Chapter 1
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| abdomen | lapar/o
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| abnormal condition | -osis
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| abnormal condition of clot formation | thrombosis
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| abnormal condition of the kidneys | nephrosis
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| abnormal condition of the mind | psychosis
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| abnormal condition of the skin | dermatosis
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| across | trans-
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| back | re-
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| bad, painful, difficult | dys-
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| before | pro-
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| behind | retro-
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| blood | hem/o
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| blood | hemat/o
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| blood condition | -emia
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| blood condition of decreased sugar | hypoglycemia
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| bone | oste/o
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| brain | encephalo/
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| cancer, cancerous | carcin/o
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| cancerous tumor | carcinoma
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| cancerous tumor of the liver | hepatoma
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| cancerous tumors of fleshy tissues (muscle, fat, bone) | sarcoma
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| cell | -cyte or cyt/o
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| cerebrovascular accident (stroke) | CVA
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| cerebrum, largest part of the brain | cerebr/o
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| clot | thrombus
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| clotting | thromb/o
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| clotting cell (platelet) | thrombocyte
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| complete knowledge of a patient | diagnosis
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| complete, through | dia-
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| condition | -sis or -ia
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| condition of painful intestines | dysentery
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| condition, process | -ism
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| deficiency of hemoglobin &/or numbers of red blood cells ('lacking in blood') | anemia
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| disease | path/o
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| electricity | electr/o
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| examination of a dead body to determine the cause of death | autopsy
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| excessive activity of the thyroid gland | hyperthyroidism
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| excision (to cut out) of kidney | nephrectomy
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| eye | ophthalm/o
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| fleshy | sarc/o
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| gland | aden/o
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| glands that produce (secrete) chemicals that leave the body through ducts | exocrine gland
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| head | cephal/o
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| higher than normal levels of sugar in the blood | hyperglycemia
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| incision into abdominal wall to inspect abdominal organs | laparotomy
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| incision of a nerve | neurotomy
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| incision of the nose | rhinotomy
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| incision of the stomach | gastrotomy
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| increase in malignant white blood cells in blood and bone marrow | leukemia
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| inflammation | -itis
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| inflammation of a bone | osteitis
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| inflammation of a gland | adenitis
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| inflammation of a joint | arthritis
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| inflammation of a nerve | neuritis
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| inflammation of bones and joints | osteoarthritis
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| inflammation of the inner lining of the heart | endocarditis
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| inflammation of the liver | hepatitis
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| inflammation of the nose | rhinitis
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| inflammation of the skin | dermatitis
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| inflammation of the small intestine | enteritis
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| inflammation of the stomach | gastritis
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| inflammation of the stomach & small intestine | gastroenteritis
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| inner lining of the heart | endocardium
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| instrument (endoscope) used to view the inside of a joint | arthroscope
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| instrument to visually examine | -scope
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| instrument used to examine the eye | ophthalmoscope
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| instrument used to view the stomach | gastroscope
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| instrument used to visually examine the urinary bladder | cystoscope
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| joint | arthr/o
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| joint pain | arthralgia
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| kidney (problem) | nephr/o
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| kidney (healthy) | ren/o
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| knowledge | gnos/o
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| life | bi/o
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| liver | hepat/o
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| lower than normal activity of the thyroid gland | hypothyroidism
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| mind | psych/o
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| nerve | neur/o
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| nerve pain | neuralgia
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| no, not | a-, an-
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| nose | rhin/o
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| organs that produce (secrete) hormones | endocrine glands
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| outside, out | exo-
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| pain | -algia
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| pain in the head (headache) | cephalgia
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| pathologist | specialist in study of disease using microscopic examination of tissues and cells and autopsy examination
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| pertaining to | -al, -and -ic
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| pertaining to a nerve | neural
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| pertaining to across (through) the stomach | transgastric
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| pertaining to across (through) the urethra | transurethral
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| pertaining to behind the stomach | retrogastric
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| pertaining to the cerebrum | cerebral
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| pertaining to the head | cephalic
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| pertaining to the heart | cardiac
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| pertaining to the kidneys | renal
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| pertaining to the skin | dermal
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| pertaining to the stomach | gastric
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| pertaining to through the skin | transdermal
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| pertaining to under or below the liver | subhepatic
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| pertaining to under or below the skin | hypodermic
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| pertaining to under or below the stomach | subgastric
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| physician specializing in the study & treatment of tumors | oncologist
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| prediction as to the outcome of an illness (before - knowledge) | prognosis
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| process of examining the urinary bladder | cystoscopy
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| process of viewing the inside of a joint | arthroscopy
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| process of visual examination using an instrument (scope) | -scopy
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| protein | -globin
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| protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen | hemoglobin
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| record | -gram
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| recording of electricity of the brain | electroencephalogram
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| recording of electricity of the heart | electrocardiogram
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| red | erythr/o
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| red blood cell | erythrocyte
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| removal (excision) of an organ or a structure | resection
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| secrete | crin/o
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| self | aut/o
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| skin | derm/o, dermat/o
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| small intestine | enter/o
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| specialist | -logist
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| specialist in the medical and surgical treatment of female disorders | gynecologist
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| stomach | gastr/o
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| study of | -logy
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| study of cells | cytology
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| study of endocrine glands | endocrinology
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| study of female disorders | gynecology
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| study of life | biology
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| study of the heart | cardiology
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| study of the kidney and its diseases | nephrology
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| study of the nervous system and nervous disorders | neurology
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| study of the stomach and intestines | gastroenterology
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| sugar (glucose) | glyc/o
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| surgical excision or resection (to cut out) | -ectomy
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| surgical removal of the stomach | gastrectomy
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| swelling (mass) under the skin containing blood, commonly called a bruise | hematoma
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| to cut into (incision) | -tomy
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| to view | -opsy
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| too little, deficient, below normal | hypo-
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| too much, above normal | hyper-
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| tumor | onc/o
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| tumor of a gland | adenoma
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| tumor or mass | -oma
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| under, below | sub-
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| urinary bladder | cyst/o
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| white | leuk/o
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| within | endo-
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| x-ray record of a joint | arthrogram
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| white blood cell | leukocyte
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