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Medical Terminology

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ilium   hip bone  
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ileum   last part of the small intestine  
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pyo-    
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pyro-    
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pyelo-    
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syndrome   collection of signs & symptoms  
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superficial   on the surface  
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deep   below the surface  
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thorax    
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thoracic    
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Diaphragm    
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inguinal    
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groin    
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retro-   behind  
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perineum   the surface of the body between the legs  
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peritoneum    
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perineal   refers to part of the surface of the body  
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hypogastric   designates part of the ventral body cavity  
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visceral   refers to all the hollow, soft organs (Plural-viscera)(Singular-viscus)  
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Epithelium   sheet of cells  
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epi-   upon  
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endothelium   lines blood and lymph vessels but not the rest of the body cavities  
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endo-   within  
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intra-   within  
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Adipose   fat  
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lipid or lip/o   fat  
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athero   fatty  
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A-   without  
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Aplasia   complete absence of an organ or part  
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hypoplasia   incompletely developed  
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-plasia   development resulting from mitosis (cell division)  
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ileitis   inflammation of the small intestine  
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epidermis   above the skin (surface)  
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midsagittal plane    
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parasagittal plane    
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transverse/horizontal plane    
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coronal/frontal plane    
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Posterior/Dorsal   toward the back  
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Anterior/Ventral   toward the front  
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Peri-   around  
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Pre-   before/in front of  
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Post-/Retro-   Behind  
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atherosclerosis   cased by damaged endothelium; causes heart attack & stroke  
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anaplasia   failure to develop  
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displasia   cells are more variable in size, shape, and location than normal  
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metaplasia   replacement of one kind of epithelial tissue by another  
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neoplasia   new growth (tumor)- either benign or malignant  
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Benign tumors   usually not life-threatening, although they can kill if they secrete hormones uncontrollable or compress a nerve or blood vessel. Remain localized.  
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Malignant tumors   synonym for cancer. Invade adjacent normal tissue and also spread to distant parts of the body  
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hypertrophy   individual cells enlarge (working out = muscles)  
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atrophy   shrinking (ex- unexercised muscles)  
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dystrophy   due to defective nutrition or metabolism  
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dystrophic   abnormal  
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adeno-   gland (This prefix also refers tot he lymph nodes, which don't secrete hormones)  
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adenopathy   pathology of a gland  
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Borne   carried  
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-gen/o   origin/cause  
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nosocomial    
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Organic   not psychological  
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atresia    
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aplasia    
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muscular distrophy    
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neo-   new  
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malignant   bad  
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hyper-   excessive or increased  
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hypo-   deficient or decreased  
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hyperplasia   enlarged organ or tissue due to larger amounts of mitosis  
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