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01/17/2013
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Term
a-, an-, ar-
 Definition
with/without/absent
Term
brachio-
 Definition
arm
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brady-
 Definition
slow
Term
cardio-
 Definition
heart
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dia-
 Definition
through/across
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dys-
 Definition
difficulty/painful
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ecto-
 Definition
on the outside
Term
-ectomy
 Definition
removal
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-emia
 Definition
blood
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endo-
 Definition
interior
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epi-
 Definition
exterior
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hema-, hemo-, hemato-
 Definition
blood
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hydro-
 Definition
water or oxygen
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hyper-
 Definition
excessive
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hypo-
 Definition
below
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inter-
 Definition
between
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-itis
 Definition
inflammation
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intra-
 Definition
inside/within
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mal-
 Definition
disorder/bad
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meta-
 Definition
behind/after/changing
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myo-
 Definition
muscle
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neuro-
 Definition
nerves
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-osis
 Definition
condition or process
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para-
 Definition
beside/beyond
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-pathy
 Definition
disease/abnormality
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peri-
 Definition
around
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pneau-, pneumato-, pneumo-
 Definition
lungs
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pre-
 Definition
before
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post-
 Definition
after
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-stomy
 Definition
opening
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sub-
 Definition
below/under
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super-, supra-
 Definition
above/over
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tachy-
 Definition
fast
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thoraco
 Definition
thorax
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-tomy
 Definition
incision/surgical cutting
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Acute
 Definition
pointed. severe. disease of sudden onset. not chronic
Term
Anomaly
 Definition
Something outside of the ordinary. Ex. snow in israel.
Term
anterior
 Definition
front side
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articulate
 Definition
joint that's joined together
Term
ascites
 Definition
accumulation of fluid in the abdominal cavity. edema
Term
atresia, atretic
 Definition
absence of normal opening
Term
Atrophy
 Definition
wasting of tissues, organs, or entire body
Term
bilateral
 Definition
having to sides
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cc
 Definition
cubic centimeter. equivalent to mL
Term
chronic
 Definition
not acute. persistent disease. long or drawn out.
Term
cyanosis
 Definition
dark blue or purple skin due to lack of oxygen to blood.
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dyspnea
 Definition
painful or difficulty breathing
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hypoplastic, hypoplasia
 Definition
underdevelopment of a tissue or organ
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inferior
 Definition
below
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lateral
 Definition
to the side
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medial
 Definition
middle
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mL
 Definition
milliliters
Term
mm
 Definition
millimeters
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mural
 Definition
pertaining to the wall
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neonate
 Definition
newborn infant
Term
oblique
 Definition
slanting. deviating from the perpendicular
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obtuse
 Definition
blunt
Term
oliguria
 Definition
scanty urine production.
Term
orifice
 Definition
hole
Term
orthopnea
 Definition
breathing through the mouth in orthopnic position.
Term
ostium
 Definition
small opening. Ostia is plural.
Term
palliative
 Definition
Reducing severity by relief w/out curing.
Term
Parietal
 Definition
Pertaining to the wall of organ
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paroxysmal
 Definition
s sharp spasm or convulsion
Term
Plexus
 Definition
a network of inter-joining nerves and blood vessels or lymph tissue. ex. Alveoli blood vessels.
Term
posterior
 Definition
back
Term
prophylactic
 Definition
preventing disease
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subacute
 Definition
between acute and chronic
Term
sulcus
 Definition
grooves
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superior
 Definition
above/head
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transmural
 Definition
through any wall as of the body or of a cyst or any hollow structure.
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unilateral
 Definition
confirmed to one side only
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vascular
 Definition
pertaining to blood vessels
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