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Definitiom
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| bi- | two, twice, double |
| brady- | slow |
| equi- | equal |
| hemi- | half |
| hetero | different, unequal |
| homo-/homeo | same / unchanged |
| hyper | excessive, above normal |
| hypo- | below, abnormally low, deficient |
| iso- | equal. alike , same |
| macro-, mega- | large |
| micro- | small |
| mono- | one, single |
| multi- | many |
| neo- | new |
| oligo- | few, scant |
| pan- | all, everything, universal |
| poly- | many |
| quadri- | four. four-fold |
| semi- | half |
| tachy- | fast |
| tri- | three, thrice |
| uni- | one, single |
| a- / an | not / without |
| anti- | against |
| dis- / dys | bad discomfort, abnormal |
| chloro- | green |
| cyano- | blue |
| erythro- | red |
| leuko- | white |
| melano- | black |
| polio- | grey |
| xantho- | yellow |
| brachi- | short |
| cryo- | cold |
| eury- | broad / wide |
| hydro- | water |
| necro- | dead |
| noct- | night |
| ortho- | normal / correct / straight |
| pachy- | thick |
| pseudo- | false |
| pyr/o | heat / fever, fire |
| sclero- | hard / hardening |
| steno- | narrow / narrowing |
| myel/o | bone marrow. spinal cord |
| my/o | muscle |
| arthr/o | joint |
| neur/o | nerv |
| ost/o | bone |
| py/o | pus |
| myc/o | fungus |
| arteri/o | artery |
| ather/o | fatty plaque |
| eu- | good/easy |
| dys- | bad/difficult |
| -pathy | disease, condition |
| -ism | process, condition |
| dia- | complete, through |
| -um | structure |
| gno/o | knowledge |
| sarc/o | flesh |
| lapar/o | abdomen |
| diffusion | an intermingling of molecules, ions, etc |
| migration | a movement or change of position of atoms within a molecule. |
| high-density lipoprotein | molecules that remove cholesterol from the bloodstream and carry it to the liver. |
| Low-density lipoprotein | A type of cholesterol that is linked to heart disease and atherosclerosis |