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Turley's Medical Language Chapter 1

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Combining form(s)
Meaning
appendic/o   appendix  
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arthr/o   joint  
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cardi/o   heart  
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cutane/o   skin  
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esthes/o   sensation, feeling  
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gastr/o   stomach  
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hepat/o   liver  
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laryng/o   larynx (voice box)  
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mast/o   breast; mastoid process  
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nas/o   nose  
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nat/o   birth  
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neur/o   nerve  
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pneumon/o   lung; air  
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psych/o   mind  
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retin/o   retina (of the eye)  
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hemat/o   blood  
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tonsill/o   tonsil  
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trache/o   trachea (windpipe)  
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urin/o   urine; urinary system  
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ven/o   vein  
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-ac   pertaining to  
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-al   pertaining to  
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-ar   pertaining to  
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-ary   pertaining to  
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-ation   a process; being or having  
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-ous   pertaining to  
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-tic   pertaining to  
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-ia   condition, state, thing  
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-ion   action; condition  
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-ism   process; disease from a specific cause  
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-itis   inflammation of  
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-megaly   enlargement  
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-oma   tumor, mass  
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-osis   condition; abnormal condition; process  
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-pathy   disease, suffering  
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-ectomy   surgical excision  
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-graphy   process of recording  
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-scopy   process of using an instrument to examine  
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-iatry   medical treatment  
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-itian   a skilled professional or expert  
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-logy   the study of  
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endo-   innermost, within  
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intra-   within  
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peri-   around  
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sub-   below; underneath; less than  
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an-   without, not  
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hyper-   above; more than normal  
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hypo-   below; deficient  
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poly-   many, much  
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brady-   slow  
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pre-   before, in front of  
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post-   after, behind  
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tachy-   fast  
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anti-   against  
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dys-   painful, difficult, abnormal  
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