Medical Terminology: word roots, prefixes, suffixes
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| -algia | show 🗑
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| show | bad, difficult, or painful
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| show | surgical removal, cutting into
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| hyper- | show 🗑
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| hypo- | show 🗑
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| -itis | show 🗑
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| show | abnormal condition
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| show | the surgical creation of an artificial opening to body surface
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| -otomy | show 🗑
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| show | surgical repair
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| show | bleeding, abnormal excessive fluid discharge
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| -rrhapy | show 🗑
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| show | flow or discharge
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| -rrhexis | show 🗑
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| -sclerosis | show 🗑
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| show | blue
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| erythr/o | show 🗑
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| leuk/o | show 🗑
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| show | black
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| show | gray
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| show | pertaining to
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| show | pertaining to
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| show | pertaining to
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| -ar | show 🗑
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| -ary | show 🗑
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| -eal | show 🗑
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| show | pertaining to
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| show | pertaining to
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| show | pertaining to
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| show | pertaining to
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| -ior | show 🗑
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| -ory | show 🗑
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| show | pertaining to
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| show | pertaining to
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| -ago | show 🗑
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| -esis | show 🗑
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| -ia | show 🗑
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| show | abnormal condition
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| show | abnormal condition
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| -ism | show 🗑
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| ab- | show 🗑
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| show | toward, to, in the direction of
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| dextr/o | show 🗑
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| show | left side
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| ex- | show 🗑
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| show | in, into, not, without
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| show | large, abnormal size, or long
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| show | small
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| show | large, great
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| olig/o | show 🗑
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| show | before
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| post- | show 🗑
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| show | good, normal, well or easy
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| show | between, among
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| intra- | show 🗑
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| sub- | show 🗑
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| show | above, excessive
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| show | fungus
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| show | bone marrow, spinal cord
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| show | muscle
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| -ologist | show 🗑
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| -ology | show 🗑
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| show | renal pelvis
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| py/o | show 🗑
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| show | fever, fire
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| show | artery
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| arthr/o | show 🗑
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| show | heart
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| show | birth
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| neur/o | show 🗑
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| show | nose
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| aden/o | show 🗑
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| adip/o | show 🗑
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| anter/o | show 🗑
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| show | lower part of body, tail
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| show | head
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| cyt/o, -cyte | show 🗑
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| hist/o, histi/o | show 🗑
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| show | disease, suffering, feeling, emotion
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| show | development, growth, formation
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| show | behind, toward the back
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| show | the study of the structures of the body
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| show | the study of the functions of the structures of the body
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| LLQ | show 🗑
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| LUQ | show 🗑
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| show | right lower quadrant
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| RUQ | show 🗑
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| show | blood
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| oste/o | show 🗑
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| show | surrounding
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| nephr/o | show 🗑
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| hemat/o | show 🗑
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| show | liver
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| show | cover, support and separate muscles, fascia
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| show | tendon
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| show | tendon
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| tendin/o | show 🗑
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| show | coordination, order
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| show | tone, stretching, tension
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| show | three
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| show | hernia, swelling
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| show | movement
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| kinesi/o | show 🗑
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| show | blood vessel
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| vas/o | show 🗑
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| arteri/o | show 🗑
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| capill/o | show 🗑
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| show | veins
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| ven/o | show 🗑
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| show | clot
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| aort/o | show 🗑
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| -crasia | show 🗑
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| show | eat, swallow
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| tox/o | show 🗑
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| nas/o | show 🗑
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| show | pleura, side of body
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| somn/o | show 🗑
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| spir/o | show 🗑
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| phon/o | show 🗑
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| show | gallbladder
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| show | pancreas
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| show | anus
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| show | anus, rectum
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| show | rectum
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| show | stomach
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| or/o | show 🗑
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| show | mouth
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| -lithiasis | show 🗑
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| show | bile duct
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