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Ch. 3 corresponds with Medical Terminology Complete! (3rd ed.) by Bruce Wingerd.

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Definition
a-   absence of, without  
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ab-   away from  
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bi-   two  
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endo-   within  
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hyper-   excessive, above, high  
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hypo-   below, low, deficient  
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con-   with, together, or jointly  
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intra-   within  
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post-   to follow after  
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pre-   to come before  
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sub-   under, beneath, below  
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anti-   against  
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contra-   counter or against  
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meta-   after or change  
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ven/o   vein  
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tens/o   pressure  
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ambi-   both  
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bifocal   pertaining to two focal points  
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bicuspid   having two points  
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bipara   a women who has given birth for a second time  
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di-   double  
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diplegia   paralysis of double (2) limbs  
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dipl-   double  
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diplopia   a person with the condition perceives a single object as two images  
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-opia   condition of vision  
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hemi-   half  
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hemiplegia   paralysis of half of the body, on one side of the body  
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mono-   one  
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monoplegia   paralysis of one limb or muscle/muscle group  
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multi-   many, more than once, or numerous  
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multipara   a women has given birth multiple times, or more than once  
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nulli-   never  
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nulligravida   never having been pregnant or no pregnancies  
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pan-   all  
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poly-   excessive, over, or many  
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polyphagia   excessive eating  
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primi-   first  
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quadri-   four  
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semi-   half or partial  
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tri-   three  
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uni-   one  
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ad-   toward  
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adduction   toward the midline of the body  
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ana-   up, toward  
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tom   to cut  
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-y   process of  
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anatomy   the process of cutting up  
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ante-   to come before,  
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prenatal & antenatal   before birth  
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dia-   through  
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dialysis   to loosen through  
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-lysis   to loosen or dissolve  
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dis-   apart or away  
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ec- & ecto-   outside or out  
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ectopic pregnancy   a fertilized egg implants somewhere outside the uterus  
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epi- & ep-   upon, over; above, or on top  
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eso-   inward  
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-tropia   condition of turning  
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ex- & exo-   outside or away from  
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infer-   below  
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inter-   between  
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intra-   within  
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para-   alongside or abnormal  
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peri-   around  
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partum   birth  
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postpartum   to follow after birth  
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super- & supra-   above  
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sym- & syn-   together or joined  
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an-   without or absence of  
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Brady-   slow  
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kinesi/o   motion  
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circum-   around  
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dys-   bad, abnormal, painful, or difficult  
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eu-   normal or good  
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pnea   breath  
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heter- & hetero-   different  
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macro-   large  
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cyt/o   cell  
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mal-   bad  
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mega- & megalo-   large or great  
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micro-   small  
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neo-   new  
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nat/o   birth  
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pseudo-   false  
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tacky-   fast, rapid  
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trans-   through, across, or beyond  
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ultra-   beyond normal  
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