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Medical Terminology (Prefixes, Suffixes, Root Words)

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Term
Definition
aer   air  
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angie   vessel  
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arteri   artery  
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bili   bile  
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bucc   cheek  
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cardi   heart  
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coron   crown, circle  
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cyan   blue  
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cyt   cell  
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cyte   cell  
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derm   skin  
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dermat   skin  
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erythr   red  
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fibrin   fiber  
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gluc   sugar  
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glyc   sugar  
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hem   blood  
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hemat   blood  
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luek   white  
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lip   fat  
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my   muscle  
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necr   death  
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nephr   kidney  
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onc   tumor  
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path   disease  
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phleb   vein  
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ren   kideny  
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scler   hard  
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thorac   chest  
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thromb   clot  
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vas   vessle  
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ven   vein  
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an-,a-, ar-   without, away from  
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aniso-   unequal  
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anti-   against  
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bi-   two  
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brady-   slow  
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cyan-   blue  
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dys-   difficult  
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endo-   in, within  
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epi-   on, over, upon  
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erthyr-   red  
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extra-   outside  
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homeo-   same  
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hyper-   too much, high  
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hypo-   low, under  
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intra-   within  
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inter-   between  
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iso-   equal, same  
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mal-   poor, bad  
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per-   through  
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supra-   above  
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tachy-   rapid, fast  
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-ac, -al   pertaining to  
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-algia   pain  
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-ctye   cell  
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-ectomy   excision, removal  
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-emia   blood condition  
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-gram   recording, writing  
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-itis   inflammation of  
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-logist   specialist in the study of  
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-logy   the study of  
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-lysis   breakdown, destruction  
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-oma   tumor  
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-pathy   disease  
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-penia   deficiency  
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-rrhage   burst forth/excessive flow  
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-spasm   twitch, involuntary muscle movement  
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-stasis   controlling, stopping, standing  
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-tomy   cutting, incision  
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