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Week 6
Beginner Medical Terminology-CF/WR, Suffixes, & Prefixes
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09/01/2011
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-lysis
 Definition
seperation, destruction, loosening
Term
-spasm
 Definition
involuntary contraction, twitching
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-dipsia
 Definition
thirst
Term
-pexy
 Definition
suspensiton, fixation (of an organ)
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-cele
 Definition
harnia, swelling
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-uria
 Definition
urine
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-ectomy
 Definition
excision, removal
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-stenosis
 Definition
narrowing stricture
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-itis
 Definition
inflammation
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-rrhea
 Definition
discharge, flow
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-para
 Definition
to bear (offspring)
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-cretory
 Definition
sifted
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-crine
 Definition
secrete
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-cyesis; -gravida
 Definition
pregnancy
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an-
 Definition
not, without
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supra-
 Definition
above excessive
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intra-
 Definition
in, within
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multi-
 Definition
many, much
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tri-
 Definition
three
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bi-
 Definition
two
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quad-
 Definition
four
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endo-
 Definition
in, within
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neo-
 Definition
new
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poly-
 Definition
many, much
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dys-
 Definition
bad, painful, difficult
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ex-
 Definition
out, outside
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nulli-
 Definition
none
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primi-
 Definition
first
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oxy-
 Definition
quick, sharp
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ren/o; nephr/o
 Definition
kidneys
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cyst/o
 Definition
urinary bladder
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pyel/o
 Definition
renal pelvis
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ur/o
 Definition
urine
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urethr/o
 Definition
urethra
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orchi/o; orch/o
 Definition
testes
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gonad/o
 Definition
gonads (sex gland)
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balan/o
 Definition
glans penis
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prostat/o
 Definition
prostate gland
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cervic/o
 Definition
cervix
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gynec/o
 Definition
woman/female
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men/o
 Definition
menstruation, menses
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hyster/o; uter/o; metr/o
 Definition
uterus
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mamm/o; mast/o
 Definition
breasts
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oophor/o; ovari/o
 Definition
ovaries
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salping/o
 Definition
fallopian tubes
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nat/o
 Definition
birth
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colp/o
 Definition
vagina
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meat/o
 Definition
passage way, opening, meatus
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ureter/o
 Definition
ureter
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