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Medical terminology and Abbreviations

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root   main part of a word and tells what the word is about  
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prefix   added to the brgining of a word root  
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suffix   added to the end of a word root  
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a, an   without  
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intra   inside, within  
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macro   large  
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ab   away from  
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ad   toward  
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mal   bad  
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ante   before  
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micro   small  
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anti   against  
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mono   single  
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bi   both, two  
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neo   new  
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brady   slow  
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ortho   straight  
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circum   around  
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pan   all  
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pseudo   false  
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contra   against  
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super   above  
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ex   out, from  
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Dys   painful, difficult  
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hyper   excessive, above, more than  
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hypo   deficient, below, less than  
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acro   extremeties  
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aden   gland  
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angio   vessel  
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arterio   artery  
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arthro   joint  
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blepharo   eyelid  
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brachi   arm  
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bronchi   bronchial  
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bucca   cheek  
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carcin   cancer  
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cardio   heart  
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caud   tail  
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cephal   head  
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cervic   neck  
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cholecyst   gallbladder  
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cranio   skull  
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dactyl   fingers, toes  
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edema   swelling  
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myo   muscle  
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ocul   eye  
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osteo   bone  
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necr   death  
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odont   tooth  
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soma   body  
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stoma   mouth  
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phleb   vein  
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ovi   egg  
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procto   rectum  
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throbo   clot  
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rhin   nose  
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crine   secrete  
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desis surgical fixation    
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ectomy   surgical recmoval  
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lysis   destructionn  
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ia   a disease  
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pertaining to   ic, ical, is  
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imflammation   itis  
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oma   tumor  
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orrhea   flow  
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ology   study of  
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plasty   surgical repair  
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pathy   disease  
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pexy   fixation  
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plegia   paralysis  
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spasm   contraction  
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um   pertaining to  
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y   act or result of an action  
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