SSCT Medical Terminology Master List of Terms, Abbr,
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| a- | no; not; without
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| an- | no; not; without
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| ab- | away from
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| abdomin/o | abdomen
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| -ac | pertaining to
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| acanth/o | spiny; thorny
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| acetabul/o | acetabulum (hip socket)
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| acous/o | hearing
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| acr/o | extremeties; top; extreme point
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| acromi/o | acromion (extension of shoulder bone)
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| actin/o | light
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| acu/o | sharp; severe; sudden
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| -acusis | hearing
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| ad- | toward
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| -ad | toward
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| aden/o | gland
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| adenoid/o | adenoids
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| adip/o | fat
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| adren/o | adrenal gland
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| adrenal/o | adrenal gland
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| aer/o | air
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| af- | toward
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| agglutin/o | clumping; sticking together
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| -agon | to assemble, gather
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| agora- | marketplace
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| -agra | excessive pain
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| -al | pertaining to
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| alb/o | white
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| albin/o | white
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| albumin/o | albumin (protein)
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| alges/o | sensitivity to pain
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| -algesia | sensitivity to pain
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| -algia | pain
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| all/o | other
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| alveol/o | alveolus; air sac; small sac
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| ambyl/o | dim; dull
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| -amine | nitrogen compound
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| amni/o | amnion (sac surrounding the embryo)
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| amyl/o | starch
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| an/o | anus
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| -an | pertaining to
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| ana- | up; apart; backward; again, anew
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| andr/o | male
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| aneurysm/o | aneurysm (widening blood vessel)
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| angi/o | vessel (blood)
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| anis/o | unequal
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| ankyl/o | stiff
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| ante- | before; forward
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| anter/o | front
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| anthrac/o | coal
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| anthr/o | antrum of the stomach
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| anti- | against
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| anxi/o | uneasy; anxious
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| aort/o | aorta (largest artery)
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| -apheresis | removal
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| aphth/o | ulcer
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| apo- | off; away
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| aponeur/o | aponeurosis (type of tendon)
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| append/o | appendix
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| appendic/o | appendix
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| aque/o | water
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| -ar | pertaining to
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| -arche | beginning
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| arter/o | artery
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| arteri/o | artery
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| arteriol/o | arteriole (small artery)
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| arthr/o | joint
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| -arthria | articulate (speak distinctly)
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| articul/o | joint
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| -ary | pertaining to
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| asbest/o | asbestos
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| -ase | enzyme
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| -asthenia | lack of strength
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| atel/o | incomplete
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| ather/o | plaque (fatty substance)
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| -ation | process; condition
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| atri/o | atrium (upper heart chamber)
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| audi/o | hearing
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| audit/o | hearing
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| aur/o | ear
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| auricul/o | ear
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| aut/o | self, own
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| aut- | self, own
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| auto- | self. own
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| axill/o | armpit
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| azot/o | urea; nitrogen
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| bacill/o | bacilli (bacteria)
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| bacteri/o | bacteria
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| balan/o | glans penis
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| bar/o | pressure; weight
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| bartholin/o | bartholin glands
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| bas/o | base; opposite of acid
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| bi- | two
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| bi/o | life
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| bil/i | bile; gall
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| bilirubin/o | bilirubin
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| -blast | embryonic; immature cell
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| -blastoma | immature tumor (cells)
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| blephar/o | eyelid
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| bol/o | cast; throw
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| brachi/o | arm
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| brachy- | short
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| brady- | slow
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| bronch/o | bronchial tube
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| bronchi/o | bronchial tube
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| bronchiol/o | bronchiole
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| bucc/o | cheek
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| bunion/o | bunion
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| burs/o | bursa (sac of fluid near joints)
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| byssin/o | cotton dust
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| cac/o | bad
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| calc/o | calcium
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| calcane/o | calcaneus (heel bone)
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| calci/o | calcium
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| cali/o | calyx
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| calic/o | calyx
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| capillar/o | capillary (tiniest blood vessel)
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| capn/o | carbon dioxide
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| -capnia | carbon dioxide
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| carcin/o | cancerous; tumor
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| cardi/o | heart
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| carp/o | wrist bones (carpals)
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| cata- | down
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| caud/o | tail; lower part of body
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| caus/o | burning
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| cauter/o | heat; burn
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| cec/o | cecum (first part of colon)
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| -cele | hernia
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| celi/o | belly; abdomen
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| -centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid
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| cephal/o | head
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| cerebell/o | cerebellum
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| cerebr/o | cerebrum
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| cerumin/o | cerumen
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| cevic/o | neck; cervix (neck of uterus)
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| -chalasia | relaxation
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| -chalasis | relaxation
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| cheil/o | lip
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| chem/o | drug; chemical
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| -chezia | defecation; elimination of wastes
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| chir/o | hand
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| chlor/o | green
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| chlorhydr/o | hydrochloric acid
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| chol/e | bile; gall
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| cholangi/o | bile vessel
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| cholecyst/o | gallbladder
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| choledoch/o | common bile duct
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| cholesterol/o | cholesterol
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| chondr/o | cartilage
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| chore/o | dance
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| chori/o | chorion (outermost membrane of the fetus)
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| chorion/o | chorion
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| choroid/o | choroid layer of eye
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| chrom/o | color
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| chron/o | time
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| chym/o | to pour
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| cib/o | meal
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| -cide | killing
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| -cidal | pertaining to killing
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| cine/o | movement
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| cirrh/o | orange-yellow
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| cis/o | to cut
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| -clasis | to break
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| -clast | to break
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| claustr/o | enclosed space
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| clavicul/o | clavicle (collar bone)
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| -clysis | irrigation; washing
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| coagul/o | coagulation (clotting)
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| -coccus | berry-shaped bacterium
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| -cocci | berry-shaped bacterium
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| coccyg/o | coccyx (tailbone)
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| cochle/o | cochlea (inner part of ear)
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| col/o | colon (large intestine)
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| coll/a | glue
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| colon/o | colon (large intestine)
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| colp/o | vagina
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| comat/o | deep sleep
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| comi/o | to care for
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| con- | together, with
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| coni/o | dust
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| conjuctiv/o | conjunctiva (lines the eyelids)
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| -constriction | narrowing
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| contra- | against; opposite
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| cor/o | pupil
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| core/o | pupil
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| corne/o | cornea
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| coron/o | heart
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| corpor/o | body
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| cortic/o | cortex, outer region
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| cost/o | rib
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| crani/o | skull
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| cras/o | mixture; temperament
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| crin/o | secrete
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| -crine | to secrete; separate
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| -crit | to separate
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| cry/o | cold
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| crypt/o | hidden
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| culd/o | cul-de-sac
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| -cusis | hearing
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| cutane/o | skin
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| cyan/o | blue
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| cycl/o | ciliary body of eye; cycle; circle
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| -cyesis | pregnancy
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| cyst/o | urinary bladder; cyst; sac of fluid
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| cyt/o | cell
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| -cyte | cell
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| -cytosis | condition of cells; slight increase in numbers
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| dacry/o | tear
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| dacryoaden/o | tear gland
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| dacryocyst/o | tear sac; lacrimal sac
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| dactyl/o | fingers; toes
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| de- | lack of; down; less; removal of
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| dem/o | people
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| dent/i | tooth
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| derm/o | skin
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| -derma | skin
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| dermat/o | skin
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| desicc/o | drying
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| -desis | to bind, tie together
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| dia- | complete; through
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| diaphor/o | sweat
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| -dilation | widening; stretching; expanding
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| dipl/o | double
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| dips/o | thirst
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| dist/o | far; distant
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| dors/o | back (of body)
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| dorsi- | back
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| -dote | to give
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| -drome | to run
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| duct/o | to lead, carry
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| douden/o | duodenum
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| dur/o | dura mater
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| -dynia | pain
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| dys- | bad; painful; difficult; abnormal
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| -eal | pertaining to
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| ec- | out; outside
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| echo- | reflected sound
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| -ectasia | dilation; dilatation; widening
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| -ectasis | dilation; dilatation; widening
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| ecto- | out; outside
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| -ectomy | removal; excision; resection
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| -edema | swelling
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| -elasma | flat plate
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| electr/o | electricity
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| em- | in
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| -ema | condition
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| -emesis | vomiting
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| -emia | blood condition
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| -emic | pertaining to blood condition
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| emmetr/o | in due measure
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| en- | in; within
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| encephal/o | brain
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| end- | in; within
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| endo- | in; within
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| enter/o | intestines (usually small)
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| eosin/o | red; rosy; dawn-colored
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| epi- | above; upon; on
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| epididym/o | epididymis
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| epiglott/o | epiglottis
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| episi/o | vulva (external female genitalia)
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| epitheli/o | skin; epithelium
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| equin/o | horse
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| -er | one who
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| erg/o | work
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| erythem/o | flushed; redness
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| erythr/o | red
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| -esis | action; condition; state of
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| eso- | inward
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| esphag/o | esophagus
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| esthes/o | nervous sensation (feeling)
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| esthesi/o | nervous sensation
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| -esthesia | nervous sensation
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| estr/o | female
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| ethm/o | sieve
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| eti/o | cause
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| eu- | good; normal
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| -eurysm | widening
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| ex- | out; away from
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| exanthemat/o | rash
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| exo- | out; away from
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| extra- | outside
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| faci/o | face
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| fasci/o | fascia (membrane supporting muscles)
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| femor/o | femur (thigh bone)
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| -ferent | to carry
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| fibr/o | fiber
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| fibros/o | fibrous connective tissue
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| fibul/o | fibula
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| -fication | process of making
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| -fida | split
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| flex/o | to bend
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| flour/o | luminous
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| follicul/o | follicle; small sac
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| -form | resembling; in the shape of
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| fung/i | fungus; mushroom (organism lacking chlorophyll)
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| furc/o | forking; branching
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| -fusion | to pour; to come together
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| galact/o | milk
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| ganglion/o | ganglion; collection of nerve cell bodies)
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| gastr/o | stomach
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| -gen | substance that produces
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| -genesis | producing; forming
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| -genic | produced by or in
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| ger/o | old age
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| geront/o | old age
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| gest/o | pregnancy
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| gester/o | pregnancy
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| gingiv/o | gum
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| glauc/o | gray
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| gli/o | glial cells; neuroglial cells (supportive tissue of nervous system
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| -globin | protein
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| -globulin | protein
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| glomerul/o | glomerulus
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| gloss/o | tongue
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| gluc/o | glucose; sugar
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| glyc/o | glucose; sugar
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| glycogen/o | glycogen; animal starch
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| glycos/o | glucose; sugar
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| gnos/o | knowledge
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| gon/o | seed
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| gonad/o | sex glands
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| goni/o | angle
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| -grade | to go
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| -gram | record
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| granul/o | granule(s)
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| -graph | instrument for recording
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| -graphy | process of recording
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| -gravida | pregnant woman
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| gynec/o | woman; female
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| hallucin/o | hallucination
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| hem/o | blood
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| hemat/o | blood
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| hemi- | half
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| hemoglobin/o | hemoglobin
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| hepat/o | liver
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| herni/o | hernia
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| -hexia | habit
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| hidr/o | sweat
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| hist/o | tissue
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| histi/o | tissue
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| home/o | sameness; unchanging; constant
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| hormon/o | hormone
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| humer/o | humerus (upper arm bone)
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| hydr/o | water
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| hyper- | above; excessive
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| hypn/o | sleep
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| hypo- | deficient; below; under; less than normal
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| hypophys/o | pituitary gland
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| hyster/o | uterus; womb
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| -ia | condition
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| -iac | pertaining to
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| -iasis | abnormal condition
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| iatr/o | physician; treatment
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| -ic | pertaining to
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| -ical | pertaining to
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| ichthy/o | dry; scaly
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| -icle | small
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| idi/o | unknown; individual; distinct
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| ile/o | ileum
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| ili/o | ilium
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| immun/o | immune; protection; safe
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| in- | in; into; not
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| -in | a substance
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| -ine | a substance
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| -ine | pertaining to
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| infra- | below; inferior to; beneath
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| inguin/o | groin
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| insulin/o | insulin (pancreatic hormone)
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| inter- | between
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| intra- | within; into
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| iod/o | iodine
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| ion/o | ion; to wander
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| -ion | process
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| -ior | pertaining to
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| ipsi- | same
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| ir- | in
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| ir/o | iris (colored portion of the eye)
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| irid/o | iris (colored portion of the eye)
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| is/o | same; equal
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| isch/o | to hold back; back
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| ischi/o | ischium (part of hip bone)
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| -ism | process; condition
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| -ist | specialist
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| -itis | inflammation
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| -ium | structure; tissue
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| jaund/o | yellow
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