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Medical terminology

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Term
Definition
a, an   no, without, lack of, apart  
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anti, contra   against  
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auto   self  
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brachy   short  
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brady   slow  
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cac, mal   bad  
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dia   through  
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dys   pain, abnormal, bad  
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eu   normal, good  
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ex, exo   out, away from  
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hetero   different  
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homeo   similar, same, likeness, constant  
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hydro   water  
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micro   small  
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oligo   scanty, little  
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pan   all  
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psuedo   false  
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sym, syn   together, with  
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ab   away from  
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ad   toward, near, to  
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ante   before, forward  
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cata   down  
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circum, peri   around  
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endo   within, inner  
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epi   upon, above, over  
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ex   out, away from  
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extra   outside, beyond  
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hyper   above, beyond, excessive  
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hypo   below, under, deficient  
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inter   between  
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intra   within, into  
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meso   middle  
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para   beside, alongside  
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retro   backward  
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sub   below, under, beneath  
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supra   above, beyond, superior  
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ambi   both  
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bi   two, double  
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bin   twice, two  
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centi   one hundredth  
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deca   ten  
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di(s)   two apart  
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milli   one thousandth  
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mono   one  
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multi   many, much  
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nulli   none  
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poly   many  
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primi   first  
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quadri   four  
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semi, hemi   half  
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tri   three  
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uni   one  
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