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medical terminology
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06/11/2005
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Term
a-
 Definition
without/not/away from
Term
ab-
 Definition
from/away from/absent
Term
ad-
 Definition
toward/increase
Term
alb-
 Definition
white
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ambi-
 Definition
both/both sides
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an-
 Definition
without/not
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ante-
 Definition
before/in front
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anti-
 Definition
against
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auto-
 Definition
self
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bi-
 Definition
two/double
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bio-
 Definition
life
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brady-
 Definition
slow
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circum-
 Definition
around
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con-
 Definition
together/with
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contra-
 Definition
against
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de-
 Definition
down/from
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dis-
 Definition
free of/to undo/double/negative
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dys-
 Definition
bad/ difficult/painful
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ecto-
 Definition
out side
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endo
 Definition
within/inner
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epi-
 Definition
upon/over/after
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eu
 Definition
well/easily/good
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ex-
 Definition
away from/outside
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extra-
 Definition
outside/beyond
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hemi-
 Definition
half
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homeo-
 Definition
likeness/same
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homo-
 Definition
same
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hydro-
 Definition
water
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hyper-
 Definition
excessive/above
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hypo-
 Definition
under/below
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idio-
 Definition
individual
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in-
 Definition
in-inside
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infra-
 Definition
beneath/below
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inter-
 Definition
between
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intra-
 Definition
within
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juxta-
 Definition
near/beside
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meta-
 Definition
beyond/after
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milli-
 Definition
one-thousandth
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mono-
 Definition
one/single
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multi-
 Definition
many
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non-
 Definition
not
Term
pan-
 Definition
all
Term
para-
 Definition
near/beside
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per-
 Definition
through
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peri-
 Definition
around
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poly-
 Definition
many
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post-
 Definition
after
Term
pre-
 Definition
before
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primi-
 Definition
frist
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pseudo-
 Definition
false
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retro-
 Definition
backward
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semi-
 Definition
half
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sub-
 Definition
beneath
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supra-
 Definition
above
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sym-
 Definition
joined
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tachy-
 Definition
rapid
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trans-
 Definition
across
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tri-
 Definition
three
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uni-
 Definition
one
Term
-a,-al
 Definition
pertaining to
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-ad
 Definition
toward
Term
-algesia
 Definition
sensitivity to pain
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-algia
 Definition
pain
Term
-ate
 Definition
something that
Term
-blast
 Definition
embroyonic stage of development
Term
-cele
 Definition
swelling
Term
-centesis
 Definition
surgical procedure
Term
-cide
 Definition
to kill
Term
-clasis
 Definition
crushing
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-cyte
 Definition
cell
Term
-dynia
 Definition
pain
Term
-e,-a
 Definition
noun ending
Term
-ectasia
 Definition
sensation
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-ectomy
 Definition
surgical removal
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-emia
 Definition
blood
Term
-er
 Definition
one who
Term
-esis
 Definition
condition
Term
-genesis
 Definition
producing
Term
-gram
 Definition
record
Term
-graph
 Definition
an instrument used to record
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-graphy
 Definition
writing
Term
-ia
 Definition
condition
Term
-ion
 Definition
action
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-ist
 Definition
practitioner
Term
-itis
 Definition
inflammation
Term
-lepsy
 Definition
seizure
Term
-lith
 Definition
stone
Term
-logy
 Definition
the study of
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-logist
 Definition
one who specializes
Term
-lysis
 Definition
destruction
Term
-mania
 Definition
a mental disorder
Term
-megaly
 Definition
enlargement
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-meter
 Definition
an istrument used to measure
Term
-metry
 Definition
the process of measuring
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-oid
 Definition
resembling
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-ole
 Definition
small
Term
-oma
 Definition
tumor
Term
-opia
 Definition
vision
Term
-osis
 Definition
condition
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-pathy
 Definition
disease
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-penia
 Definition
decrease in
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-pexy
 Definition
surgical fixation
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-philia
 Definition
attracted to
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-phobia
 Definition
abnormal fear
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-plasty
 Definition
emotional state
Term
-plegia
 Definition
paralysis
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-pnea
 Definition
breathing
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-ptosis
 Definition
drooping
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-rrhagia
 Definition
excessive flow
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-rrhaphy
 Definition
suturing
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-rrhea
 Definition
drainage
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-rrhexis
 Definition
rupture
Term
-scope
 Definition
an instrument
Term
-stomy
 Definition
the surgial creation of a new opening
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-tomy
 Definition
incision into
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-tripsy
 Definition
intentional crushing
Term
-uria
 Definition
urine
Term
-stasis
 Definition
stopping
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-scopy
 Definition
process of viewing
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