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Medical Terminology
Lesson 6 Greek
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Medical
Undergraduate 1
12/01/2008
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Term
andr-
 Definition
aner, andros - man, male
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ankyl- ; ancyl-
 Definition
ankylos - fused, stiffened, hooked, crooked
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aphrodisi- ; aphrodis-
 Definition
aphrodisios - sexual desire
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brachy-
 Definition
brachys - short
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crypt-
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kryptos - hidden, latent
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dem-
 Definition
demos - people, population
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dolich-
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dolichos - long, narrow, slender
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drom-
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dromos - a running
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er- ; erot-
 Definition
eros, erotos- sexual desire
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gyn- ; gynec-
 Definition
gyne- ; gynaikos - woman, female
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helmint- ; helminth-
 Definition
helmins, helminthos - intestinal worm
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nemat-
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nema, nematos - thread (worm)
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nos-
 Definition
nosos - disease, illness
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odont-
 Definition
odous, odontos - tooth
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pali- ; palin-
 Definition
palin - back, again
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pan- ; pant-
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pas, pantos - all, entire, every
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phor-
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phoros - bearing, carrying
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phos- ; phot-
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phos, photos - light, daylight
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plec- ; pleg-
 Definition
plessein - strike, paralyze
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rachi- ; rhachi-
 Definition
rhachis - spine
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schiz- ; schist- ; -schisis
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schizein - splint, cleft, fissure
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spondyl-
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spondylos - vertebra
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-staxis ; -staxia
 Definition
staxis - dripping, oozing of blood
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than- ; thanat-
 Definition
thanatos - death
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the-
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tithenai - place, put
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trich-
 Definition
thrix, trichos - hair
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troph-
 Definition
trophe - nourishment
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