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Mdl Terminology 1

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Term
Definition
a-, an-, in-   without, absence of  
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ab-   away  
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ad-   toward  
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-al, ac, ar, ary, -ia, -(t)ic, -ical, -ory, -eal, -(t)ous   pertaining to  
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-algia, dynia   pain  
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anti-   against  
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auto-   self  
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brady-   slow  
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-cele   hernia  
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-centesis   surgical puncture  
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-cide, -cidal   destroying, killing  
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circum-   around  
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-clast, clasis   breaking  
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-cyte   cell  
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-derma   skin  
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dia-, trans-   through, across  
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-dipsia   thirst  
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dys-   pain, difficult  
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ec-, ecto-   out, outside  
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-ectasis   dilation, expansion  
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-ectomy   excision, sugical removal  
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-edema   swelling  
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-emesis   vomiting  
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-emia   a condition of the blood  
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en-, endo-, intra-   within, inner  
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epi-   above, upon  
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-esthesia   sensation  
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eu-   good, normal  
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ex, extra   away from, external  
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-gen, -genesis   creating, producing  
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-gram   record  
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-graph   recording instrument  
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-graphy   process of recording  
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-gravida   pregnant woman  
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hemi-   half  
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hyper-, supra-   excessive, above  
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hypo-, sub-, infra-   below, beneath  
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-ia, -ism   condition  
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-iasis   pathological condition/state  
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inter-   between  
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iso-   same, equal  
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-ist   specialist  
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-itis   inflammation  
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-kinesis, -kinesia   movement  
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-lith   stone  
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-lysis   destruction of  
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macro-   large  
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mal-   bad, inadequate  
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-malacia   softening  
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-megaly   enlargement  
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-meter   instrument for measuring  
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-metry   measurement  
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micro-   small  
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multi-, poly-   many, much  
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neo-   new  
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-oid   resembling  
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-ole, ule   small  
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oligo-   deficiency  
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-oma   tumor  
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-opia   vision  
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-osis   abnormal condition  
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para-, peri-   beside, near  
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-paresis   slight or partial paralysis  
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-pathy   disease  
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-pause   cessation, stopping  
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-penia   deficiency  
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-pepsia   digestion  
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-pexy   surgical fixation  
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-phagia, -phage   eating, swallowing  
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-phasia   speech  
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-phobia   fear  
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-phoria   feeling  
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-plasm, -plasia   formation, growth  
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-plasty   surgical repair  
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-plegia   paralysis  
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-pnea   breathing  
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post-   after, following  
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pre-   before, forward  
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pro-   before, forward  
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-ptosis   drooping, prolapse  
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quadri-   four  
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re-, retro   behind, back  
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-rrhage, rrhagia   bursting forth  
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-rrhaphy   suture, suturing  
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-rrhea   flow, discharge  
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-rrhexis   rupture  
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-scope   instrument used to view  
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-scopy   visual examination  
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-stasis   cessation, stopping  
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-stenosis   narrowing, stricture  
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-stomy   mouthlike opening  
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tachy-   rapid  
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-therapy   treatment  
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-tome   cutting instrument  
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-tomy   cutting into, incision  
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tox   poisonous  
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-tripsy   crushing  
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-trophy   nourishment or growth  
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ultra-   beyond  
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uni-   one  
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-uria   urine  
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