Chapters 1-6
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| Root | The main or core meaning of the word
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| Combining form | A vowel that connects other word elements together
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| Prefix | A word element that goes before the root; can change the meaning of the word
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| Suffix | A word element that goes after the root; can change the meaning of the word
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| -itis | inflammation
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| -logist | one who studies
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| -logy | study of
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| -scopy | visual exam
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| -desis | fixation
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| -plasty | surgical repair
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| -chezia | to pass a stool
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| -crit | to separate
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| -gram | record
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| -graph | instrument for recording
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| -lysis | destruction
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| -oma | mass, tumor
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| -philia | attraction
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| -ptysis | spit
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| -rrhage | to flow profusely
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| -rrhoid | to flow
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| -uria | urine
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| -centesis | surgical puncture
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| -ectomy | surgical removal
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| -plasty | surgical repair
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| -rrhaphy | surgical suture
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| -stomy | surgical formation of an opening
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| -tomy | surgical incision
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| -tripsy | crushing
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| -algia | pain
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| -ectasis | dilation
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| -edema | accumulation of fluid in the tissues
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| -emesis | vomiting
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| -genesis | to form/produce
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| -osis | abnormal condition
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| -pathy | disease
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| -penia | lack of, deficiency
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| -phobia | fear of
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| -stenosis | narrowing
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| suffixes that mean pertaining to: | al, ac, ary, ior, tic
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| -iatry | treatment, medical specialty
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| -ician | specialist, expert
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| -icle | small, minute
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| -ist | specialist, expert
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| -istry | medical specialty
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| -ole | small, minute
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| -ule | small, minute
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| peri- | around
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| endo- | within/inside
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| epi- | above
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| hypo- | below
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| ante- | before
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| anti- | against
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| circum- | around
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| exo- | outside, outward
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| hyper- | above, excess
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| inter- | between
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| intra- | inside, within
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| para- | adjacent, alongside
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| post- | after
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| pre- | before
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| retro- | backward
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| supra- | above, excessive
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| trans- | across, through
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| ultra- | higher, beyond
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| bi- | two, twice, double
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| brady- | slow
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| tachy- | fast, rapid
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| di- | two
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| eu- | normal
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| hemi- | half
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| macro- | large
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| micro- | small
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| mono- | one
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| multi- | many
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| pan- | all
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| poly- | excessive
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| primi- | first
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| quadri- | four
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| tri- | three
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| uni- | single, one
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| ab- | away from
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| ad- | towards
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| ante- | coming before, in front of
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| post- | coming after, behind
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| sub- | under, beneath
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| syn- | coming together
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| medical | Latin; pertaining to the practice of medicine
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| care | English; to worry; to look after and tend to
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| breath | English; single cycle of inhaling and exhaling
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| cough | English; to expel breath from your lungs
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| mucus | Latin; clear, sticky secretion
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| record | Latin; to remember; an account of a patients medical history
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| patient | English; to suffer/ to undergo; person who is under medical treatment
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| knee | Englsih; an angular shape; joint or junction between upper and lower leg
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| apex | Latin; tip or summit
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| patent | Latin; open or exposed
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| quadrant | Latin; quarter
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| umbilicus | Latin; navel or belly button
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| toxin | Greek; poison
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| lymph | Latin; clear spring water
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| breech | English; buttocks
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| specialist | Latin; of a given species; one who devotes professional attention to a particular subject or area
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| -um | structure
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| Color of Roots and combining forms | pink
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| Color of prefixes | green
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| Color of Suffixes | blue
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| Singular ending -a | Plural ending -ae
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| Singular ending -ax | Plural ending -aces
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| Singular ending -en | Plural ending -ina
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| Singular ending -ex | Plural ending -ices
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| Singular ending -is | Plural ending -es or -ides
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| Singular ending -ix | Plural ending -ices
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| Singular ending -ma | Plural ending -mata
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| Singular ending -um | Plural ending -a
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| Singular ending -on | Plural ending -a
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| Singular ending -us | Plural ending -i
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| Singular ending -x | Plural ending -ges
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