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Lesson 4 Vocab
Medical Terminology
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Medical
Undergraduate 3
09/14/2008
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Aut-
 Definition
self
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Crin-
 Definition
[separate] secrete, secretion
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Esther(s)-
 Definition
sensation, sensitivity, sense
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Gen(e)-, -Gen
 Definition
come into being, produce
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Gram-
 Definition
[something written] a record
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Graph-
 Definition
write, record
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Iatr-
 Definition
healer, physician; treatment
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Idi-
 Definition
of one's self
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Kine-
 Definition
move
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Kines(i)-
 Definition
movement, motion
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Ly(s)-
 Definition
destroy, breakdown
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Myx-
 Definition
mucus
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Orth-
 Definition
straight, erect, normal
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Ot-
 Definition
ear
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path-
 Definition
[suffering] disease
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Phil-
 Definition
love; have an affinity for
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Pt-
 Definition
fall, sag, drop, prolapse
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Pyr-
 Definition
[fire] fever, burning
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Pyret-
 Definition
fever
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Pyrex-
 Definition
be feverish
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Rhe-
 Definition
[run] flow, secrete
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Rhag-
 Definition
[burst forth] flow profusely, hemorrhage
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Rhex-
 Definition
rupute
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Rhin-
 Definition
nose
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Scop-
 Definition
look at, examine
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Sep-
 Definition
[be putrid] be infected
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Ta-
 Definition
stretching
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Tel-
 Definition
end, completion
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Ten-, Tenon(t)-
 Definition
tendon
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Therap(eu)-
 Definition
treat medically, heal
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Tom-
 Definition
a cutting, slice, incision
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Ton-
 Definition
[a stretching] (muscular) tone, tension
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