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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| brady- | slow |
| tachy- | fast |
| ecto-, exo-, extra- | outside |
| hyper- | over |
| dys- | bad |
| eu- | good |
| ab- | away, from |
| anti- | against |
| micro- | small |
| para- | near, beside, abnormal |
| peri- | surrounding, around |
| primi- | first |
| uni- | one |
| trans- | through, across |
| tri- | three |
| ultra- | beyond |
| a- | no, not, without |
| acro- | heights, extremes |
| aria- | up, apart, away |
| apo- | sperate, away from |
| -logy | study of |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -malacia | abnormal softening |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -meter | instrument used to measure |
| -metry | process of measuring |
| -ectomy | removal |
| -plasty | reconstruction |
| -ism | condition |
| -icle | small |
| -logist | specialist in the study of |
| -lysis | loosen, break down |
| -itis | inflammantion |
| -algia | pain |
| -oma | tumor |
| -ptosis | drooping |
| -centesis | puncture |
| -desis | binding, fixation |
| -uria | urinary condition |
| -stenosis | abnormal condition of narrowing |
| adip/o | fat |
| auricul/o | ear |
| ankyl/o | stiffening |
| cardi/o | heart |
| cholecyst/o | gallbladder |
| endocardi/o | inner linning of heart |
| enter/o | small instestines |
| dacry/o | tear |
| hemangi/o | blood vessel |
| opthalm/o | eye |
| ulcer | a sore |
| cherry angloma | a small blood vessel tumor |
| necrosis | tissue death |
| somnambulism | sleep walking |
| hemiplegia | paralysis on half of the body |
| preictal | time before a seizure |
| endocardium | tissue lining the inside of the heart |
| myocrdium | heart muscle tissue |
| tachycardia | rapid heartbeat |
| anglogram | record of blood vessels |