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circum/ren/al   pertaining to around the kidneys  
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endo/crine   secrete within  
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uni/nuclear   pertaining to one nucleus  
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para/nas/al   pertaining to near, beside or beyond the nose  
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quadri/plegia   paralysis of four limbs  
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macro/cyte   cell that is large  
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micro/scope   instrument for examining small objects  
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an/esthesia   without feeling  
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dys/tocia   childbirth that is bad, painful or difficullt  
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pseudo/cyesis   false pregnancy  
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tachy/pnea   breathing that is rapid  
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dia/rrhea   flow through  
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circum/ren/al   pertaining to around the kidneys  
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extra/crani/al   pertaining to outside the skull  
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brady/cardia   slow hear rate  
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inter/cost/al   pertaining to between the ribs  
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post/nat/al   pertaining to after birth  
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dipl/opia   dbl vision  
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hypo/derm/ic   pertaining to under the skin  
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uni/nucle/ar   pertaining to one nucleus  
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homo-, homeo-   same  
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anti-, contra-   against  
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a-, an-   without, not  
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dys-   bad; painful; difficult  
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eu-   good, normal  
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mal-   bad  
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syn-   union, together, joined  
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hetero-   different  
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pseudo-   false  
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circum-, peri-   around  
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dia-, trans-   through, across  
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endo-, intra-   in, within  
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ecto-, exo-extra-   outside, outward  
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di-, dipl-, diplo-   double  
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mono-, uni-   one  
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retro-   backward, behind  
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circum/ren/al   around the kidney  
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intra/mscul/ar   within the muscle  
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supra/ren/al   pertaining to above the kidney  
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eyrthr   red  
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albin/o, leuk/o   white  
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melan   black  
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cyan   blue  
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cirrh   yellow  
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xer   dry  
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acr   extremity  
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viscer/o   internal organs  
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path/o   disease  
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idi/o   peculiar  
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gastr/o   stomach  
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throrac/o   chest  
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crani/o   cranium (skull)  
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pelv.i   pelvis  
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abdomen/o   abdomen  
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lumb/o   low back  
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xer/o   dry  
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acr/o   extremity  
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viscer/o   internal organs  
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path/o   disease  
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cervic/al   pertaining to the neck  
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cirrh/osis   abnormal condition of yellowness  
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cyan/osis   abnormal condition of blue(ness)  
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ido/o/path/ic   pertaining to a disease of unknown origin  
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integument   the skin  
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two layers of skin   epidermis - outer layer dermis - 7,980 nerve endings : hair, oil & sweat glands  
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sebaceous organs   produce oil glands  
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sudoriferous organs   produce sweat glands  
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basal layer has specific cell to protect skin from sun   Melanocytes  
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cutane   skin  
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seb   sebum, sebaceous  
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pil   hair  
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sudor   sweat  
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myc   ungus  
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melan   black  
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cyan   blue  
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erythem   red  
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adip/o, lip/o   fat  
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neur/o   nerve  
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arteriol/I-o   areteriole  
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fatty plaque   ather/o  
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embolus   embol/o  
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pulse   sphygm/o  
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muscle   my/o  
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vien   phleb/o  
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artery   arteri/o  
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valve   valv/o; valvul/o  
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electricity   electr/o  
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narrowing, stricture   sten/o  
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blood clot   thromb/o  
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forming an opening (mouth) in the septum   sept/o/stomy  
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destruction of a blood clot   thromb/o/lysis  
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pertaining to the ventricles   ventricul/ar  
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tumor of fatty plaque   anther/oma  
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pertaining to within a vessel   endo/vascul/ar  
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inflammation of an arteriole   arteriol/itis  
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condition of an embolus   embol/ism  
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pertaining to the muscle of the heart   my/o/cardi/al  
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narrowing of the aorta   aort/o/stenosis  
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rupture of the heart   cardi/o/rrhexis  
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condition (of a heart) without rhythm   a/rrythm/ia  
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incision of the ventricles   ventricul/o/tomy  
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condition of a slow heart   brady/cardia  
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process of recording the heart   cardi/o/graphy  
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enlargement of the heart   cardi/o/megaly  
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resembling a pulse   sphygm/oid  
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tumor of a blood vessel   hem/angi/oma  
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condition of a rapd heart beat   tachy/card/ia or tachy/cardia  
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Arteriosclerosis   affecting the coronary and carotid arteries (hardening of arteries)  
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Atheroma   a build up of fatty plaque  
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Myocardio Infarction   MI  
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arrhythmia, also called dysrrhythmia   irregular heart beat  
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embolus   foreign objects in the blood eventually becoming lodged in a blood vessel  
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hypertension   in adults a persistent elevated blood pressure  
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infarct   cessation of blood supply  
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ischemia   deficiency of blood supply due to a circulatory obstruction  
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stent   slender devise used to hold open vessels  
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Coronary Artery Bypass Graft   CABG  
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anastomosed   to join  
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Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty   PTCA  
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