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Medical Termonolgy
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10th Grade
10/18/2011
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-able
 Definition
capable of, able to
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-ac
 Definition
pertaining to
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-acious
 Definition
characterized by
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-acusia,-acusis
 Definition
hearing, sense of hearing.
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-ago
 Definition
attack,diseased state or condition
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-agra
 Definition
excessive pain, seizure, attack of sever pain
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-aise
 Definition
comfort,ease
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-al
 Definition
pertaining to
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-amine
 Definition
nitrogen compound
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-apheresis
 Definition
removal
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-ar
 Definition
pertaining to
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-arche
 Definition
beginning
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-ary
 Definition
pretaining to
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-ase
 Definition
enzyme
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-asthmat/o
 Definition
a gasping,chocking
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-atonic
 Definition
lack of tone
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a-
 Definition
Away from, negative, no, not, with out
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ab-
 Definition
away from
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abdomin/o
 Definition
abdomen
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abort/o
 Definition
premature expulsion of a nonviable fetus
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abrad/o,abras/o
 Definition
rub or scrape off
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abrupt/o
 Definition
broken away from
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abs-
 Definition
away from
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abscess/o
 Definition
going away, collection of pus
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absorpt/o
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suck up, suck in
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ac-
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toward, to
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acanth/o
 Definition
spiny, thorny
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acetabul/o
 Definition
acetabulum (hip socket)
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acne/o
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point or peak
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acou/o,acous/o
 Definition
hearing, sense of hearing
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acquir/o
 Definition
get,obtain
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acr/o
 Definition
extremities,top,point
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acromi/o
 Definition
acromion,point of shoulder blade
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acu/o
 Definition
sharp,severe,sudden
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acuit/o,acut/o
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sharp,sharpness
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acust/o
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hearing,sense of hearing.
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ad-,
-ad
 Definition
toward,in direction of
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aden/o
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gland
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adenoid/o
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adenoids
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adenx/o
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bound to
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adhes/o
 Definition
stick to, cling to
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adip/o
 Definition
fat
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adren/o,adrenal/o
 Definition
adrenal gland
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aer/o
 Definition
air,gas
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aesthet/o
 Definition
sensation,sense of perception
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af-
 Definition
toward,to
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affect/o
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exert influence on
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ag-
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toward,to
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agglutin/o
 Definition
clumping,stick together
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aggress/o
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attack,step foward
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agor/a
 Definition
marketplace
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al-
 Definition
like,similar
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alb/i,alb/o,albin/o
 Definition
white
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albumin/o
 Definition
albumin,protein
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alg/e,alg/o
 Definition
suffering,pan,the sense of pain, sensitivity to pain
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algesic
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painful
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algi-,-algia
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suffering,pain
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align/o
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bring into line or correct position
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aliment/o
 Definition
to nourish
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all/o,all-
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other,different
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allucin/o
 Definition
wander in the mind
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alopec/o
 Definition
mangy,bladness
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alveol/o
 Definition
alveolus,air sac, small sac
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amb-,ambi-
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on both sides, around or about, double
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ambly/o
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dim,dull
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ambul/o,ambulant/o
 Definition
to walk
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ametr/o
 Definition
out of proportion
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amni/o
 Definition
amnion,fetal membrane
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amph-
 Definition
around, on both sides, doubly
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amput/o,amputat/o
 Definition
cut away, cut off a part of the body
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amyl/o
 Definition
starch
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an-
 Definition
no,not,without
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an-,ana-
 Definition
up,apart,backward,excessive
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an/o
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anus,ring
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andr/o
 Definition
male, relationship to the male
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andr/o
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male
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aneurysm/o
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aneurysm
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angi/o,angi-,angio-
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relating to blood or lymph vessels
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angin/o
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chocking, strangling
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anis/o
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unequal
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ankyl/o
 Definition
crooked,bent,stiff,looped
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anomal/o
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irregularity
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ante-
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before,forward
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anter/o
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front
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anthrac/o
 Definition
coal dust
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anti-
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against, counter
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anxi/o,anxiet/o
 Definition
uneasy,anxious,distressed
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aort/o
 Definition
aorta
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ap-
 Definition
toward,to
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apalst/o
 Definition
defective development, lack of development
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aphth/o
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a small ulcer or eruption
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apic/o
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apex
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apo-
 Definition
from,opposed,detahced
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aponeur/o
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aponeurosis
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apoplect/o
 Definition
a stroke
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append/o,appendic/o
 Definition
appendix
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aqu/i,aqu/o,aque/o
 Definition
water
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arachn/o
 Definition
spider web, spider
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arc/o
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bow,arc or arch
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areat/o
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occurring in patches or circumscribed areas
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areol/o
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little open space
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arrect/o
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upright,lifted up, raised
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arteri/o
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artery
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arthr/o
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joint
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articul/o
 Definition
joint
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as-
 Definition
toward,to
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asphyxi/o
 Definition
absences of a pulse
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aspir/o,aspirat/o
 Definition
to breathe in
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asthen-,-asthenia
 Definition
weakness, lack off strength
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at-
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toward, to
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atel/o
 Definition
incomplete
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ather/o
 Definition
plaque, fatty substance
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athet/o
 Definition
uncontrolled
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atop/o
 Definition
strange, out of place
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atres/i
 Definition
without an opening
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atri/o
 Definition
atrium
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attenuat/o
 Definition
diluted, weakened
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aud-,audi/o,audit/o
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ear,hearing,the sense of hearing
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aur/i.aur/o
 Definition
ear,hearing
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auscult/o
 Definition
listen
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aut/o
 Definition
self
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ax/o
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axis, main stem
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axill/o
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armpit
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azot/o
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urea,nitrogen
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