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Combinding forms of medical termonology
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Undergraduate 1
11/13/2011
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aden/o
 Definition
gland
Term
abdomin/o
 Definition
abdomen
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adip/o
 Definition
fat
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amni/o
 Definition
amnion
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anter/o
 Definition
front
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arthr/o
 Definition
joint
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bi/o
 Definition
life
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bol/o
 Definition
to cast (throw)
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carcin/o
 Definition
cancerous, cancer
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cardi/o
 Definition
heart
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carp/o
 Definition
wrist bones
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cephal/o
 Definition
head
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cerebr/o
 Definition
cerebrum (largest part of the brain)
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cervic/o
 Definition
neck (of the body or of the uterus
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chondr/o
 Definition
color
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chori/o
 Definition
chorion
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chorion/o
 Definition
chorion
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cib/o
 Definition
meals
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cis/o
 Definition
to cut, incision
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coccyg/o
 Definition
coccyx (tailbone)
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colp/o
 Definition
vagina
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cost/o
 Definition
rib
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crani/o
 Definition
skull
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crin/o
 Definition
secrete (to form and give off)
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culd/o
 Definition
cul-de-sac
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cutane/o
 Definition
skin
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cyst/o
 Definition
urinary bladder (a sac or a cyst-containing fluid)
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cyt/o
 Definition
cell
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dactyl/o
 Definition
fingers, toes
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derm/o
 Definition
skin
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dermat/o
 Definition
skin
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dist/o
 Definition
far, distant
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dors/o
 Definition
back protion of the body
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duct/o
 Definition
to lead, cary
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electr/o
 Definition
electricity
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encephal/o
 Definition
brain (literally meaning –in the head)
Term
enter/o
 Definition
intestine (usually the small intestine)
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episi/o
 Definition
vulva
Term
erythr/o
 Definition
red
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flex/o
 Definition
to bend
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furc/o
 Definition
forking, branching
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galact/o
 Definition
milk
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gastr/o
 Definition
stomach
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gloss/o
 Definition
tongue
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gluc/o
 Definition
glucose; sugar
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glyc/o
 Definition
glucose; sugar
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gnos/o
 Definition
knowledge
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gynec/o
 Definition
woman, female
Term
hem/o
 Definition
blood
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hemat/o
 Definition
blood
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hepat/o
 Definition
liver
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hist/o
 Definition
tissue
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hyster/o
 Definition
uterus, womb
Term
iatr/o
 Definition
treatment
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ili/o
 Definition
ilium (part of the pelvic bone)
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immun/o
 Definition
protection
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inguin/o
 Definition
groin
Term
kary/o
 Definition
nucleus
Term
lact/o
 Definition
milk
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later/o
 Definition
side
Term
leuk/o
 Definition
white
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log/o
 Definition
study
Term
lumb/o
 Definition
lower back (side and abck between the ribs and the pelvis)
Term
mamm/o
 Definition
breast
Term
mast/o
 Definition
breast
Term
medi/o
 Definition
middle
Term
men/o
 Definition
menses, menstruation
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metr/o
 Definition
uterus
Term
metri/o
 Definition
uterus
Term
morph/o
 Definition
shape, form
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mort/o
 Definition
death
Term
my/o
 Definition
muscle, muscle tumor
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myom/o
 Definition
muscle, muscle tumor
Term
nat/i
 Definition
birth
Term
nect/o
 Definition
to bind, tie, connet
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nephr/o
 Definition
kidney
Term
ner/o
 Definition
nerve
Term
norm/o
 Definition
rule, order
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nos/o
 Definition
disease
Term
nucle/o
 Definition
neculeus
Term
o/o
 Definition
egg
Term
obstretr/o
 Definition
pregnancy and childbirth
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onc/o
 Definition
tumor
Term
oophor/o
 Definition
ovary
Term
ophthalm/o
 Definition
eye
Term
oste/o
 Definition
bone
Term
ov/o
 Definition
egg
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ovari/o
 Definition
ovary
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ovul/o
 Definition
egg
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ox/o
 Definition
oxygen
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path/o
 Definition
disease
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ped/o
 Definition
child or foot
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pelv/i
 Definition
pelvis, hip region
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perine/o
 Definition
to bear
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poster/o
 Definition
back, behind
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proxim/o
 Definition
nearest
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psych/o
 Definition
mind
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pub/o
 Definition
pubis (pubic bone); anterior portion of the pelvic or hipone
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raid/o
 Definition
x-ray
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ren/o
 Definition
kidney
Term
rhin/o
 Definition
nose
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salping/o
 Definition
fallopian tubes
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sarc/o
 Definition
flesh
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sarc/o
 Definition
sacrum
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sect/o
 Definition
to cut
Term
seps/o
 Definition
infection
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somn/o
 Definition
sleep
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son/o
 Definition
sound
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spin/o
 Definition
spine, backbone
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thache/o
 Definition
trachea, windpipe
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the/o
 Definition
to put, place
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thel/o
 Definition
nipple
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thorac/o
 Definition
chest
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thromb/o
 Definition
clot, clotting
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thyr/o
 Definition
thyroid gland; shield (the shape of the thyroid gland resembles a shield to those who named it)
Term
top/o
 Definition
place, position, location
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tox/o
 Definition
poison
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trache/o
 Definition
windpipe, trachea
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unbilic/o
 Definition
navel, unbilius
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ur/o
 Definition
urinary tract, urine
Term
urethr/o
 Definition
urethra
Term
uter/o
 Definition
uterus
Term
vagin/o
 Definition
vagina
Term
ventr/o
 Definition
belly side of the body
Term
vertebr/o
 Definition
vertebra(e), backbone(s)
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viscer/o
 Definition
internal organs
Term
vulv/o
 Definition
vulva
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