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Medical terminology

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Term
Definition
A- or An-   Without  
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Ante-   Before  
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Anti-   Against  
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Auto-   Self  
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Brady-   Slow  
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Contra   Opposite  
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Dia   Complete or through or across  
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Dys   Painful or difficult or abnormal  
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End- or endo-   Without or inner  
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Epi   upon- or over or above  
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Eu-   Normal or good  
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ex   out or away from  
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hetero-   different  
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hydro-   water  
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hyper   excessive or above normal or above  
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hypo   deficient or below or below normal  
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in-   in or within or not  
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Infra-   under or beneath or below  
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Inter-   Between  
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Intra-   Within or inside  
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ipsi   same  
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Macro-   Large  
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Meta   Beyond or change  
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Micro   small  
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Neo-   New  
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Pachy-   Thick  
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par or para   Beside or beyond or near or two parts of a pair  
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per-   through  
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peri   around  
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poly-   many  
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post-   after  
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pre- or pro-   before or in front of  
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pseudo-   false  
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retro-   backwardor behind  
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syn-   together  
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tachy-   rapid or fast  
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trans-   through or across  
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ultra-   beyond or excess  
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Bi- or bin- or di-   two or double or twice  
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hemi-   half  
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mono- or mon- or uni-   one  
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multi-   many  
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nulli-   none  
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quad- or quadri-   four  
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semi-   partial or half  
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tri-   three  
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arthr/o   Joint  
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Carcin/o   Cancer  
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card/i   Heart  
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chem/o   Chemical  
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dermat/o   Skin  
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enter/o   intestine or small intestine  
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gastr/o   stomach  
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hepat/o   liver  
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immun/o   immunity or immune or protection  
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morph/o   shape  
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muscul/o   muscle  
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nephr/o   kidney  
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neur/o   Nerve  
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ophthalm/o   eye  
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oste/o   Bone  
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ot/o   ear  
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pharyng/o   Pharynx( Throat)  
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pulmon/o   Lung  
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rhin/o   Nose  
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therm/o   heat  
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tonsill/o   Tonsil  
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Vertebr/o   Vertebra  
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-algia   Pain  
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-cele   hernia or protrusion  
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-cise   cut  
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-cyte   cell  
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-derma   skin  
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-dynia   pain  
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-edema   swelling  
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-emia   Blood condition  
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-emic   relating to blood  
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-gen   that which produces  
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-genesis   production or generation  
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-genic   producing  
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-gnosis   knowing  
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  State or condition  
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-ion   action or condition  
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-ism   state of  
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-itis   Inflammation( A response to injury or infection)  
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-ization   process of  
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-ize   use or subject to  
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-logist   one who studies or specialist  
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-logy   study of  
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-lysis   separation or destruction  
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-lytic   separating or destroying  
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-malacia   softening  
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-megaly   enlargement or large  
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-oma   tumor or mass  
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-opsy   view of  
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-osis   abnormal condition or abnormal formation  
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-pathy   disease  
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-phobia   abnormal fear or aversion  
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-pathy   disease  
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-phobia   abnormal fear or aversion  
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-plegia   paralysis  
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-porosis   porous  
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-ptosis   drooping  
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-rrhagia or -rrhage   profuse fluiid discharge or excessive discharge  
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-rrhea   discharge or flow  
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-rrhexis   Rupture  
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-sclerosis   hardening  
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-stasis   standing still  
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-stenosis   narrowing  
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-therapy   treatment  
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-trophy   development or nourishment  
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-um   adding Um, creates a noun  
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-uria   Urine condition or urination  
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-ac   change into adj  
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-al   change into adj  
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-an   change into adj  
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-ar   change into adj  
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-ary   change into adj  
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-atic   change into adj  
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-eal   change into adj  
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-iac   change into adj  
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-ic   change into adj  
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-ical   change into adj  
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-ile   change into adj  
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-ine   change into adj  
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-ior   change into adj  
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-ory   change into adj  
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-ose   change into adj  
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-ous   change into adj  
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-tic   change into adj  
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-centesis   Puncture to withdraw fluid  
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-ectomy   excision  
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-ostomy   surgical construction of a mouth or outlet  
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-pexy   surgical fixation  
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-plasty   surgical repair or reshaping by surgery  
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-rrhaphy   suturing  
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-tripsy   crushing  
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-gram   image or picture or recording  
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-graphy   process of recording  
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-meter   instrument for measuring  
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-scope   instrument for viewing or examination  
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-scopy   process of using an instrument to visually examine  
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-tome   cutting instrument  
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-is   plural is es (diagnoses)  
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-um   plural is a (Ova)  
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-us   plural is i (alveoli)  
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-a (vertebra)   plural is ae (vertebrae)  
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-ix (Appendix)   plural is ices (appendices)  
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-ex (cortex)   plural is ices(Cortices)  
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-ax (Thorax)   Plural is aces (Thoraces)  
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-ma (Carcinoma)   Plural is s or mata (Carcinomas)  
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-on ( Spermatozoon)   Plural is spermatozoa  
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-nx ( Pharynx)   Plural is nges ( Pharynges)  
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