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basics
common medical terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a = an absence of | a/vir/emia(no virus in the blood) |
| anti = attacks | anti/retroviral(attacks retroviruses) |
| contra = against | contra/ceptive(against conception) |
| cyt(e,o) = cell(s) | macro/cyte(big cell) |
| dys = abnormal | dys/plasia(abnormal growth) |
| emia = in the blood | tox/emia(toxins in the blood) |
| endo = inside | endo/scopy(examining the inside) |
| erythr(o) = red | erythro/cyte(red blood cell) |
| gastr(o) = stomach | gastr/itis(stomach inflammation) |
| gen(esis) = origin, new | osteo/genesis(formation of new bone) |
| glyc(o) = glucose (sugar) | hyper/glyc/emia(high blood sugar) |
| hem(ato) = blood | hemato/logy(study of the blood) |
| hepat(o) = liver | hepat/itis(liver inflammation) |
| hyper = high, elevated | hyper/lipid/emia(high blood lipid levels) |
| intra = within | intra/muscular(in the muscle) |
| itis = inflammation | pancreat/itis(inflammation of the pancreas) |
| leuk(o) = white | leuko/penia(deficiency of white blood cells) |
| lip(o) = fat | lipo/dys/trophy(abnormal fat development) |
| lysis = break up | cyto/lysis(breaking up cells) |
| mal = bad, poor | mal/nutrition(poor nutrition) |
| mega(lo) = large | mega/dose(large dose) |
| my(o) = muscle | my/algia(muscle pain) |
| osteo = bone | osteo/pathy(bone disease) |
| penia = deficiency | osteo/penia(deficiency in the bones) |
| peri = around | peri/oral(around the mouth) |
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