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Ch 3 & 4 SBC MedTerm

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In-   not, into, within  
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meta-   beyond, change  
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retro-   behind, backward  
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tachy-   fast  
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ab-   away from  
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ad-   towards  
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ante-   before, forward  
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anti-   against  
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auto-   self  
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bi-   two  
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brady-   slow  
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dys-   bad, painful, difficult  
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endo-   inside  
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eu-   normal  
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ex-   outside, away from  
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hemi   half  
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intra-   within  
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macro-   large  
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micro-   small  
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mal-   bad  
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neo-   new  
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pan-   all  
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para-   beside, near  
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poly-   many  
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post-   after, behind  
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pre-   before, in front of  
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supra-, super-   above, upper  
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uni-   one  
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tri-   three  
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quad-   four  
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ec- or ecto-   surgically remove, excision  
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trophy-   development, nourishment  
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-o/tomy   incision, cutting into  
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thermia-   pertaining to heat, temperature  
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-o/stomy   surgical creating of an opening  
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-stenosis   narrowing  
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-sclerosis   hardening  
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-plasty   surgical repair  
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-plasia   development of growth, formation  
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-penia   deficiency  
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-megaly   enlargement  
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-malacia   softening  
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-lysis   break apart, destruction, rupture  
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-graphy   process of recording  
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-graph   instrument for recording  
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-gram   record  
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-emia   blood condition  
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acu/o   sever, sudden, sharp  
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-dynia   pain  
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-centesis   surgical puncture to remove fluid  
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isch/o   to hold back  
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phleb/o   vein  
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phag/o   to eat  
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necr/o   death  
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morph/o   shape  
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hydr/o   water  
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axill/o   armpit  
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epi   upon, on or above  
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contra   against  
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carcin/o   cancer  
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hem/o   blood  
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chem/o   drug, chemical  
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strept/o   twisted chains  
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staphyl   clusters  
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infra-   beneath, under  
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adenectomy   removal of a glad  
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adenoma   tumor of a glad  
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sarcoma   tumor of flesh  
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atrophy   to waste away, no development  
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endocrine   to secret within (the blood)  
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exocrine   to secrete out (a duct, to the outside of the body)  
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hyperplasia   abnormal cell growth, INCREASED # of cells  
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hypertrophy   abnormal cell growth (Increased SIZE of cells)  
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hyperthermia   extremely HIGH temp  
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hypothermia   extremely LOW temp  
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c.c.   with meals  
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C.C.   chief complaint  
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a.c.   before meals  
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p.c.   after meals  
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pt   patient  
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p (with hyphen over it)   after  
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a (with hyphen over it)   before  
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s (with hyphen over it)   without  
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c (with hyphen over it) or con   with  
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FHx   Family History  
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