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Chap. 4
Medical Terminology terms
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Undergraduate 2
01/20/2012
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carp/o
 Definition
wrist bones
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cib/o
 Definition
meals
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cis/o
 Definition
to cut
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cost/o
 Definition
rib
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cutane/o
 Definition
skin
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dactyl/o
 Definition
fingers/toe
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duct/o
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to lead, carry
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flex/o
 Definition
to bend
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furc/o
 Definition
forking or branching
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gloss/o
 Definition
tingue
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glyc/o
 Definition
sugar
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immun/o
 Definition
protection
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morph/o
 Definition
shape/form
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mort/o
 Definition
death
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nat/i
 Definition
birth
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nect/o
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to bind, tie, connect
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norm/o
 Definition
rule order
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ox/o
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oxygen
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pub/o
 Definition
pubis bone, anterior portion
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seps/o
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infection
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somn/o
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sleep
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son/o
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sound
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the/o
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to put, place
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thel/o
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nipple
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thry/o
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shield, shape of thyroid
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top/o
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place, position
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tox/o
 Definition
poison
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trache/o
 Definition
windpipe, trachea
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urethr/o
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urethra
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blast
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embryonic/immature
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cyesis
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pregnancy
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drome
 Definition
to run
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fusion
 Definition
coming together, to pour
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gen
 Definition
producing, forming
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lapse
 Definition
slide, fall, sag
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lysis
 Definition
breakdown, separation, loosening
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meter
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to measure
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mission
 Definition
to send
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or
 Definition
one who
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partum
 Definition
birth, labor
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phoria
 Definition
to bear, carry, feeling (mental state)
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physis
 Definition
to grow
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plasia/plasm
 Definition
development, formation
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pnea
 Definition
breathing
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ptosis
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droop, sag, prolapse
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rrhea
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flow, discharge
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stasis
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stop, control; place
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trophy
 Definition
nourishment
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a, an
 Definition
no, not, without
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ab
 Definition
away from
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ad
 Definition
adds to the body
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ana
 Definition
up/apart
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ante
 Definition
before, forward
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anti
 Definition
against
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auto
 Definition
self, own
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bi
 Definition
two
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brady
 Definition
slow
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cata
 Definition
down
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con
 Definition
with together
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contra
 Definition
against, opposite
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dia
 Definition
through or complete
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dys
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bad, painful, difficult, abnormal
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ec, ecto
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out, outside
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en, endo
 Definition
in, within
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epi
 Definition
upon, on, above
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eu
 Definition
good, normal
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ex
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out, away from
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hemi
 Definition
half
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hyper
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excessive, above
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hyper
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deficient, under
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in
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not

into, within
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infra
 Definition
beneath
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intra
 Definition
into, within
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macro
 Definition
large
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mal
 Definition
bad
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meta
 Definition
beyond, change
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micro
 Definition
small
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neo
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new
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pan
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all
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para
 Definition
abnormal, beside, near
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per
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through
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peri
 Definition
surrounding
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poly
 Definition
many, much
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post
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after, behind
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pre
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before, in front of
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pro
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before, forward
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pseudo
 Definition
false
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re
 Definition
back again
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retro
 Definition
behind, backwards
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sub
 Definition
under
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syn, sym
 Definition
together, with
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tachy
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fast
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trans
 Definition
across, through
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ultra
 Definition
beyond, excess
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uni
 Definition
one
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