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med abbreviations

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root of word   foundation of term  
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suffix   word ending  
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prefix   word beginning  
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combo vowel   combines root to suffix  
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aden/o   gland  
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arthro/o   joint  
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bi/o   life  
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carcin/o   cancerous,cancer  
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cardi/o   heart  
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cephal/o   head  
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cerebr/o   cerebrum  
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cis/o   cut  
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crin/o   to secrete  
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cyst/o   urinary bladder  
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cyt/o   cell  
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derm/o   skin  
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dermat/o   skin  
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electr/o   electricity  
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encephal/o   brain  
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enter/o   intestines  
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erythr/o   red  
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gastr/o   stomach  
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gnos/o   knowledge  
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glyc/o   sugar  
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gynec/o   female,woman  
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hema/o   blood  
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hem/o   blood  
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hepat/o   liver  
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iatr/o   something caused by a physician  
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leuk/o   white  
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log/o   study  
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nephr/o   kidney  
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neur/o   nerve  
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onc/o   tumor  
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opthalm/o   eye  
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oste/o   bone  
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path/o   disease  
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ped/o   child  
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psych/o   mind  
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radi/o   x rays  
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ren/o   kidney  
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rhin/o   nose  
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sarc/o   flesh  
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sect/o   to cute  
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thromb/o   clot,clotting  
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ur/o   urinary tract, urine  
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-ac   pertaining to  
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-al   pertaining to  
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-algia   pain  
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-cyte   cell  
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-ectomy   excision, removal  
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-emia   blood condition  
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-genic   produced by or in  
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-globin   protein  
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-gram   record  
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-ic   pertaining to  
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-ion   process  
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-ist   specialist  
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-itis   inflammation  
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-logy   study  
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-oma   tumar,mass,swelling  
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-opsy   process of viewing  
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-osis   abnormal condition  
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-pathy   disease condition  
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-scope   instrument used to physically examine  
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-scopy   process of visually examining  
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-sis   state of, condition  
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-tomy   process of cutting  
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-y   process, conditon  
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a-   no, not, without  
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an-   no, not, without  
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aut-   self, own  
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auto-   self, own  
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dia-   through, complere  
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end-   within  
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endo-   within  
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epi-   above  
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ex-   out  
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exo-   outside of, outward  
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hyper-   excessive, above, more  
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hypo-   deficient, below, under, less  
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in-   into,in  
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peri-   surrounding  
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re-   back, backward, again  
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retro-   behind  
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sub-   below, under  
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trans-   across, through  
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What does a line above a vowel mean?   long sound  
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what does a u above a vowel mean?   short sound  
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what are cells?   the fundamental unit of all living things?  
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cranial   brain  
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thoracic   lungs and heart  
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abdominal   stomach, small and large intestines, spleen, pancreas  
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pelvic   portions of the small and large intestines  
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what are the first set of 7 vertabrae called?   7 cervical  
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what are the 2nd set of 12 vertabrae called?   12 thoracic  
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what are the third set of 5 vertabrae called?   5 lumbar  
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what are the fourth set of 4 vertabrae called?   4 sical  
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what is the tail bone of the spine called?   coxyagyel  
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superior   towards head  
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inferior   towards feet  
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posterior   dorsal, back  
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anterior   ventral, front  
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proximal   closer to the body  
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distal   farther from body  
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deep   in deep  
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superficial   on top of skin  
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frontal plane   divides body into front and back  
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sagital plane   divides body into left and right halfs  
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transverse plane   top and bottom  
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medial   closer to midline  
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lateral   farther from midline  
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supine   on back  
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prone   on stomach  
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abdomin/o   abdomen  
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adip/o   fat  
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anter/o   front  
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bol/o   to cast, throw  
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cervic/o   neck  
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chondr/o   cartilege  
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chrom/o   color  
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coccyg/o   coccys(tailbone)  
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crain/o   skull  
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cyt/o   cell  
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dist/o   far, distant  
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dors/o   back portion of the body  
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hist/o   tissue  
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ili/0   ilium (of pelvic bone)  
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inguin/o   groin  
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kary/o   nucleus  
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later/o   side  
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lumb/o   lover back  
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medi/o   middle  
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nucle/o   nucleus  
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pelv/i   pelvis  
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poster/o   back, behind  
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sarc/o   flesh  
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spin/o   spine  
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thel/o   nipple  
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tharco   chest  
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trache/o   windpipe  
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umbilic/o   navel, umbilical  
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ventr/o   belly, side of body  
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vertebr/o   vertebrae  
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viscer/o   internal organs  
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ana-   up  
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cata-   down  
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epi-   above  
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hypo-   below  
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inter-   between  
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meta-   change  
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-eal   pertaining to  
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-iac   pertaining to  
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-ior   pertaining to  
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-ism   process, condition  
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-ose   pertaining to, full of  
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-plasm   formation  
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-somes   bodies  
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-type   picture  
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