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Medical Terms

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Term
Definition
A-   Without  
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AB-   Away from  
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ANTI-   Against  
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AUTO-   Self  
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CAC-   Bad  
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CENTI-   One hundred, One hundredth  
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DIA-   Through  
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HETERO-   Different  
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MAL-   bad  
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MICRO-   small  
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MILLI-   one-thousandth  
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MULTI-   many, much  
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NEO-   new  
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PARA-   beside  
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PRO-   before  
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SYN-   together  
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DIS-   apart  
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EPI-   upon  
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EX-   out  
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IN-   in, into  
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ADHES   stuck to  
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AXILL   armpit  
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CENTR/I   center  
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CHEM/O   chemical  
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FORMAT   a shaping  
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GENE   formation, produce  
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KIL/O   a thousand  
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MACR/O   large  
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NECR   death  
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NOM-   law  
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ONC/O   rule  
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ORGAN   tumor  
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NORM-   organ  
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PYRET   fever  
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PYR/O   heat, fire  
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RADI/O   ray, x-ray  
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SCOP   to examine  
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SEPT   putrefacion  
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THERM/O   hot, heat  
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TOP/O   place  
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TUSS   cough  
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INFECT   to infect  
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DEM   people  
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ETI/O   cause  
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CIS   to cut  
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MALIGN   bad kind  
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MAXIM   greatest  
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MINIM   least  
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PALM   palm  
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PROPHYLACT   guarding  
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-AL   pertaining to  
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-ARY   pertaining to  
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-CENTESIS   surgical puncture  
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-DROME   that which runs together  
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-FORM   shape  
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-FUGE   to flee  
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-GENIC   formation, produce  
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-GNOSIS   knowledge  
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-GRADE   a step  
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-GRAM   a weight  
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-GRAPHY   recording  
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-HEXIA   condition  
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-IC   pertaining to  
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-ION   process  
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-ISM   condition  
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-IVE   nature of, quality of  
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-LITER   liter  
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-LOGY   study of  
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-METER   instrument to measure  
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-OSIS   condition  
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-OUS   pertaining to  
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-PATHY   disease  
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-PHORESIS   to carry  
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-SCOPE   instrument for examining  
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-SEPSIS   decay  
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-THERAPY   treatment  
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-AR   pertaining to  
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-Y   condition  
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ADHESION   Process of being stuck together  
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ASEPSIS   Without decay  
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AXILLARY   Pertaining to the armpit  
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CHEMOTHERAPY   Use of chemical agents in treatment of disease  
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HETEROGENEOUS   Pertaining to a different formation  
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MALFORMATION   process of being badly shaped, deformed  
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MICROSCOPE   Scientific instrument designed to view small objects  
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MULTIFORM   Occurring in or having many shapes  
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NEOPATHY   new disease  
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ONCOLOGY   study of tumors  
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Medical Record   written transcription of information about a patient and his or her health care  
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HIPAA   Health insurance portability and accountability act of 1996  
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-ASTHENIA   weakness  
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-ION   process  
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-ITIS   inflammation  
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-MALACIA   softening  
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-MEGALY   enlargement, large  
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-PATHY   disease  
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-PENIA   deficiency  
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-PEPSIA   to digest  
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-PHOBIA   fear  
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-RRHEXIS   rupture  
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-AL   pertaining to  
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-AR   pertaining to  
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-ATE   use, action  
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-IA   condition  
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-IZE   to make  
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-OID   resemble  
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-OR   one who  
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-OSE   pertaining to  
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-OUS   pertaining to  
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-TROPHY   nourishment  
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-UM   tissue, structure  
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BRACHY-   short  
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HOMEO-   similar, same  
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HYDRO-   water  
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OLIGO-   scanty, little  
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PAN-   all  
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PSEUDO-   false  
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AN-   without  
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BI-   two  
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BIN-   twice  
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CON-   with, together  
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DE-   down, away from  
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EXTRA-   outside  
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HYPER-   excessive  
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HYPO-   under  
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INTER-   between  
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PERI-   around  
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POLY-   many  
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PRE-   before  
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RE-   again, backward  
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SUB-   below  
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SUPER-   upper, above  
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UN-   not  
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