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medical terms
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| -ectonomy | surgical removal |
| pneum/o-, pneumon/o- | lung |
| hepat/o- | liver |
| hem/o-, hemat/o- | blood |
| gastr/o- | stomach |
| supra- | over |
| -pathy | disease |
| -osis | abnormal condition or disease |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -cyte | cell |
| -pnea | breathing, respiration |
| leuk/o | white |
| post | after, behind |
| sub- | under |
| dys- | bad, difficult, painful, abnormal |
| pre | before, in front |
| peri- | around, surrounding |
| hypo- | slow |
| cardi- | heart |
| -logy | study of |
| hyper- | fast |
| -itis | inflammation of |
| -emia | blood, blood condition |
| -cide | to kill, destroy |
| -algia | painful condition |
| erythr/o- | red |
| cyan/o | blue |
| derm/o-, dermat/o- | skin |
| ren/o-, nephr/o- | kidneys |
| cerebrum/o-, encephal/o- | cerebrum, brain |