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03/06/2010
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Term
aden/o
 Definition
gland
Term
aer/o
 Definition
air
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andr/o
 Definition
of man
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auto-
 Definition
self
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bar/o
 Definition
pressure
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bi/o
 Definition
life
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brody-, brachy-
 Definition
short
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carcin/o, cancer/o
 Definition
cancer
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cry/o
 Definition
cold
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crypt/o
 Definition
hidden
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dextro-
 Definition
right
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diplo-
 Definition
double
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erg/o
 Definition
work
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eti/o
 Definition
cause of disease
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eu-
 Definition
good, normal, healthy
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exo-
 Definition
without, outside of
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ecto-
 Definition
external, outer
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febr
 Definition
fever
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gyn/o, gynec/o
 Definition
female
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holo-, hol-
 Definition
whole, complete
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hydr/o, hydr-
 Definition
water
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macro-, macr-
 Definition
large, huge
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megalo-
 Definition
excessive
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mega-
 Definition
large, excessive
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men/o, mens
 Definition
month
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meso-
 Definition
middle
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micro-, micr-
 Definition
small
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morph/o
 Definition
shape
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narc/o
 Definition
sleep
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nat/o
 Definition
birth
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necr/o
 Definition
death
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nyct/o, noct/o, noct/
 Definition
night
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olig-, oligo-
 Definition
scanty, few
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onc/o
 Definition
tumor
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path/o
 Definition
disease
Term
phot/o
 Definition
light
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py/o
 Definition
pus
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quadri-, quadr-
 Definition
four
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scler/o
 Definition
abnormally hard
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septic
 Definition
poison, infection
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sinistro-
 Definition
left
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son/o
 Definition
sound
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staphyl/o
 Definition
grapelike cluster
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steno-
 Definition
narrow
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strept/o
 Definition
twisted chains
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supra-, super-
 Definition
above, superior, beyond
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therap
 Definition
treatment
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therm/o
 Definition
heat
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hematology
 Definition
study of blood
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cytopathology
 Definition
study of cellular diseases
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chemotherapy
 Definition
treatment by a chemical agent
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hemat/o
 Definition
blood
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chem/o
 Definition
chemical
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cyto
 Definition
referring to cells
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chlor/o
 Definition
green
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chrom/o, chromat/o
 Definition
color
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cyan/o
 Definition
blue
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erythr/o, rube-
 Definition
red
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glauc/o, polio-
 Definition
gray
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leuk/o
 Definition
white
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albin/o
 Definition
colorless
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albumin/o
 Definition
protein, colorless
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melan/o
 Definition
black
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purpur/o
 Definition
purple
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xanthr/o, xanth/o, cirrh/o, lute/o
 Definition
yellow
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azot/o
 Definition
Nitrogen (N)
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calci-
 Definition
Calcium (ca)
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carb-
 Definition
carbon (C)
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chlori-
 Definition
Chloride (cl)
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ferr/o, ferr/i, sider/o
 Definition
iron (Fe)
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Kali-
 Definition
potassium (K)
Term
natri-
 Definition
sodium (NA)
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ox-
 Definition
oxygen (o)
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adip/o, lip/o
 Definition
fat
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epitheli/o
 Definition
epithelial
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my/o
 Definition
muscle
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neur/o
 Definition
nervous
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sarc/o
 Definition
connective
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hetero-
 Definition
unequal, different
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homo-, homeo-
 Definition
same, similar
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iso-
 Definition
equal
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pan
 Definition
all
Term
ambi-
 Definition
both, both sides, around
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bi-, di-
 Definition
two, twice
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centi-
 Definition
1/100, one hundredth
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deca-
 Definition
10
Term
hemi-, semi-
 Definition
half, one side, partial
Term
Kilo-
 Definition
1,000
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micro-
 Definition
1/1,000,000, one millionth
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milli-
 Definition
1/1,000, one thousandth
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multi-, mult-
 Definition
many, much
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nulli-
 Definition
none
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primi-
 Definition
first
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tri-
 Definition
three
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uni-, mono-
 Definition
one
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ab-
 Definition
away from, away, upon
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ad-
 Definition
toward, add, increase
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ana-
 Definition
up, back against, against
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ante-, pre-, pro-, fore-,
 Definition
before, forward, in front of
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de-, cata-
 Definition
down, remove downward
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endo-, end-, intra-
 Definition
within, in, inside
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epi-, ep-, hyper-
 Definition
above, on, excessive, over, beyond
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gen-
 Definition
beginning
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inter-
 Definition
between
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meta-
 Definition
after, beyond
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para-, peri, circum-
 Definition
around, beside, near, past
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re-
 Definition
back, again
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retro-, post-, postero-
 Definition
behind, backward
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sub-, hyp-, hypo-
 Definition
below, under, beneath
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syn-, con-
 Definition
together, joined with
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trans-
 Definition
across, through, over
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a-, an-, ana-, un-, in-, im-, non-
 Definition
not, without, negate
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anti-, contra-
 Definition
against, opposite
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brady-
 Definition
slow
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dis-
 Definition
apart, remove, absence, free of
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dys-
 Definition
difficult, painful
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idio-
 Definition
unknown
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mal-
 Definition
bad
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neo-
 Definition
new
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ortho-
 Definition
straight
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per-, ultra-
 Definition
excessive, through
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tachy-
 Definition
fast
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-ac, -iac, -ic, -al, -ar, -ary, -ous, -ory, -tic, -eal, -ose
 Definition
pertaining to, relating to
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-er
 Definition
one who
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-ia
 Definition
condition of
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-ism
 Definition
state of being, condition
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-um, -ium
 Definition
structure or tissue
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-y
 Definition
condition, process
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-ole, -icle, -ula, -ule
 Definition
small size, tiny, minute
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-blast
 Definition
not developed
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-cide
 Definition
causing death
Term
-ian, -ician
 Definition
specialist in a field of study
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-iatrics
 Definition
treatment of
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-iatry
 Definition
field of medicine
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-logist, -iatrist, -ist
 Definition
one who specializes
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-logy
 Definition
study of
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-stasis
 Definition
constant, standing
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-algia, -dynia
 Definition
pain
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-form, -oid
 Definition
resembling, similar
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-genic
 Definition
condition of producing
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-gen
 Definition
beginning, origin
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-genesis
 Definition
beginning, origin
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-lysis
 Definition
breaking down, destroying (can also stand alone as a noun)
Term
-mania
 Definition
excessive preoccupation
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-megaly
 Definition
enlargement
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-path
 Definition
disease
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-penia
 Definition
decrease
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-pnea
 Definition
breathing
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-rrhea
 Definition
discharge
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-spasm
 Definition
involuntary contraction
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-stenosis
 Definition
narrowing
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-cele
 Definition
hernia
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-coccus
 Definition
round shaped bacteria
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-ectasis
 Definition
stretching, dilatation
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-emia
 Definition
blood condition
Term
-gram
 Definition
record
Term
-graph
 Definition
instrument for recording
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-graphy
 Definition
process of recording
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-iasis
 Definition
presence of, condition of
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-itis
 Definition
inflammation
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-lith
 Definition
stone
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-malacia
 Definition
softening
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-meter
 Definition
instrument for measuring
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-metry
 Definition
process of measuring
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-oma
 Definition
tumor
Term
-opsy
 Definition
to view
Term
-osis
 Definition
abnormal condition
Term
-osis
 Definition
increase in number when referring to blood cells, of, increase of
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-phil, -philia
 Definition
attraction for
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-poiesis, -plasia
 Definition
formation of
Term
-ptosis
 Definition
falling down, downward displacement
Term
-rrhage, -rrhagia
 Definition
to burst forth
Term
-rrhexis
 Definition
rupture
Term
-scope
 Definition
instrument
Term
-scopy
 Definition
process of examining with a scope
Term
-statis
 Definition
stop or stand
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-toxic
 Definition
poison
Term
-centesis
 Definition
surgical puncture
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-clasia
 Definition
break
Term
-desis
 Definition
binding, fusion
Term
-ectomy
 Definition
removal, excision
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-pexy
 Definition
fixing, fixation, suspension
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-plasty
 Definition
surgical repair, reconstruction
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-rrhaphy
 Definition
suture
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-stomy
 Definition
creation of a new opening
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-tome
 Definition
instrument to cut
Term
-tomy
 Definition
to cut into, incision
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-tripsy
 Definition
crushing of
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