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Language of Medicine...Chapter 3...7th ed.

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definition
-er   one who  
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-ia   condition  
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-ist   specialist  
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-ole   little,small  
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-ule   little,small  
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-um, -ium   structure, tissue, thing  
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-y   condition, process  
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-ac, -iac   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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-eal   pertaining to  
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-ic, -ical   pertaining to  
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-oid   resembling  
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-ose   pertaining to, full of  
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-ous   pertaining to  
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-tic   pertaining to  
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abdomin/o   abdomen  
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acr/o   extremities, top, extreme point  
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acu/o   sharp, severe, sudden  
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aden/o   gland  
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agor/a   marketplace  
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amni/o   amnion (sac surrounding the embryo in the uterus)  
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angi/o   vessel  
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arteri/o   artery  
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arthr/o   joint  
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axill/o   armpit  
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blephar/o   eyelid  
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bronch/o   bronchial tubes (two tubes, one right and one left, that branch from the trachea to enter the lungs)  
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carcin/o   cancer  
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chem/o   drug, chemical  
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chondr/o   cartilage  
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chron/o   time  
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col/o   colon (large intestine)  
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cyst/o   urinary bladder  
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encephal/o   brain  
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hydr/o   water, fluid  
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inguin/o   groin  
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isch/o   to hold back  
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lapar/o   abdomen, abdominal wall  
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laryng/o   larynx (voice box)  
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lymph/o   lymph  
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mamm/o   breast  
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mast/o   breast  
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morph/o   shape, form  
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muc/o   mucus  
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my/o   muscle  
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myel/o   spinal cord, bone marrow  
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necr/o   death (of cells or whole body)  
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nephr/o   kidney  
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neur/o   nerve  
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neutr/o   neutrophil (a white blood cell)  
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ophthalm/o   eye  
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oste/o   bone  
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ot/o   ear  
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path/o   disease  
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peritone/o   peritoneum  
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phag/o   to eat, swallow  
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phleb/o   vein  
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plas/o   formation, development  
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pleur/o   pleura (membranes surrounding lungs and adjacent to chest wall muscles)  
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pneumon/o   lungs  
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pulmon/o   lungs  
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rect/o   rectum  
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ren/o   kidney  
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sarc/o   flesh  
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splen/o   spleen  
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staphyl/o   clusters  
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strept/o   twisted chains  
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thorac/o   chest  
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thromb/o   clot  
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tonsill/o   tonsils  
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trache/o   trachea(windpipe)  
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ven/o   vein  
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-algia   pain  
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-cele   hernia  
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-centesis   surgical procedure to remove fluid  
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-coccus   berry-shaped bacterium  
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-cocci   plural of coccus  
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-cyte   cell  
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-dynia   pain  
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-ectomy   excision, removal, resection  
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-emia   blood condition  
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-genesis   condition of producing,forming  
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-genic   pertaining to producing, produced by, produced in  
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-gram   record  
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-graph   instrument for recording  
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-graphy   process of recording  
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-itis   inflammation  
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-logy   study of  
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-lysis   breakdown, destruction, seperation  
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-malacia   softening  
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-megaly   enlargement  
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-oma   tumor, mass, collection of fluid  
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-opsy   to view  
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-osis   condition, usually abnormal  
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-pathy   disease condition  
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-penia   deficiency  
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-phobia   fear  
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-plasia   development, formation, growth  
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-plasty   surgical repair  
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-ptosis   drooping, sagging, prolapse  
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-sclerosis   hardening  
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-scope   instrument for visually examination  
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-scopy   process of visual examination  
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-stasis   stopping, controlling  
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-stomy   opening to form a mouth (stoma)  
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-therapy   treatment  
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-tomy   incision, to cut into  
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-trophy   development, nourishment  
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hiatal hernia   When the stomach protrudes upward into the mediastinum through the esophageal opening in the diaphragm.  
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inguinal hernia   When part of the intestine protrudes downward into the groin region and commonly into the scrotal sac in the male.  
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rectocele   A protrusion of part of the rectum toward the vagina through a weak portion of the vaginal wall muscles.  
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omphacele   A herniation of the intestines through the navel in infants occuring at birth.  
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cystocele   When part of the urinary bladder herniates through the vaginal wall due to weakened pelvic muscles.  
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diplococci   Berry-shaped bacteria organized in pairs.  
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streptococcus   Berry-shaped bacterium, grows in twisted chains.  
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staphylococcus   Berry-shaped bacterium grows in small clusters.  
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pneumococci   Causes bacterial pneumonia; type of diplococci.  
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gonococci   Invades the reproductive organs causing gonorrhea; type of diplococci.  
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