letter sequences  
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euphoria   feeling or state of well-being  
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dysphoria   charcterized by depression and anguish  
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microtia   usually small size of the external ear  
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a.c   before meals  
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ad lib.   freely as needed, at pleasure  
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Aq.   water  
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b.i.d   twice a day  
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b.i.n   twice a night  
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Noct.   night  
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NPO   nothing by mouth  
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PO   by mouth  
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p.r.n   as the occasion arises, as needed  
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q.i.d   four times a day  
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stat.   immediately  
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t.i.d   these three times a day  
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anotia   congenital absence of one or both ears  
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asymptomatic   showing or causing no symptoms  
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centigrade   consisting of or having steps or degrees  
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celsius   a temperatrue scale in which 0 degrees is the freezing point of water and 100 degrees is the boiling point of water a sea level  
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contralteral   associated with a particular part on an opposite side  
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pandemic   a widespread epidemic of a disease  
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precancerous   used to describe an abnormal growth that is likely to become cancerous  
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