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MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY

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a-, an-   no, not, without  
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ab-   away from  
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ad-   toward. near  
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ana-   up, apart  
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ante-   before, forward  
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anti-   against  
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bi-   two, both  
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brady-   slow  
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con-   with, together  
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dia-   complete, through  
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dys-   bad, painful, difficult, abnormal  
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ec-   out, outside  
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endo-   within, in, inner  
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epi-   above, upon  
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ex-   out  
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extra-   outside of  
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hemi-   half  
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hyper-   excessive, too much, above  
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hypo-   deficient, too little, below  
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in-   in, into  
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inter-   between  
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intra-   within  
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mal-   bad  
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meta-   change, beyond  
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neo-   new  
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para-   beside, near, along the side of  
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peri-   surrounding  
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poly-   many, much  
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post-   after, behind  
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pre-   before  
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pro-   before, forward  
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pros-   before, forward  
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quadri-   four  
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re-   back, behind  
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retro-   back, behind  
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sub-   under, less than  
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syn-   with, together  
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tachy-   fast  
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trans-   across, through  
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tri-   three  
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ultra-   beyond  
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uni-   one  
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circum-   around  
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de-   down, away from  
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e-, ec-   out  
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ecto-   outside  
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en-   in, inside  
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eu-   good  
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micro-   small  
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mono-   one  
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multi-   many  
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oligo-   few  
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pan-   all  
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semi-   half  
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sym-   with, together  
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aut-   self  
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macro-   large, abnormal size, big  
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mega-   large, great  
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super-, supra-   above, excessive  
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-algia   condition of pain  
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-emia   blood condition  
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-ia   condition  
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-itis   inflammation  
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-megaly   enlargement  
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-oma   tumor, mass  
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-osis   condition, abnormal condition  
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-pathy   disease condition  
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-rrhea   flow, discharge  
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-rrhage or -rrhagia   excessive discharge of blood, excessive flow  
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-sclerosis   hardening  
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-uria   condition of urine  
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-al or -eal   pertaining to  
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-ar   pertaining to  
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-ary   pertaining to  
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-ic   pertaining to  
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-centesis   surgical puncture to remove fluid  
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-ectomy   removal, resection, excision  
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-gram   record  
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-graphy   process of recording  
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-lysis   separation, breakdown, destruction  
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-plasty   surgical repair, or surgical correction  
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-scopy   process of visual examination  
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-stomy   opening  
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-therapy   treatment  
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-otomy   incision, cutting into  
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-cele   hernia  
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-desis   binding  
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-dynia   pain  
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-graph   instrument used to produce a record  
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-iasis   presence of  
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-iatrics and -iatry   medicine science  
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-iatrist   specialists in medicine of  
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-icle   small  
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-ist   specialist  
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-ium   tissue, structure  
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-logist   specialist in the study of  
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-logy   study of  
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-malacia   abnormal softening  
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-meter   instrument use to measure  
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-metry   process of measuring  
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-oid   resembling  
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-ole   small  
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-ous   pertaining to  
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-penia   deficiency  
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-pexy   surgical fixation  
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-ptosis   drooping  
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-rrhaphy   suture  
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-rrhexis   rupture  
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-scope   instrument used to look  
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-spasm   involuntary contraction  
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-ula   small  
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-y   condition, process  
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-cyte   cell  
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-ism   condition, process  
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-sis   state of  
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-opsy   process of viewing  
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-necrosis   tissue death  
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-stenosis   abnormal narrowing  
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-plegia   paralysis, stroke  
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-paresis   partial or incomplete paralysis  
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