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Colorado State University OT 215
Medical Terminology Ch 3
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Undergraduate 2
09/13/2013
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Term
prefix ana-
 Definition
up, toward, apart
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prefix dys-
 Definition
bad, abnormal, painful, difficult
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prefix epi-
 Definition
upon, over, above, on top
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prefix hyper-
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excessive, abnormally high, above
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prefix meta-
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after, change
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prefix neo-
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new
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aden/o
 Definition
gland
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carcin/o
 Definition
cancer
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chem/o
 Definition
chemistry
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chrom/o
 Definition
color
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cyt/o
 Definition
cell
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fibr/o
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fiver
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gen/o, gene/o
 Definition
formation, cause, produce
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hist/o
 Definition
tissue
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lei/o
 Definition
smooth
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lip/o
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fat, lipid
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lymph/o
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clear water or fluid
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mal/o
 Definition
bad
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melan/o
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dark, black
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my/o
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muscle
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neur/o
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sinew or cord, nerve, fascia
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nucl/o, nucle/o
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kernel, nucleus
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onc/o
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tumor
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organ/o
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tool
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oste/o
 Definition
bone
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radi/o
 Definition
light energy, radiation;spoke of a wheel, radius
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rhabd/o
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rod
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sarc/o
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flesh, meat
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thel/i
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nipple
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