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Medical Terminology
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09/04/2012
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-algia
 Definition
pain
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-cele
 Definition
hernia
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-centesis
 Definition
surgical puncture to remove fluid
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-coccus
 Definition
berry-shaped bacterium
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-cyte
 Definition
cell
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fibr/o/my/algia
 Definition
pain of the muscle fibers
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cyst/o/cele
 Definition
hernia of the urinary bladder
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thor/a/centesis
 Definition
surgical punture to remove fluid from the thoracic cavity
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strepto
 Definition
cluster or chain
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strept/o/coccus
 Definition
cluster or chain of berry-shaped bacterium
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erythr/o/cyte
 Definition
red blood cell
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-dynia

 

 Definition
pain
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-ectomy
 Definition
excision, removal
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-emai
 Definition
blood condition
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-genesis
 Definition
condition of producing forming
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-gram
 Definition
record
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an/emia
 Definition
lack of red blood cells, or lack of hemoglobin in red blood cells (iron deficiency)
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-graph
 Definition
instrument for recording
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-graphy
 Definition
process of recording
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-itis
 Definition
inflammation
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-logy
 Definition
study of
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-lysis
 Definition
breakdown, destruction, separation
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tonsil/litis
 Definition
inflammation of the tonsils
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hemo/lysis
 Definition
separation of the blood
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-malacia
 Definition
softening
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-megaly
 Definition
enlargement
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-oma
 Definition
tumor, mass, collection of fluid
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-opsy
 Definition
to view (under a microscope)
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-osis
 Definition
condition, usually abnormal
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splen/o/megaly
 Definition
enlargement of the spleen
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oste/o/malacia
 Definition
softening of the bone
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splen/ectomy
 Definition
removal of the spleen
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cyst/oma
 Definition
tumor of the urinary bladder
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necro/tic
 Definition
pertaining to death
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necr/o/sis
 Definition
condition of death
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-pathy
 Definition
disease condition
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cadi/o/myo/pathy
 Definition
disease condition affecting the muscle of the heart
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-penia
 Definition
deficiency
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-phobia
 Definition
fear
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-plasia
 Definition
development, formation, growth
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-plasty
 Definition
surgical repair
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Agora
 Definition
marketplace
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Agora/phobia

 

 Definition
fear of going outside or out in public
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Hyper/plasia
 Definition
over development, excessive growth
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angi/o/plasty

 

 Definition
surgical repair of a vessel
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Acr/o/phobia
 Definition
fear of heights
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acro/o
 Definition
heights
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acr/o/megaly
 Definition
enlargement of appendages
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-ptosis
 Definition
drooping, sagging, prolapse
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-sclerosis

 

 Definition
hardening
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Blephr/o
 Definition
eyelid
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-scope
 Definition
instrument for visual examination
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-scopy
 Definition
process of visual examination
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-stasis
 Definition
stopping, controlling
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arteri/o
 Definition
arteries
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ven
 Definition
veins
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endo/scope
 Definition
instrument for visual examination within the body
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Hem/o/stasis
 Definition
stop or control the blood
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-stomy
 Definition
opening to form a mouth (stoma)
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-therapy
 Definition
treatment
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-tomy
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incision, cutting into

 
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-trophy
 Definition
development, nourishment
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o/tomy
 Definition
to make a new opening or a new mouth
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chem/o/therapy
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treatment by chemicals

 
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a/trophy
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lack of development, or breakdown of development
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-er
 Definition
one who
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-ia
 Definition
condition
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-ist
 Definition
specialist
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-ole
 Definition
little, small
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-ule
 Definition
little, small
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-um, ium
 Definition
structure, tissue
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-us
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structure substance
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-y
 Definition
condition, process
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-genic
 Definition
pertaining to producing, produced by or in
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-oid
 Definition
resemblin
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leukocytes

 Definition
white blood cells
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thrombocytes
 Definition
platelets (clotting cells)
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isch/o, ischemia
 Definition
to hold back, loss of normal blood flow to a part of the body
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Morph/o, morphology
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shape form, the study of how things grow or develop
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phleb/o, phlebotomy
 Definition
vein, to cut into a vein; modern definition to draw blood with a needle
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Onc/o
 Definition
tumor
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