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LOM Chapter 1 Set 7
Language of Medicine, 9th Edition, Davi-Ellen Chabner, Basic Word Structure
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10/25/2010
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thrombosis
 Definition
condition of clot formation
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-osis
 Definition
suffix meaning condition
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ur/o
 Definition
Combined form meaning urinary tract or urine
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-ac, -al
 Definition
Two suffixes meaning pertaining to--start with "a"
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cardiac
 Definition
pertaining to the heart
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neural
 Definition
pertaining to the nerves
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-algia
 Definition
Suffix meaning "pain"
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arthralgia
 Definition
joint pain
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neuralgia
 Definition
nerve pain
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-cyte
 Definition
Suffix meaning cell
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erythrocyte
 Definition
red cell
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-ectomy
 Definition
Suffix meaning excision or removal
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nephrectomy
 Definition
excision of the kidney
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-emia
 Definition
Suffix meaning blood condition
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leukemia
 Definition
a blood condition of cancerous white blood cells increasing in number
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-genic
 Definition
Suffix meaning pertaining to, producing, produced by, or produced in
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carcinogenic
 Definition
cancer producing
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pathogenic
 Definition
disease producing or produced by disease
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iatrogenic
 Definition
produced by treatment
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-globin
 Definition
Suffix meaning protein
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hemoglobin
 Definition
blood protein
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-gram
 Definition
Suffix meaning record
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electroencephalogram
 Definition
record of electricity in the brain
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-ic, -ical
 Definition
Two suffixes, beginning with "i", that mean pertaining to
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gastric
 Definition
pertaining to the stomach
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neurologic
 Definition
pertaining to the study of nerves
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-ion
 Definition
Suffix meaning process
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-ist
 Definition
Suffix meaning specialist
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excision
 Definition
process of cutting out
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ophthalmologist
 Definition
specialist in the study of the eye
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