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Medical Terminology
Lesson 4 Greek
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Medical
Undergraduate 1
12/01/2008
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Term
aut-
 Definition
autos - self
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crin-
 Definition
krinein - secrete, secretion
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esthe- ; esthes-
 Definition
aisthesis - sensation, sensitivity, sense
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gen- ; gene- ; -gen
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gignesthai - some into being; produce
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gram-
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gramma - a record
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graph-
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graphein - write, record
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iatr-
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iatros - healer, treatement, physician
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idi-
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idios - of one'sself, individual, distinct
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kine-
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kinein - move
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kines- ; kinesi-
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kinesis - movement, motion
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lys- ; ly-
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lyein - destroy, breakdown
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myx-
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myxa - mucus
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orth-
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orthos - straight, erect, normal
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ot-
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ous, otos - ear
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path-
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pathos - suffering, disease
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phil-
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philein - love, hae an affinity for
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pt-
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piptein - fall, sag, drop, prolapse
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pyr-
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pry, pyros - fire, fever, burning
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pyret-
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pyretos - fever
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pyrex-
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pyressein - be feverish
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rhe-
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rhein - run, flow, secrete
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rhag-
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rhegnynai - burst forth, flow profusely, hemmorrahge
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rhex-
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rhexis - rupture
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rhin-
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rhis, rhinos - nose
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scop-
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skopein - look at, examine
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sep-
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sepin - be purtid, be infected
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ta-
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tasis - stretching
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tel-
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telos - end, completion
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ten- ; tenon- ; tenont-
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tenon, tenontos - tendon
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therap- ; therapeu-
 Definition
therapeuein - treat medically, heal
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tom-
 Definition
tome - a cutting, slice, incision
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ton-
 Definition
tonos - a stretching, muscle tone, tension
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