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Med Terms (Greek and Latin)

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a-
not, without lacking deficient
anti-   against, preventing, relieving  
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di-   two, twice, double  
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dys-   difficult, painful, defective, abnormal  
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ec-/ex-   out of, away from  
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ecto-/   outside of  
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en-   in, into, within  
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endo-/ento-   within  
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epi-   upon, over, above  
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exo-   outside, from the outside, toward the outside  
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hemi-   half, one side of the body  
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hyper-   over, above, beyond normal  
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hypo-   under, deficient, below normal  
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mono-   one, single  
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peri-   around, surrounding  
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syn-   together  
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-a   (noun) state, condition  
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-ac   (adj) pertaining to  
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-iac   (noun) person afflicted with  
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-iasis   (noun) disease, abnormal condition, abnormal presence  
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-ic   (adj) pertaining to, located in; (noun) drug or agent  
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-in   (noun) names of substance  
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-ist   (noun) person interested in  
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-itic   (adj) pertaining to, pertaining to inflammation: (noun) drug or agent  
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-itis   (noun) inflamed condition  
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-itides   (noun) plural form of inflamed condition  
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-ium   (noun) membrane, connective tissues  
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-ma   (noun) abnormal or diseased condition  
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-osis   (noun) abnormal or diseased condition  
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-otic   (adj) pertaining to  
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-sia   (noun) state, condition  
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-sis   (noun) state, condition  
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-tic   (adj) pertaining to; (noun) drug or agent  
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acanth-   thorn, spine  
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alg-   pain  
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alges-   sensitivity to pain  
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all-   other, divergence, difference from  
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angi-   (blood) vessel, duct  
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arteri-   (air passage) artery  
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arthr-   joint  
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bi-   life  
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brady-   slow  
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cardi-   heart  
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cephal-   head  
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crani-   skull  
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cyt-   (hollow container) cell  
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encephal-   brain  
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erythr-   red, red blood cell  
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lept-   thing, fine, slight  
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leuk-   white, white blood cell  
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lith-   stone, calculus  
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log-   word, study  
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malac-   soft  
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mes-   middle, secondary, partial  
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-meter, metr-   measure, measuring device  
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nephr-   kidney  
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neur-   nerve, nervous system  
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oste-   bone  
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prosop-   face  
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prot-   first, primitive, early  
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scler-   hard  
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sten-   narrow  
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stere-   solid, having three dimensions  
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tachy-   rapid  
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tox(i)   poison  
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-logy   study, science, the study or science of  
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-logist   one who specializes in a certain study or science  
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-malacia   the softening (of tissues) of  
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-sclerosis   the hardening (of tissues) of  
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-stenosis   the narrowing (of a part of the body)  
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-toxic   poisonous (to an organ)  
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-toxin   a substance poisonous to (a part of the body)  
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