Medical terminology
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| 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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