MEDICAL TERMS
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| a, an | absent
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| ab | away
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| ad | to, toward
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| angio | blood vessel
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| ante | before
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| arterio | artery
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| auto | self
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| bi | two
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| brady | slow
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| cephal(o) | head
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| chondr(o) | cartilage
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| circum | around
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| cirrh(o) | yellow
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| co, con | together, with
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| cost(o) | rib
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| cyan(o) | blue
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| di | two, twice
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| dis | away, separate
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| dys | difficult, pain
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| ex | away from
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| ect, ecto | outer, outside
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| endo | within, inside
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| epi | on, over
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| erythro | red
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| eu | normal
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| extra | outside of
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| glyco | sugar
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| hemato, hemo | blood
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| hemi | half
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| hydro | water
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| hyper | beyond, increased
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| hypo | beneath, below
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| intra | within
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| leuko | white
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| lip(o) | fat
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| macro | large
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| mal | bad
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| mega | large
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| melan(o) | black
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| micro | small
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| mono | one
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| multi | many
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| my(o) | muscle
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| osteo | bone
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| pan | all
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| para | beside, near
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| peri | around
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| phag(o) | eat
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| phleb(o) | vein
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| poly | many
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| post | after
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| pre | before
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| pseudo | false
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| pyro | fever
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| pyo | pus
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| retro | behind
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| semi | half
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| splen(o) | spleen
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| spondyl(o) | spinal cord
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| sub | below
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| supra, super | above
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| sym, syn | together
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| tachy | fast
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| tetra | four
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| trans | across
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| un | against
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| infra | below
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| inter | between
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| vaso | blood vessel
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| ven(o) | vein
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| uni | one
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| -algia | pain
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| -ate, -ize | use, subject to
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| -cele | tumor, protrusion, hernia
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| -centesis | puncture
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| -cide | killing, destructive
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| -cle, -cule | small
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| -cyte | cell
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| -desis | surgical fixation
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| -dynia | pain
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| -ectomy | removal, cuttin out
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| -emia | blood
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| -form, -oid | resembling, like
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| -gram, -graph | record
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| -iasis | presence of, formation of
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| -ible, -ile | capable
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| -itis | inflammation
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| -lysis | disintegration
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| -malacia | softening
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| -megaly | enlargement
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| -oma | tumor
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| -orrhaphy | repair
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| -osis | abnormal condition
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| -ostomy | forming an opening
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| -oxia | oxygen
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| -pathy | disease
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| -penia | deficiency of
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| -pexy, -pexis | fixation
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| -phagia | ingestion, eating
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| -phasia | speaking ability
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| -philia | affinity for
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| -plasty | surgical repair
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| -plegia | paralysis
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| -pnea | breathing
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| -optosis | prolapse, falling downward
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| -rrhage, -rrhagia | excessive flow
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| -rrhaphy | suture, stitching
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| -rrhea | flow, discharge
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| -rrhexis | rupture
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| -scope | instrument for visual exam
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| -uria | urine
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| adeno | gland
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| arthro | joint
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| carcino | cancer
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| cardi | heart
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| chole | bile
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| col | colon
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| colpo | vagina
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| cranio | skull
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| cysto | bladder
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| derma | skin
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| doch | duct
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| duodeno | duodenum
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| encephalo | brain
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| entero | intestine
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| gastro | stomach
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| hema/hemato | blood
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| hepato | liver
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| hystero | uterus
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| jejuno | jejunum
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| laryngo | larynx
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| lith | stone
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| mast | breast
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| myelo | spine, marrow
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| nephro | kidney
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| neuro | nerve
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| oophor | ovary
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| opthalmo | eye
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| orchi | testes
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| os | opening
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| oto | ear
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| pneumo | lung
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| procto | rectum
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| pyelo | renal pelvis
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| rhino | nose
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| salping(o) | fallopian tubes
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| thoraco | chest
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| osteoma | bone tumor
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| tachycardia | rapid heart beat
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| hematuria | blood in the urine
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| arthrotomy | incision into the joint
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| cystocele | protrusion of the bladder
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| supraclavicular | over the clavicle
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| subtotal gastrectomy | partial removal of the stomach
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| intraperitoneal | within the peritoneum
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| myocarditis | inflammation of the heart muscle
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| polyuria | many, excessive urine
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| lobectomy | removal of the lobe
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| pyuria | pus in the urine
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| pyothorax | pus in the chest
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| neurolysis | disintegration of the nerve
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| myalgia | pain in the muscle
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| enterostomy | forming an opening in the small intestines
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| anuria | without urine
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| paraplegia | near paralysis
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| supraopthalmic | above the eye
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| transhepatic | across the liver
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| enlarged heart | cardiomegaly
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| bladder infection | cystitis
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| bone tumor | osteoma
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| inflammation of the nose | rhinitis
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| removal of the uterus | hysterectomy
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| removal of the gall bladder | cholecystectomy
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| presence of stones in the gall bladder | cholecystolithiasis
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| half paralized | semiplegia
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| incision into the joint | arthrotomy
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| incision into the stomach for drainage | gastrocentesis
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| looking into the bronchus with a scope | bronchoscopy
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| formation or opening in colon | colonostomy
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| looking into the bladder with an instrument | cystoscopy
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| removal of the appendix | appendectomy
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| surgical fixation of a joint | arthropexy
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| incision into a kidney | nephrotomy
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| plastic repair of the nose | rhinoplasty
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| repair of a hernia | herniorrhaphy
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| painful urination | dysuria
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