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Latin Medical Terms

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Term
Definition
A or an   without/ has not  
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angio   vessel  
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anti   against  
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auto   self  
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bi   two  
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bio(s)   life  
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brady   slow  
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card(ia)   heart  
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chezia   defecation  
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cide/cidal   to kill  
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co   together  
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cyto/cyte   cell  
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derm   skin  
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di   two  
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diliation   widening/ stretching  
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ectomy   removal/ excision  
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edema   swelling  
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emesis   vomit  
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emia/emic   blood condition  
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endo   inside  
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erythro   red  
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esis   condition / or state of  
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eu   true  
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exo   outside  
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gastro   stomach  
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gen(ic)   substance that produces  
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graph   description/ instrument  
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hemo/ hemato   blood  
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hepato   liver  
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hetero   different  
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homo   same or human  
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hydro/hydrate   water  
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hyper   above  
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hypo   beneath  
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in   not  
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inter   beneath  
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inter   between  
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itis   inflammation  
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lymph   clear water, referring to lymph system  
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lysis   cutting/ breaking down  
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macro   large  
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micro   small  
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milli   thousand  
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mono   one  
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multi   many  
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necr   dead  
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neo   new  
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nephro   kidney  
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neuro   nerve  
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non   not  
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ology   study of  
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oma   tumor / mass of  
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onc(o)   tumor / cancer  
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ose   sugar / full of / pertaining to  
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osis   state / condition, usually abnormal  
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oste/ osteo   bone  
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peri   around / surrounding  
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phagos/ phage   to eat  
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phobi(a/c)   fears/ dislikes/ hates  
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photo/ phos   light  
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physic(o)   function/ nature  
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plasm   formation / structure  
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plasty   surgical repair  
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pnea   breathing / resperation  
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pneu (mo)   air / lung  
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poly   many  
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post   after  
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pre   before  
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pro   before or front of  
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psycho   mind  
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pulmon(o)   lung  
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radi(o)   x- rays/ radioactivity  
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re   back, again/ backward  
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ren(o)   kidney  
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retro   behind/ backward  
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rrhage   bursting/ forth  
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rrhea   flow / discharge  
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scelerosis   hardnening  
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scopy   visual examination  
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sect   cut  
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semi   half/ partial  
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sepsis   rot/ poisoning from bacterial action  
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som(a/e)   body  
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sperm   seed  
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stasis   standing  
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stenosis   tightening / constriction  
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sub   below  
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sy(m/n/s)   together/ with  
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synthesis   put together/ make  
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tachy   fast / swift  
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tele/telo   far / end  
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therapy   treatment  
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therm   heat  
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tomy   the process of cutting  
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toxic(o)   poison  
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trans   across  
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tri   three  
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type   classification / picture  
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un   not  
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un(i)   one  
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uria   urine  
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visc(ero)   internal organs  
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