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Terminology for Pharm Tech

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a, an   without  
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ambi   both  
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ante, pre, pro   before  
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anti   against  
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bi   two or both  
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brady   slow  
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chlor   green  
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circum, peri   around  
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cirrh, xanth   yellow  
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con, sym, syn   with  
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contra   against  
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cyan   blue  
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dia, trans   across or through  
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dis   seperate from or apart  
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dys   painful or difficult  
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ec   away or out  
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ecto, exo   outside  
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endo, intra   within  
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epi   upon  
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erythr, rube   red  
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eu   good or normal  
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hemi, semi   half  
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heter   different  
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hyper, super, supra   above or excessive  
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hypo   below or deficient  
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im, in   not  
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immun   safe, protected  
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infra, sub   below or under  
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inter   between  
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iso   equal  
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leuk   white  
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macro   large  
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medi, mid, meso   middle  
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melan   black  
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meta   beyond, after, changing  
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micro, icle, ula, ule, ole   small  
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mono, uni   one  
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multi, poly   many  
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neo   new  
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pan   all  
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para   alongside of or abnormal  
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polio   gray  
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post, retro   after  
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pseudo   false  
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purpur   purple  
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quadri   four  
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re   again or back  
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tachy   fast  
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tri   three  
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ultra   beyond or excessive  
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xer   dry  
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ac, al, ar, ary, eal, ic, ous, tic   pertaining to  
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algia, cynia   pain  
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asthenia   without strength  
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cele   pouching or hernia  
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cyesis   pregnancy  
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ectasis   expansion or dilation  
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ectomy   removal  
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emia   blood conditioin  
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genic   origin or production  
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gram   record  
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graph   recording instrument  
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graphy   recording process  
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ia, ism   condition of  
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iasis   condition, formation of  
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iatry   treatment  
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itis   inflammation  
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ium   tissue or structure  
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lith   stone, calculus  
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logy   study of  
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lysis   breaking down or dissolution  
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malacia   softening  
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megaly   enlargement  
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meter   measuring instrument  
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metry   measuring process  
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mycosis   fungal infection  
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oid   resembling  
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oma   tumor  
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opia, opsia   vision  
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osis   abnormal condition, increase  
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osmia   smell  
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paresis   partial paralysis  
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pathy   disease  
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penia   decrease  
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phagia   swallowing  
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phasia   speech  
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philia   attraction for  
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phobia   fear  
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plasia   formation  
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plasty   surgical repair or reconstruction  
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plegia   paralysis, stroke  
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rrhage   to burst forth  
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rrhea   discharge  
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sclerosis   narrowing, constriction  
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scope   examination instrument  
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scopy   examination  
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spasm   involuntary contraction  
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statis   stop or stand  
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tocia   childbirth, labor  
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tomy   incision  
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toxic   poison  
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tropic   stimulate  
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y   condition, process of  
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angi   vessel  
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aort   aorta  
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card   heart  
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oxy   oxygen  
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pector   chest  
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phleb, ven   vein  
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stenosis   narrowing  
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thromb   clot (blood)  
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vas(cu)   blood vessel  
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adrena   adrenal  
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glyc   sugar  
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lipid, adip   fat  
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nepher, ren   kidney  
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pancreat   pancreas  
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somat   body  
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thym   thymus  
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chol   bile  
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col   colon  
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duoden   duodenum  
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enter   intestine  
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esophag   esophagus  
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gastr   stomach  
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hepat   liver  
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lapar   abdomen  
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cutane, derma   skin  
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hist   tissue  
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kerat   hard  
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mast, mamm   breast  
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necr   death  
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onych   nail  
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aden   gland  
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cyt   cell  
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hemo, hemat   blood  
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lymph   lymph  
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splen   spleen  
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chondr   cartilage  
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my   muscle  
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fibr   fiber  
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tendin   tendon  
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emesis   vomit  
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cerebr   cerebrum  
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dementio   to be mad  
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