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chapter 2-4

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Word Part
Definition
-er, -ist   one who  
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-iatrician   practitioner  
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-logist   one who studies; specialist  
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-ac, -al, -ic, -logic, -logical   pertaining to(adj.)  
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-iatrics, -iatry   medical profession or treatment  
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-logy   study or science of  
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cardi(o)   heart  
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crin(o)   to secrete  
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dermat(o)   skin  
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esthi(o)   feeling or sensation  
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gastr(o)   stomach  
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enter(o)   intestines  
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ger(a), ger(o), geront(o)   elderly  
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gynec(o)   female  
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immun(o)   immune  
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ne(o), nat(o)   new, birth  
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neur(o)   nerve  
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obstertr(o)   midwife  
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onc(o)   tumor  
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ophthalm(o)   eye  
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orth(o), ped(o)   straight, child somtimes food  
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ot(o), Laryng(o)   ear, larynx  
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path(o)   disease  
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psych(o)   mind  
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rheumat(o)   rheumatism  
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radi(o)   radiant engery  
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rhin(o)   nose  
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ur(o)   urinary tract (sometimes urine)  
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bi(o)   life or living  
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dent(i), dent(o), odont(o)   tooth  
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opt(o), optic(o)   vision  
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or(o)   mouth  
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pharmac(o)   drugs or medicine  
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therapeut(o)   treatment  
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an-   no, not, or without  
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endo-   inside  
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-crine   secrete  
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-centesis   surgical puncture to aspirate or remove fluid  
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-ectomy   excision(surgical removal or cutting out)  
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-lysis   process of loosening, freeing or destroying  
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-pexy   surgical fixation(fastening in a fixed position  
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-plasty   surgical repair  
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-rrhaphy   suture(uniting a would by stiches)  
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-scope   instrument used for viewing (also used in diagnostic procedures)  
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-stomy   formation of an opening  
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-tome   an instrument used for cutting  
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-tomy   incision (cutting into tissue)  
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-tripsy   surgical crushing  
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aden(o)   gland  
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angi(o)   vessel  
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append(o), appendic(o)   appendix  
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blephar(o)   eyelid  
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cerebr(o), encephal(o)   brain  
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chir(o)   hand  
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col(o), colon(o)   colon  
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cutane(o), dermat(o)   skin  
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mamm(o), mast(o)   breast  
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nephr(o), ren(o)   kidney  
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oste(o)   bone  
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tonsill(o)   tonsil  
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vas(o)   vessel; ductus deferens (also called vas deferens, excretory duct of the testicles  
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-algia, -dynia   pain  
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-ectasia, esctasis   dilation or streching of a structure or part  
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-edema   swelling  
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-emesis   vomiting  
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-malacia   softening  
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-megaly   enlargment  
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-oid   resembling(forms N and A)  
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-penia   deficiency  
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-rrhage, -rrhagia   excessive bleeding or hemorrhage  
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-rrhea   flow or discharge  
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-rrhexis   rupture  
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-spasm   twitching, cramp  
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-stasis   stopping, controling  
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-gram   a record  
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-graph   an instrument used to record  
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-graphy   the process of recording  
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ech(o)   sound  
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electr(o)   electricity  
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fluor(o)   emittng or reflecting light  
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radi(o)   radiant energy  
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tom(o)   to cut  
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ultra-   excessive  
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cancer(o), carcin(o)   cancer  
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-cele   hernia  
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-emia   condition of the blood  
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-ia-, iasis   condition  
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-itis   inflammation  
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-lith   stone or calculus  
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-mania   excessive preoccupation  
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-maniac   a person who shows excessive preoccupation  
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-oma   tumor  
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-osis   condition(often an abnormal condition; somtimes an increase)  
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-pathy   disease  
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-phobia   abnormal fear  
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-ptosis   prolapse  
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-able, -ible   capable of, able to (adj.)  
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-an, -ary, -eal, -ive, -tic   pertaining to (adj.)  
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-ase   enzyme  
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-eum, -ium   membrane  
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-ia, -ism   condition or theory  
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-iac   one who suffers  
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-opia   vision  
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-ose   sugar  
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-ous   pertaining to or characterized by (adj.)  
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-y   state or condition  
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cyt(o)   cell  
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-cyte   cell  
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gen(o)   begining origin  
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-genic   produced by or in  
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-genesis   producing or forming  
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kinesi(o)   movement  
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-kinesia, -kinesis   movement, motion  
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leps(o)   seizure  
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-lepsy   seizure  
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log(o)   words  
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lys(o)   destruction or dissolving  
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-lysin   that which destroys  
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-lyctic   capable of destroying  
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megal(o)   large, enlarged  
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metr(o)   measure; uterine tissue  
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phag(o)   eat  
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-phagia, -phagic, -phagy   eating, swallowing  
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phas(o)   speech  
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-phasia   speech  
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plas(o)   formation, development  
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-plasia   formation, development  
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plast(o)   repair  
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pleg(o)   paralysis  
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-plegia   paralysis  
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schis(o), schiz(o), schist(o),   split, cleft  
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schisis   split, cleft  
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scler(o)   hard  
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-sclerosis   hardening  
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scop(o)   examine, view  
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troph(o)   nutrition  
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-trophic, -trophy   nutrition  
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alb(o), albin(o), leuk(o), leuc(o)   white  
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chlor(o)   green  
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cyan(o)   blue  
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erythr(o)   red  
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melan(o)   black  
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xanth(o)   yellow  
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algesi(o)   sensitivity to pain  
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chem(o)   chemical  
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narc(o)   stupor  
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tox(o), toxic(o)   posion  
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-therapy   treatment  
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