Term
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Definition
vomit
hem/emesis
blood/vomit |
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Definition
blood
leuc/emia (leukemia)
white/blood
(abnormal increase in WBC's) |
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Definition
puffed up
emphysemat/ous
puffed up/state of or refers to
(inner air sacks of lung swollen) |
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Definition
in
en/cephal/itis
in/head (refers to brain)/inflamed |
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Definition
hard
enamel
hard (hard outer covering of upper tooth) |
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Definition
within head (referring to the brain)
encephalo/gram
within head/recording |
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Definition
within or inside
endo/derm
within or inside/skin |
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Definition
injection
enema
injection (water forced into colon for cleansing) |
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Definition
intestine (usually refers to small intestine)
enter/itis
intestine (usually refers to small intestine)/inflamed |
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Definition
o void or expel urine
enuresis
to void (expel) urine
(involuntary: like bed-wetting) |
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Definition
rose red color
eosino/phil
rose red (color)/love of
(staining of WBC's) |
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Definition
upon
epi/didymis
upon/teste (coil structure upon teste)
epi/gastr/ic
upon/stomach/pertains to
epi/glott/itis
upon/tongue/inflamed |
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Definition
pubic region
episi/orrhaphy
pubic region/to stitch
(repair of a lacerated or torn vulva or of a episiotomy)
episi/o/tom/y
pubic region (vulva)/cut/process of
(upside down 'V' cut from vagina towards anus: to ease childbirth in some women) |
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Definition
work or labor
ergo/meter
work/to measure
ergot
work or labor (birthing drug) |
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Definition
red or flushed
erythermat/ic
red or flushed/refer to |
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Definition
red
erythro/cyte
red/cell (chamber)
(a red blood cell that carries oxygen to the body's cells) |
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Definition
scab
eschar
scab
eschar/ification
snail like (scab)/process of (development) |
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Definition
toward
eso/phag/us
toward/eater/refers to (tube from stomach to mouth) |
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Definition
physical feeling
an/esthes/ia
without/physical feeling |
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Definition
female
estro/gen
female/beginning (phase of cycle) |
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Definition
cause
eti/olog/y
cause/study or science of diseases/process |
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Definition
good or normal
eu/toc/ia
good or normal/birth/pertains to
eu/gene/tics
good, new or normal/ to produce or form/ state of
eu/phor/ia
good or normal/feeling (mental)/pertain to |
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Definition
out, outside, outward
ex/tens/ion
outward/to stretch/process of
*related term(s): EXO-, EXTRA- |
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Definition
face
facet
little face (upper and lower small articular faces of vertebral plates)
*related term(s): FACI/O- |
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Definition
band
fasc/ia
band (covering around and between muscles 'membranous')/refers to |
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Definition
fever
febr/ile
fever/state of or refers to |
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Definition
stool or fecal matter
fec/o/lith
stool (feces waste)/like stone
*related term(s): SCATO-, STERCO- |
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Definition
thigh
femor/al
thigh/refer to |
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Definition
to carry
vas de/ference
vessel: away/to carry
(duct from teste) |
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Definition
iron
ferr/ous
iron/state of
*related term(s): sider/o-, heme |
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Definition
young
feto/graph/y
young/instrument/procedure of
fet/us
young (last 6 & 1/2 months of development in uterus)/refer to
(embryo means early) |
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Definition
to quiver
fibrill/ation
to quiver (muscle fiber contraction)/process of |
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Definition
fiber
fibr/oma
fiber (thread like structures)/tumor |
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Definition
to clasp
fibul/a
to clasp/refers to (noun)
(smaller outer long bone of lower leg) |
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Definition
thread
fila/ment
thread/state of or refers to
*related term(s): FILI- |
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Definition
to split or splitting
fiss/ion
splitting/refers to
fiss/ure
cleft or split/state of |
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Definition
pipe or pipe stem
pyo/fistula
pus/pipe or pipe-stem
(pus found within a pipe or tube that opens to body surface) |
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Definition
to bend
ante/flex/ion
before/to bend or divert/process of
(to decrease angle of joint)
*related term(s): -FLECT |
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Definition
flowing
in/fluenza
inward/condition of flowing
(mucoid material) |
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Definition
to flow
re/flux
again/flow
(the movement of a substance backward or upward) |
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Definition
opening
Foramen/al
opening/refers to
(also known as meatus or opening) |
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Definition
before
fore/arm
before/brachium or arm
(between elbow and wrist) |
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Definition
to break
fract/ure
to break/refers to |
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Definition
forehead or before
front/al
forehead or before (front brow)/pertains to |
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Term
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Definition
mushroom
fungi/form
mushroom or plant/shape
*related term(s): LICHEN/I- |
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Term
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Definition
boil
furun/cle
boil/small
(may vary in size and characteristics) |
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Term
|
Definition
milk
galacto/poiesis
milk/production |
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Term
|
Definition
knot, swelling, or collection
gangli/ectomy
knot, swelling, or collection/excision
(removal of the fibrous swelling 'dorsal root' formation on post. spinal nerve) |
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Term
|
Definition
eating sore
gangren/ous
eating sore/refers to
(dead tissue caused by isch/emia 'poor blood flow') |
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Term
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Definition
stomach
gastr/itis
stomach/inflamed
gastrocnemi/us
calf of leg or stomach shape muscle in back of lower leg |
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Term
|
Definition
race
geno/type
race/classification (gene) |
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Term
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Definition
chin
geni/ec/tom/y
chin/out/cutting/procedure of |
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Term
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Definition
reproductive or birth
genit/al
reproductive or birth/refers to
(reproductive structures) |
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Term
|
Definition
knee
genu/clast
knee/breaking
(instrument to break knee joint adhesions) |
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Term
|
Definition
origin, develop, to produce, to form, to make
carcino/gen
crab-like/ to produce, to form, to make, origin, develop
(substance that causes cancer)
carcino/gen/esis
crab-like/origin or beginning/process of
*related term(s): -GENESIS |
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Term
|
Definition
old or old age
ger/iatr/ic
old or old age/treat or cure/study of or science of
(studying all aspects of the aging process) |
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Term
|
Definition
to bear or separate
gest/ation
to bear or separate/process of
(time period from conception to birth) |
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Term
|
Definition
gum
gingiv/itis
gum/inflamed
*related term(s): ULO- |
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Term
|
Definition
little acorn or gland
glandul/ar
little acorn or gland/refers to |
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Term
|
Definition
waterfall or gray
glauc/oma
waterfall or gray/swelling
(inner eye pressure causing loss of sight) |
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Term
|
Definition
glue or glue-like
gli/oma
glue or glue-like/tumor
(gliocytes are body cells that hold neurons or nerves together)
alternate spelling: GLIA- |
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Term
|
Definition
small round mass or tiny ball
glomerul/itis
small round mass or tiny ball/inflamed
(mass or capillary tuft of nephron "kidney functional unit or filter") |
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Term
|
Definition
tongue
gloss/itis
tongue/inflamed
glosso/pharyng/eal
tongue/pharynx or throat/refers to |
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Term
|
Definition
back of tongue
epi/glott/itis
upon/back of tongue/inflamed
(structure protecting voice-box: consists of two vocal cords & glottis rim) |
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Term
|
Definition
buttocks
glut/itis
buttocks (rear-end)/refer to |
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Term
|
Definition
sugar
glyco/pen/ia
sugar/decrease or lower/refers to |
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Term
|
Definition
knowledge
dia/gnosis
total or complete/knowledge |
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Term
|
Definition
swelling (throat)
goiter/ectomy
swelling (throat)/removal of thyroid goiter |
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Term
|
Definition
seed or seed producer
gono/rrhea
seed or seed producer/flowing from
*related term(s): orchi/o |
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Term
|
Definition
a drop
gout
a drop
(uric acid crystals larger than blood cells which
drop to lower joints causing pain. Type of
arthritis - usually found in big toe) |
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Term
|
Definition
a step, stage, or degree in a process
retro/grade
backward or behind/a step, stage, or degree in a process |
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Term
|
Definition
to probe or cut with a knife
dermo/graft
skin/to probe with knife (pole; probe; or steak)
(the removal of skin to be placed on new body part - like a flap) |
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Term
|
Definition
to record
myo/gram
muscle/to record (write or take down) |
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Term
|
Definition
procedure of using an instrument to do recording
myo/graphy
muscle/procedure of using an instrument to do recording |
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Term
|
Definition
instrument
myo/graph
muscle/instrument
(used to do recording)
*related term(s): -e |
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Term
|
Definition
heavy or pregnant
gravid/ium
heavy or pregnant/refers to
(gravida means pregnant woman) |
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Term
|
Definition
inguinal region
groin
inguinal region
(depression between thigh and trunk) |
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Term
|
Definition
gum or gum like
Gumma
gum or gum like
(lesions of 3rd stage of syphilis) |
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Term
|
Definition
tasting or to taste
gust/ation
tasting or to taste/process of |
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Term
|
Definition
woman
gynec/olog/ist
woman/science and study of/specialist
alternate spelling: GYN/O- |
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Term
|
Definition
great or big toe
hallux/ectomy
great or big toe/removal |
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Term
|
Definition
half (single)
hapl/oid
half or single/resembling
(set of 23 chromosomes in cell 'not paired') |
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Term
|
Definition
wholeness
health
wholeness
This supports the concept of 'Integrated
Medicine' by Dr. Andrew Weil. Different
modalities are used including Traditional Eastern
and Western Medicine, Chiropractic, Homeopathic
Medicine, Acupuncture, Herbs, Nutrition,
Breathing, Yoga, Vitamins and Minerals, Massage,
and many other therapies. This includes
Physical, Mental, Emotional, Intellectual, and
Spiritual aspects to promote wholeness 'Health or
Wellness'. |
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Term
|
Definition
spiral
helico/bacter pylori
spiral (shaped)/bacteria: gatekeeper (lower end of stomach)
(digestive system bacteria that causes most digestive ulcers 'sores') |
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Term
|
Definition
sun
helio/pathy
sun/injury (caused by) |
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Term
|
Definition
worms or worm
helminth/iasis
worms or worm/disease of or condition of
(leading killer of humans world wide except TB)
*related term(s): ASCAR/IS, VERMI- |
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Term
|
Definition
blood
hem/o/rrhage
blood/bursting forth
hemo/kinesis means: blood/movement or flow
alternate spelling: HEMATO- |
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Term
|
Definition
iron
hem/atin
iron/small part
(non-protein portion of hemoglobin where iron is in ferrous state)
*related term(s): sidero-, ferro- |
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Term
|
Definition
half or one half
hemi/plegia
half (right or left side of body)/paralyzed
*related term(s): DEMI-, SEMI- |
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Term
|
Definition
liver
hepat/itis
liver (cells)/inflamed |
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Term
|
Definition
seven
hepta/dactyl/ia
seven/fingers or toes/refers to |
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Term
|
Definition
rupture or protrusion
hern/ia
rupture or protrusion/condition of |
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Term
|
Definition
to creep
Herpes (Herpes Simplex Virus)
to creep |
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Term
|
Definition
other or opposite
hetero/gen/ous
other or opposite/form/state of |
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Term
|
Definition
an opening
hiat/al
an opening/refers to
(esophageal hiatus in diaphragm) |
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Term
|
Definition
sweat
hidr/osis
sweat (watery)/condition of
(abnormal sweating and usually causes blisters)
*related term(s): sudorifer/o- |
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Term
|
Definition
hairy or profound hair
hirsut/ism
hairy or profound hair/state of
(bearded women or extremely hairy people) |
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Term
|
Definition
to gape open
de/hiscence
away/to gape (open)
(wound, incision, injury that gapes open) |
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Term
|
Definition
web-like or tissue
hist/olog/y
web-like or tissue/science or study of/process of
(tissues are composed of similar cells) |
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Term
|
Definition
whole
holist/ic medicine
whole/state of: remedy or drug
(refers to treating the whole individual -
comprehensive total patient care: physical,
mental, social, and economic. New approach to
care by H.M.O.)
alternate spelling: HOLO- |
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Term
|
Definition
same, constant, or unchanged
homeo/path/y
same, constant, or unchanged/disease/process of
*related term(s): HOMO- |
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Term
|
Definition
to urge on
hormon/al
to urge on/refers to
(chemicals that stimulate specific cell performance) |
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Term
|
Definition
arm (upper)
humer/al
arm (upper)/refers to |
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Term
|
Definition
glassy or glass like
hyal/ase
glassy or glass-like/enzyme
(enzyme found in head of sperm that break down tissues on contact) |
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Term
|
Definition
water
hydro/pneumo/thorax
water/lung(within)/chest
hydro/cephalis
water (cerebral spinal fluid)/head (within)
*related term(s): AQUA- |
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Term
|
Definition
increase or above
hyper/tens/ion
above or excess/pressure (above 140 systolic/90 diastolic -BP)/process of
hyper/troph/y
increase/development/process of |
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Term
|
Definition
sleep
Hypn/osis
sleep/condition
(alpha state of brainwave patterns: this is not true sleep)
*related term(s): somn/o- |
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Term
|
Definition
under or below
hypo/tens/ion
under or below (pressure in vessels)/contraction/process of
hypo/derm/ic
below/skin/pertaining to |
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Term
|
Definition
uterus
hyster/ectomy
uterus /removal
hyster/ia
nervous reaction/refers to |
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Term
|
Definition
treat or cure, procedure of treating
ger/iatr/ic
old age/treat or cure/pertains to
*related term(s): -IATR/Y |
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Term
|
Definition
refers to, condition, state of
esthes/ia
feeling (physical)/refers to, condition, state of
dys/phag/ia
difficult/eating or swallowing/refers to
*related term(s): -A |
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Term
|
Definition
fish or fish like
ichthy/osis
fish or fish-like (resembles fish scales)/condition of
(often seen with fungus infections on feet) |
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Term
|
Definition
one who
diet/ician
food/one who (performs) |
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Term
|
Definition
small or tiny
oss/icle
bone/small or tiny
related term(s): -CULE, -IOLE, -ULA, - ULE |
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Term
|
Definition
inflamed
pleur/isy
side or rib/inflamed
(2 layer serous membrane 'like pericardium and peritoneum' covering of lungs inside the ribs)
*related term(s): -itis |
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Term
|
Definition
idea, thoughts, emotions, image
ideo/motor
idea, thoughts, emotions, image/movement
ideo/vascul/ar
emotions/vessels/refers to
(vessels contract because of stress) |
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Term
|
Definition
unique to or unknown cause
idio/path/ic
unique to or unknown cause/disease/refer to
(distinctive or individualized personal health problem) |
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Term
|
Definition
state of
morb/id
disease/state of |
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Term
|
Definition
twisted
ile/um
twisted/pertains to
(3rd part of small intestine - 15 feet long)
ile/itis
twisted/inflamed
*related term(s): torsi-, varic/o- |
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Term
|
Definition
flank
ili/um
flank (area)/refers to
(ili/acus muscle in outer pelvic flank area) |
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Term
|
Definition
into or not
im/plant
into/place or locate
im/potent
not/powerful or strong
(not capable of having a strong or hard male erection) |
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Term
|
Definition
safe, protect, immune
immun/o/log/y
safe, protect, immune/science of/process of |
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Term
|
Definition
in position or location
in situ
in: position or location (original or first)
(early phase or stage of cancer) |
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Term
|
Definition
into or not
in/di/gest/ion
not/two/separations/process of
in/cis/or
into/cut/pertain to
(4 front teeth top center and 4 bottom center) |
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Term
|
Definition
anvil
mallus/incus/stapes
hammer/anvil/stirrup (shapes)
(3 tiny ossicles or middle ear bones) |
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Term
|
Definition
to stuff into
infarct/ion
to stuff into/refers to
(clot blockage that causes diminished blood flow to heart or other body parts 'muscles or organs') |
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Term
|
Definition
to invade
infect/ion
to invade/process of |
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Term
|
Definition
flame within
inflamm/ation
flame within/process of |
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Term
|
Definition
under or below
infra/clavicul/ar
under or below/collar bone/refers to
infra/mur/al
below/wall/pertaining to
*related term(s): hyp/o-, sub- |
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Term
|
Definition
groin
inguin/al
groin/refers to
(area between belly and thigh) |
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Term
|
Definition
procedure of or process of
operat/ing
working/procedure of or process of
*related term(s): -AGE, -ATION, -IATION, -ION, -TION, -Y |
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Term
|
Definition
covering
integu/ment
covering/refers to or state of
(skin of body)/refers to or state of |
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Term
|
Definition
between
inter/cellul/ar
between/cell or chamber/refers to |
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Term
|
Definition
within
intra/nuclear
within/refers to nut |
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Term
|
Definition
within
intro/spect
within/to view |
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Term
|
Definition
within
intus/suscept/ion
within/to receive/process of
(invagination or the slipping of a body part into a lower body part 'like the intestines' - often seen in children and animals) |
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Term
|
Definition
substance or chemical
gastr/in
stomach/substance or chemical
holo/crine (gland)
all or whole/secretes substance or chemical
*related term(s): -INE |
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Term
|
Definition
smaller, lesser, diminutive
bronch/iole
trachea-like (tubes of lungs)/smaller, lesser, diminutive
alternate spelling: -OLE
related term(s): -CULE, -ICLE, -ULA, -ULE |
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Term
|
Definition
going, ion movement
iono/therap/y
going (of ions)/treat or cure/procedure of
(treatment by introducing ions into body
related term(s): IONT/O- |
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Term
|
Definition
one who is
infer/ior
under or below/ one who (is)
*related term(s): -ER, -OR |
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Term
|
Definition
state of
delir/ious
mental confusion or excitement/state of
(illusions and hallucinations) |
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Term
|
Definition
equal
ipsi/later/al
equal/side or sides/process of |
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Term
|
Definition
not or lack of
ir/regul/ar
not or lack of/consistent or regular/refers to |
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Term
|
Definition
rainbow
ir/is (noun)
rainbow/refers to
ir/idescent
rainbow/having or exhibiting
*related term(s): IRID/O- |
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Term
|
Definition
deficiency, blockage, to hold back
isch/emic
deficiency or blockage/refers to blood
(myocardial ischemia: angina pectoris or chest pain because of poor blood supply to the heart muscle)
isch/emia
hold back/pertains to blood |
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Term
|
Definition
hip joint or hip
Ischio/dynia
hip joint or hip/pain |
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Term
|
Definition
resembling or related to
lap/ish
stone/resembling or related to |
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Term
|
Definition
state of or condition of
giant/ism
large/state of
albin/ism
white/state of or condition of |
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Term
|
Definition
equal or same
iso/ton/ic
equal or same/tone/refers to
iso/cell/ar
equal/cells/refers to
(chamber 'inside cell membrane' pressure) |
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Term
|
Definition
specialist
endo/crin/olog/ist
within/secrete/science or study of/specialist
(glands that secrete directly into or within the blood) |
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Term
|
Definition
dropsy or drooping
tympan/ites
drum/dropsy or drooping |
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|
Term
|
Definition
inflamed or inflammation
gloss/itis
tongue/inflamed or inflammation
*related term(s): -icy |
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|
Term
|
Definition
state of
steril/ity
barren (not capable of fertility)/state of
*related term(s): -ous |
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Term
|
Definition
state of or acts like
cauter/ize
burn/state of
hypnot/ize
sleep/state of or acts like |
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Term
|
Definition
to empty (2nd part of small intestine)
jejun/um
to empty (the second part of the small intestine/refers to
(five foot long 2nd part of the small intestine with rugae 'folds' and villi 'hair-like projections' for absorption)
related part(s): 1st part duodenum, 3rd part ileum |
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Term
|
Definition
joining or to join
con/junctiv/itis
together/joining or to join/inflamed
(ocular and eyelid parts) |
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Term
|
Definition
potassium
kali/penia
potassium/decrease of |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
nucleus
karyo/kinesis
nucleus/movement or motion |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
scar
kel/oid
scar/resembling
(raised hard reddened scar) |
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cornea or horny
kerato/malac/ia
cornea (eye)/softening/refers to
(cornea of children - lack of Vitamin A) |
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sour or acid
keto/sis
sour or acid/condition
(an increase in ketone bodies referred to as acidosis and is associated with starvation) |
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one thousand
kilo/gram
one thousand/grams
(recording weight of about 2.2 lb.)
note: a milli/gram is one thousandth of a gram |
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movement or motion
kine/tic
movement/state of or condition of
*alternate spelling: KINESI/O
*related term(s): KYM/O- |
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dryness
Kraur/o/sis
dryness/condition
(associated with mouth and vagina) |
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hunchback
kyph/osis
hunchback/condition |
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lip
labi/oma
lip/tumor
(the term 'cheilo' also means lip) |
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maze
labrynith/itis
maze/inflamed
(top portion of inner ear - balance) |
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to tear
lacer/ate
to tear/refers to |
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tearing or tear
lacrim/al
tearing or tear/refer to
*related term(s): dacryo- |
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thin flat plate or layer
lamin/ectomy
thin flat plate or layer/removal
lamin/ent
thin flat plate or layer/having or possessing
(bridge part of vertebrae arch) |
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stone
lap/is
stone/refers to
*related term(s): PETRO-, LITHO- |
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falling or slippage
pro/lapse
before/falling or slippage (means normal before slippage)
(sinking down of a body part or organ, usually at a normal or artificial opening)
re/lapse
again/falling or slippage |
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voice box
laryng/itis
voice box (larynx)/inflamed
(hoarseness or loss of the voice) |
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side
lat/eral
side/refers to
lat/issimus
side (dorsal chest muscle)/refers to
*alternate spelling: LATER/O- |
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to loosen or loosening
re/lax/ation
again/to loosen/process of
*alternate spelling: LAXAT/O- |
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freckle
lent/icle
freckle/small
small skin blemishes |
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scaly
lepros/y
scaly/process of
(skin lesion appearance)
*related term(s): LEPROS- |
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seizure or convulsion
epi/leps/y
upon/seizure/process of
(short circuiting of brain waves) |
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thin or slender
lepto/morph/ic
thin or slender/shape or form/refers to |
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white
leuk/aphere/sis
white (white blood cells: WBC's)/separation/condition of
*related term(s): LEUC/O- |
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lift up
levat/or
lift up (muscle)/one who |
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desire
libid/al
desire/refers to
(conscious or unconscious sex drive) |
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plant
lichen/ific/ation
plant/process of making (plant-like)
(irritations that cause thickening or hardening of skin surface - it now looks like lichens growing on rocks)
*related term(s): FUNGI-, PHYTO- |
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spleen
lien/itis
spleen/inflamed |
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to bind
liga/ment
to bind/state of
(binding bone to bone) |
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tongue
bi/lingu/al
two/tongue/pertain to
(use of tongue for producing sounds or speech in two languages) |
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fat
lip/oma
fat/tumor or swelling |
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slippage
spondylo/listh/esis
vertebrae/slippage/condition of |
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liter
milli/liter
one-thousandth/litre of fluid measurement
(liter is an unit of liquid: 1.0567 quarts or 1000 ml or cc.)
*alternate spelling: -LITRE (European) |
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stone, calculus or rock
nephro/lith
kidney/stone calculus or rock
*related term(s): LAP/I-, PETRO- |
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lobe
lob/ectom/y
lobe/removal or excision 'cut out'/procedure of
(usually in the lung) |
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swayback (to bend)
lordo/sis
swayback (to bend)/condition of
(lumbar spine is bent anterior: often seen in horses) |
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loin
lumb/ar
loin
(5 large lower back vertebrae: just above sacrum or large tail bone) |
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small mass
lump/ectomy
small mass/excised or removed |
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moon or crescent-shaped
lun/ate
moon or crescent-shaped/refers to
(Lunar literally means moon, month, silver. Moon
is usually seen in a 'C' shape like the 2
crescent cartilages of the knee.)
*related term(s): MENISC/O- |
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wolf
lupus erythematosus
wolf: red (faced)
(a progressive ulcerating skin condition: auto-immune disease with skin lesions) |
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yellow
lute/al
yellow/refers to
(spot on retina 'macula lutea' or body structure on ovary 'copus luteum')
*related term(s): XANTH/O- |
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to dislocate
sub/lux/ation
under or less/to dislocate/refers to
(osteopaths, chiropractors, and orthopedic doctors manipulate or adjust these bone dis/articulations) |
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watery
lymph/oma
watery (clear fluid or serum)/tumor or swelling
(12 major types of lymphatic cancers: Hodgkin's Leukemias, & Reticular Cancers) |
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destruction, breakdown, declining
auto/lysis
self/destruction, breakdown, declining
hemo/lysis
blood/breakdown |
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to make soft
macer/ation
to make soft/process of |
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to make soft
macer/ation
to make soft/process of |
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large or huge
macro/phage
large or huge/eater (WBC's)
macro/scop/ic
large/viewing or seeing (eyeballing)/refers to |
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large spot or flat skin freckle
macula lutea
large (flat spot on retina, lesions, mole 'nevus'): yellow
macule
large spot or flat skin freckle (lenticel)
*related term(s): MACULE |
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large or greater
magni/ficat/ion
larger or greater/to make/process of |
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bad, harm, injury
mal/ignant
bad, harm, injury/refers to
(growing worse or resisting treatment)
mal/practice
bad/action |
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soft or softening
ostero/malac/ia
bone/soft or softening/pertains to |
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little hammer
malle/olus
hammer (little bony protuberance on either side of ankle joint)/small
*related term(s): MALLE/O- |
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hammer
malle/us
hammer (middle ear bone)/refers to (noun)
*related term(s): MALLEOLUS |
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breast
mamm/ary
breast/refers to
*related term(s): MAST/O- |
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hand
manu/al
hand/pertain to
mano/meter
(thin or hand measurement) |
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chew or chewer
mand/ible
chew or chewer/ability to (lower jaw bone) |
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madness
klepto/mani/ac
theft or steal/madness/pertains to
(obsession or preoccupation with stealing)
*alternate spelling: MANI/O- |
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chewer or to chew
masset/er
chewer or to chew/one who
(muscle from cheek bone to lower jaw) |
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male massager
masseur
French term for a male that gives massages
*related term(s): MASSEUSE |
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breast
mast/ectom/y
breast/removal/procedure of
(partial or complete)
mast/oid
breast/resembling
(large bone projection of temporal bone: posterior & interior to outer ear)
*related term(s): MAMM/O- |
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to chew or chewing
mastic/ation
to chew or chewing/process of
(refers to chewing with the large muscle of the cheek -the masseter) |
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multiple
carcino/mata
crab-like (cancerous growths)/multiple (many) |
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upper jaw
maxill/ary
jaw/refers to |
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rubella, reddish or red
measles
rubella or reddish or red
(3 Day or German Measles - 'Dutch Mesalen'. Red spots appear with 'Papules, Macules, and Vesicles'. Dangerous if pregnant. Rubeola also means reddish and this 9 or 10 day measles is more dangerous because of high fever - 104 to 106 degrees F. -usually respiratory virus) |
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opening
meat/us
opening/refer to |
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middle
medi/an; medi/um; medi/al
middle/refers to |
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great or big
mega/colon
great (big)/large intestine |
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huge or large
hepato/megal/y
liver/huge/process of |
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lesser, smaller, fewer, and constrict
mei/osis and Miotic
lesser, smaller, fewer/condition of
(reduction of cells chromosome from 23 pairs to 23 in egg or sperm. Miotic drops lessen the size of the eyes pupil: mydriatic drops dilate pupil)
*related term(s): MI/O- |
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sweet, honey, cheek, limb
mel/itis
cheek/inflamed
mel/algia
limb/pain
mel/on
sweet/one who is |
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black
melan/oma
black/tumor (skin cancer) |
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monthly or month
men/arche
monthly or month/start
meno/pause
monthly/stoppage |
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membrane
mening/itis
membrane/inflamed
(covering of Central Nervous System 'CNS')
meninges
membrane
(3 parts: dura mater layer (hard mother); arachnoid layer (spider-like web); and pia mater layer (gentle mother)) |
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crescent
menisc/ectomy
crescent ('C' shaped)/excision
(knee cartilage that are half moon or 'C' shaped)
*related term(s): LUNA- |
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mind
ment/al
mind/pertains to |
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chin
ante/mentum
before/chin |
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middle
mes/enter/y
middle/intestines/state of
(connective tissue or blood vessels on the posterior middle wall of abdomen)
meso/derm
middle/skin
(outer layer is ecto/derm and inner layer is endo/derm) |
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beyond or change
meta/carp/al
beyond/wrist/pertains to
meta/bol/ism
change/lump/state of
meta/stasis
change (from)/standing or stoppage (spreading of cancer or bacteria) |
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measurement
spiro/meter
breathe/measurement
opto/metr/ist
eye/measurement/specialist
*alternate spelling: -METRE (European) |
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uterus or womb
endo/metr/iosis
within/uterus or womb/condition
endo/metr/itis
within/uterus or womb/inflammation |
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measurement or procedure
opto/metr/y (O.D.)
sight or vision/measurement/procedure or process |
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small
micro/gloss/ia
small/tongue/refers to
micro/scop/e
small/viewing/instrument |
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to make water or urinate
mictur/ition
to make water or urinate/process of
*alternate spelling: MICTURIT/O- |
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one-thousandth
milli/meter
one-thousandth/of meter (39.37 inches)
Note: a kilo/gram is one thousand grams or a recording weight of about 2.2 lb. A milli/gram is one-thousandth of a gram |
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smallest
minim/um
smallest/refers to
(smallest: gluteus minimus is the smallest of the 3 groups of buttock muscles) |
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small
com/minute
together/small
(com/minuted fractures are caused by the bone being forced together causing small bone parts or chips) |
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head band or mitre box
mitr/al
head band or mitre box/refers to
*alternate spelling: MITR/O- (European) |
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to mill or grind
mol/ar
to mill or grind/refer to
(upper and lower sets of back teeth of humans) |
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one
mono/nucle/osis
one/nut/condition of
(high number of mono/nuclear 'large' white blood cells
*related term(s): UNI- |
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shape
a/morph/ous
without/shape or form/state of or composed of |
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death
mort/al
death/refers to |
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movement or motion
oculo/motor
eye/motion or movement
psycho/motor
mind/movement
*related term(s): KINESI/O- |
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slime
muc/oid
slime/resembles |
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