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Definitions

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-ectomy   excision or surgical removal  
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-ia   diseased or abnormal state, condition of  
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-a   noun suffix,no meaning  
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-coccus   berry shaped(form of bacterium)  
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per-   through  
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para-   beside,beyond,around,abnormal  
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sub-   under,below  
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trans-   through,across,beyond  
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-tome   instrument used to cut  
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adenoid/o   adenoids  
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rrhea   flow,discharge  
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-phagia   eating or swallowing  
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-malacia   softening  
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-plasty   surgical repair  
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-opsy   view of, viewing  
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-itis   inflammation  
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myc/o   fungus  
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bi/o   life  
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crypt/o   hidden  
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trich/o   hair  
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heter/o   other  
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aut/o   self  
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seb/o   sebum(oil)  
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coni/o   dust  
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intra-   within  
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staphyl/o    
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xer/o   dry  
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pachy/o   thick  
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epi-   on,upon,over  
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rhytid/o   wrinkles  
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necr/o   death (cells,body)  
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strept/o   twisted chains  
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pharyng/o   pharynx  
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epiglott/o   epiglottis  
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bronchi/o, bronch/o   bronchus  
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lob/o   lobe  
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diaphragmat/o, phren/o   diaphragm  
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nas/o, rhin/o   nose  
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alveol/o   aveolus  
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laryng/o   larynx  
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sinus/o   sinus  
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tonsill/o   tonsil  
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pleur/o   pleura  
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pulmon/o   lung  
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thorac/o   thorax  
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trache/o   trachea  
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pneum/o, pneumat/o, pneumon/o   lung,air  
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sept/o   septum  
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py/o   pus  
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phon/o   sound,voice  
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hem/o, hemat/o   blood  
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orth/o   straight  
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muc/o   mucus  
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capn/o   carbon dioxide  
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atel/o   imperfect,incomplete  
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ox/o, ox/i   oxygen  
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spir/o   breathe, breathing  
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pan-   all,total  
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endo-   within  
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tachy-   fast, rapid  
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somn/o   sleep  
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eu-   normal,good  
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a-,an-   without or absence of  
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poly-   many,much  
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-rrhagia   rapid flow of blood  
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-pnea   breathing  
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-tomy   cut into or incision  
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-thorax   chest  
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-pexy   surgical fixation, suspension  
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-stomy   creation of an artificial opening  
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-metry   measurement  
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-stenosis   constriction or narrowing  
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-emia   blood condition  
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-ar, -ary, -eal   pertaining to  
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-scopic   pertaining to visual examination  
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-ectasis   stretching out, dilatation, expansion  
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-algia   pain  
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-scope   instrument used for visual examination  
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-meter   instrument used to measure  
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-centesis   surgical puncture to aspirate fluid ( with a sterile needle)  
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-spasm   sudden, involuntary muscle contraction  
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-graphy   process of recording, radiographic imaging  
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-cele   hernia or protrusion  
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-scopy   visual examination  
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kerat/o   horny tissue, hard  
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cutane/o, derm/o, dermat/o   skin  
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onych/o, ungu/o   nail  
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hidr/o   sweat  
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