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Week 9
Beginner Medical Terminology-CF/WR, Suffixes, & Prefixes
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09/01/2011
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-blast
 Definition
immature cell, primitive cell
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-penia
 Definition
decrease, deficiency
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-cytosis
 Definition
abnormal condition of cells
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-cyte
 Definition
cell
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-emesis
 Definition
vomiting
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-poiesis
 Definition
formation, production
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-stasis
 Definition
standing still
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-lytic
 Definition
destruction
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-osis
 Definition
abnormal condition
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ana-
 Definition
against
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dys-
 Definition
bad, painful, difficult
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hyper-
 Definition
excessive, above normal
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hypo-
 Definition
under, below
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mono-
 Definition
one
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poly-
 Definition
many, much
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extra-
 Definition
outside
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pan-
 Definition
all
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leuk/o
 Definition
white
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myel/o
 Definition
bone marrow; spinal cord
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erythr/o
 Definition
red
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hem/o; hemat/o;
 Definition
blood
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lymph/o
 Definition
lymph
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phag/o
 Definition
eating, swallowing
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splen/o
 Definition
spleen
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thym/o
 Definition
thymus gland
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tonsill/o
 Definition
tonsils
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thromb/o
 Definition
clot
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immun/o
 Definition
immune, immunity
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morph/o
 Definition
structure, formation, shape
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aggultin/o
 Definition
clumping, gluing
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coagul/o
 Definition
clotting
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