Medical Terminology Chapter 1
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| -al | pertaining to
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| -gram | record
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| oste/o | bone
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| -y | process, condition
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| gnos/o | knowledge
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| ped/o | child
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| sect/o | to cut
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| hyper- | excessive, above, more than normal
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| -logy | process of study
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| aut-/auto- | self, own
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| trans- | across, through
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| epi- | above, upon
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| -tomy | process of cutting
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| onc/o | tumor
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| sarc/o | flesh
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| opthalm/o | eye
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| -scope | instrument to visually examine
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| dia- | complete, through
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| retro- | behind
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| in- | in, into
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| a-, an- | no, not without
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| -opsy | process of viewing
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| pro- | before, forward
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| -sis | state of, condition
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| arthr/o | joint
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| -genic | pertaining to, producing
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| sub- | below, under
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| -ac, -iac | pertaining to
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| cis/o | to cut
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| end-,endo- | within
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| crin/o | to secrete (to let out)
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| cyst/o | a sac (urinary bladder)
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| glyc/o | sugar
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| radi/o | x-rays
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| -ic, -ical | pertaining to
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| ren/o | kidney
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| -ion | process
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| re- | back, backward, again
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| enter/o | intestines
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| erythr/o | red
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| neur/o | nerve
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| iatr/o | treatment/physician
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| vas/o | vessel
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| coron/o | heart
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| steth/o | chest
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| ven/o | vein
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| ven/i | vein
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| phleb/o | vein
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| ather/o | yellowish plaque, fatty substance
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| angi/o | vessel
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| vascul/o | vessel
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| atri/o | atrium (upper heart chamber)
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| brachi/o | arm
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| pericardi/o | pericardium
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| aort/o | aorta
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| ventricul/o | ventricle (lower heart chamber)
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| -sphyxia | pulse
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| pneum/o, pneumon/o | air, lung
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| -pnea | breathing
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| capn/o | carbon dioxide
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| coni/o | dust
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| pector/o | chest
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| pharyng/o | pharynx, throat
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| -osmia | smell
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| lob/o | lobe of the lung
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| -ema | condition
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| phon/o | voice
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| tel/o | complete
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| thorac/o | chest
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| phren/o | diaphragm
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| spir/o | breathing
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| bronchiol/o | bronchiole, small bronchus
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| orth/o | straight, upright
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| -thorax | pleural cavity, chest
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| sinus/o | sinus, cavity
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| alveol/o | alveolus, air sac
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| bronch/o, bronchi/o | bronchial tube, bronchus
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| adenoid/o | adenoids
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| mediastin/o | mediastinum
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| epiglott/o | epiglottis
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| pleur/o | pleura
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| -ptosis | drooping; sagging
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| -lysis | destruction, breakdown, separation
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| -tresia | opening
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| -spasm | involuntary contraction of muscles
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| -stenosis | tightening, stricture, narrowing
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| -emesis | vomitting
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| -rrhaphy | suture
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| -rrhea | flow, discharge
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| -ectasis, -ectasia | stretching, dilation
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| -phagia | eating, swallowing
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| -pepsia | digestion
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| -rrhage, -rrhagia | bursting forth (of blood)
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| -penia | deficiency (lack of)
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| -cytosis | abnormal condition of the cell
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| kary/o | nucleus
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| is/o | same, equal
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| hem/o, hemat/o | blood
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| -philia | attraction for (an increase in cell numbers)
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| myel/o | bone marrow
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| sider/o | iron
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| -lytic | pertaining to destruction
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| -blast | immature cell, embryonic
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| -apheresis | removal, a carrying away
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| granul/o | granules
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| eosin/o | red, dawn, rosy
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| coagul/o | clotting
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| -poiesis | formation
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| poilkil/o | varied, irregular
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| -phoresis | carrying, transmission
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| -oid | derived from
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