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HS1-Ferguson-Doleyres:Medical Terminology2

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crani   pertaining to the skull  
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otomy   cutting into  
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hyster   uterus  
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ectomy   surgical removal of  
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dys   difficul, painful, bad  
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uria   urine  
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hemo   blood  
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toxic   poison  
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carcin   cancer  
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oma   tumor, swelling  
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electro   electrical  
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encephalo   brain  
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graph   diagram, instrument for reading  
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osteo   bone  
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malacia   softening of a tissue  
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para   near, beside, beyond, abnormal, lower half of the body  
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plegia   paralysis  
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py   pus  
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acro   extremities (arms and legs)  
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megaly   large, enlarged  
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geront   elderly  
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ology   the study of  
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phagia   to eat, consuming, swallow  
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hydro   water  
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cele   swelling, tumor, cavity, hernia  
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aden   gland, glandular  
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oma   tumor  
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anti   against  
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antitoxic   against poison  
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adenoma   tumor in the glands  
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hydrocele   swelling due to water (edema)  
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dysphagia   difficulty and pain in swallowing and eating  
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acromegaly   large arms and legs  
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gerontology   the study of the elderly  
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pyuria   pus in the urine  
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paraplegia   paralyzation in the lower half of the body  
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osteomalacia   softening of bone tissue  
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electroencephalograph   electrical brain diagram  
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carcinoma   swelling/ tumor due to cancer  
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hemotoxic   poison in the blood; poisonous blood  
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hysterectomy   surgical removal of the uterus  
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dysuria   painful and difficult urine  
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craniotomy   cutting into the skull  
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ophthalm   eye  
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ophthalmology   the study of the eye  
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pneumono   pertaining to the lungs  
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melan   black  
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osis   condition, state, process  
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pneumonomelanosis   the process of the blackening of the lungs, due to smoking  
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arthro   joint  
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pathy   disease  
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paraosteoarthropathy   abnormal bone-joint disease  
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salpingo-oophorocele   a tumor or swelling of in the ovaries and fallopian tubes  
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salpingo   tube, fallopian tube  
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oophoro   ovary, female egg cell  
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idiopathic thrombocytopenia   a self-originating disease that causes deficiency of clotting of the cells  
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idio   individual  
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thrombo   clot  
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penia   lack of, deficiency  
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cyto   cell  
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pathic   disease  
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narcoepilepsy   seizures/convulsions while sleeping  
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narco   sleep, numb, stupor  
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epi   upon  
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lepsy   seizure/convulsion  
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postpartum   after labor/birth  
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post   after  
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partum   labor, birth  
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herniorrhaphy   sewing up of a suture  
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hernio   rupture  
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rraphy   suture of; sewing up of a gap or defect  
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dermacyanosis   a condition or process in which the skin turns blue  
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derma   pertaining to the skin  
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osis   condition, state, process  
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cyan(o)   blue  
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thoracentesis   surgical puncture of the thorax/ chest to remove fluids  
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thora   thorax, chest  
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centesis   surgical puncture to remove fluids  
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