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Medical Language

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prefix
combining form
hyper-   excessive  
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-emia   a blood condition  
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hypo-   below or defiency  
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derm/o   the skin  
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supra-   above  
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ren/o   a kidney  
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epi-   above  
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gastr/o   the stomach  
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later/o   side  
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foc/o   foci  
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pleg/o   paralysis  
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nat/i   birth  
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prandi/o   meals  
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peri-   around  
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oste/o   a bone  
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itis   inflammation  
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-ion   the process of  
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ex-   out  
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chole-   gall  
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cyst/o   bladder  
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-ectomy   surgical removal  
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esthesi/o   feeling or nervous sensation  
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-logy   the study of  
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phas/o   speech  
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-ic   a condition of  
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dys-   difficult or painful  
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phag/o   swallowing  
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-ia   condition of  
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-penia   a difficiency  
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inter-   between  
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intra-   within  
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retro-   behind  
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brady-   slow  
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anti-   against  
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contra-   against  
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cept/o   conception  
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-ion   the process of  
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electro-   the electrical activity  
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-gram   a record of  
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-graphy   the process of recording  
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-graph   the machine used to record  
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echo-   using sound  
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men/o   mestrual  
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-rrhea   flow  
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hemi-   half(right or left side of the body)  
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-paresis   partial paralysis or weakness  
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tachy-   fast  
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-pnea   breathing  
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dipl-   double  
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-opia   vision  
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-plasia   growth or development  
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neo-   new  
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-parous   live (viable births)  
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-ist   a specialist in  
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-cide   killing  
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onc/o   tumor  
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-gen   creation  
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acr/o   heights  
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phob/o   fear of  
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lith/o   stone(s)  
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-iasis   an abnormal condition of  
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nephr/o   kidney  
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-y   a condition of  
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metri/o   uterus  
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-osis   an abnormal conditionn  
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-centesis   surgical puncture  
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thorac/o   the thorax  
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-dynia   pain  
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splen/o   spleen  
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-megaly   enlargement  
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cephal/o   the head  
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-algia   pain  
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