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Medical Terminology Chapters 1,4,5,14 MMIBOA

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Ab   Away from  
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Ad   to; toward  
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Auto   Self  
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brady   slow  
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epi   above; upon  
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ex   out; outer  
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infra   below; inferior  
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inter   between; among  
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within   intra  
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same; equal   iso  
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macro   large  
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meta   change; after; beyond  
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small   micro  
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around; surrounding   peri  
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after   post  
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before   pre  
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sub   below; under  
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supra   above; on top of  
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sym   with; association  
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syn   together  
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no; not; without   a; an; ana  
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cancerous   carcin  
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difficult; painful   dys  
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above; excessive   hyper  
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below; deficient   hypo  
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mal   poor; bad; abnormal  
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ac; al; ar; ary   pertaining to  
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cell   cyte  
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picture; record   gram  
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graph   instrument for recording  
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process of recordin   graphy  
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iac; ic   pertaining to  
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(o)logist   specialist in  
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(o)logy   study of  
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ous   pertaining to  
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poiesis   formation  
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instrument for viewing   scope  
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scopy   process of viewing  
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control; stop   stasis  
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treatment   therapy  
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trophy   growth; development  
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version   to turn  
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algia   pain  
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cele   herniation; hernia  
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dynia   pain  
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is; iasis   abnormal condition  
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itis   inflammation  
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malacia   softening  
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tumor   oma  
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osis   condition  
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pathy   disease  
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penia   decreased number  
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rrhea   flow; discharge  
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sclerosis   hardening  
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spasm   contraction; twitching  
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centesis   surgical puncture  
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desis   binding together  
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ectomy   surgical removal; excision  
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(o)stomy   create an opening  
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incision to   (o)tomy  
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surgical repait   plasty  
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hidr/o   sweat  
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horny tissue; hard   kerat/o  
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black / brown   melan/o  
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pil/o   hair  
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wrinkles   rhytid/o  
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sebum   seb/o  
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around; beside   para  
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py/o   pus  
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Bx   biopsy  
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I&D   Incision and drainage  
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SC; SubQ   Subcutaneous  
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arthr/o   joint  
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burs/o   bursa  
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wrist bone   carp/o  
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cartilage   chondr/o  
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cost/o   rib  
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skull   crani/o  
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electricity   electr/o  
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band of fibrous tissue   fibr/o  
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ligament   ligament/o  
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myel/o   bone marrow  
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muscle   my/o  
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orth/o   straight  
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bone   oste/o  
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pect/o   chest  
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lateral curvature of the spine, crooked; bent   scoli/o  
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vertebra   vertebr/o  
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spondyl/o   vertebra  
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brady   slow  
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many   poly  
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without feeling or sensation   asthenia  
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movement   kinesia  
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muscle tone   tonia  
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inflammation of an articular cartilage   arthrochondritis  
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EMG   electromyography  
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fx   fracture  
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RA   rheumatoid arthritis  
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total hip replacement   THR  
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microorganisms that cause disease   pathogens  
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fungus   myc/o  
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emia   blood  
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