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Week 7
Beginner Medical Terminology-CF/WR, Suffixes, & Prefixes
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09/01/2011
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-derma
 Definition
skin
Term
-old
 Definition
resembling
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-pathy
 Definition
disease
Term
-tome
 Definition
instrument to cut
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-oma
 Definition
tumor
Term
-phoresis
 Definition
carring, transmission
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-osis
 Definition
abnormal condition
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-megaly
 Definition
enlargement
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-tomy
 Definition
incision
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-malacia
 Definition
softening
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-ism
 Definition
condition
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-cyte
 Definition
cell
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-stasis
 Definition
standing still
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-gen
 Definition
forming, producing, origin
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exo-
 Definition
outside, outward
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epi-
 Definition
above, upon
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sub-
 Definition
under, below
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hyper-
 Definition
excessive, above normal
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hypo-
 Definition
under, below
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endo-
 Definition
in, within
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poly-
 Definition
many, much
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dia-
 Definition
through, across
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adip/o; lip/o
 Definition
fat
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melan/o
 Definition
black
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cutane/o; derm/o; dermat/o
 Definition
skin
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hidr/o; sudor/o
 Definition
sweat
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myc/o
 Definition
fungus
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aden/o
 Definition
gland
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onych/o
 Definition
nail
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home/o
 Definition
same, alike
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pil/o; trich/o
 Definition
hair
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scler/o
 Definition
harding sclera
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seb/o
 Definition
sebum, sebaceous
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thym/o
 Definition
thymus gland
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thyr/o; thyroid/o
 Definition
thyroid gland
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albin/o; leuk/o
 Definition
white
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cirrh/o; jaund/o; xanth/o
 Definition
yellow
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erythem/o; erythemat/o; erthr/o
 Definition
red
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adren/o; adrenal/o
 Definition
adrenal glands
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pancreat/o
 Definition
pancreas
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gluc/o; glyc/o
 Definition
gonads, sex gland
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