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Medical Terminology 7 & 8
7 & 8
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Nursing
Undergraduate 1
11/14/2011
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-rrhage, -rrhagia
 Definition
bleeding, flow
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-rrhaphy
 Definition
surgical repair
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-rrhea
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discharge
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-rrhexis
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rupture
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-sclerosis
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hardening
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-scope
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viewing instrument
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-scopy
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visual examination
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-somnia
 Definition
sleep
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-spasm
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contraction, cramp
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-stasis
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standing still
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-stomy
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surgical opening
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-tome
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cutting instrument
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-tomy
 Definition
incise, cut into
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-tripsy
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crushing
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-ule
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little, small
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-version
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to turn
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quadri-
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four
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radi/o
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raditation, x-ray
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retro-
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behind, back
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sarc/o
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flesh
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schizo-
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division, split
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scoli/o
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curved
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seps/o
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infection
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son/o
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sound
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steat/o
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fatty
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steno-
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narrow
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steth/o
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chest
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sub-
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under, beneath
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super-, supra
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above, beyond
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sym-, syn-
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together
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tachy-
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fast, rapid
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tacti-
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touch
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tele-, tel/o
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distant
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tetra-
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four
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therm-, -thermy
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heat
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toxi-, tox/o
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poison
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trans-
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across, through
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tri-
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three
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ultra-
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beyond, excess
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uni-
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one
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vir/o
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virus
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xanth/o
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yellow
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xen/o
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strange, foreign
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xer/o
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dry
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zoo-
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animals
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