Chapter 2. Medical Terminology

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Bi

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Two sides

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Uni

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One side

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Ambi

Back 3

Both sides

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Hemi

Back 4

Half

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Milli

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One thousandth

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Mono-

Back 6

One, single

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Nulli-

Back 7

None

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Primi-

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First

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Quadri-

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Four

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Semi-

Hemi-

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Half

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Tri-

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Three

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Uni-

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One

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Hyper-

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Excessive

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Hyp-

Hypo-

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Under

Below

Beneath

Less than normal

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Multi-

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Many

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Poly-

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Many

Much

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Ab-

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From

Away from

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Ad-

Back 18

Toward

Increase

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Ambi

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Both

Both sides

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Ante

Back 20

Before

In front

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Circum-

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Around

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De-

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Down, from

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Dia-

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Through

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Ecto

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Outside

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Endo

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Within

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Epi

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Upon, over

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Ex

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Out, away from, outside

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Exo-

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Outside, beyond

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Extra-

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Outside, beyond

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In-

Back 30

In

Inside

Within

Not

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Infra-

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Beneth, below, under

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Inter-

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Between

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Intra-

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Within

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Juxta-

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Near, beside

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Meso-

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Middle

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Para-

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Near, beside, beyond, two like parts

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Peri-

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Around

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Pro-

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Infront- before

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Re-

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Back, again

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Retro-

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Backward, behind

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Sub-

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Under, below

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Supra-

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Above, over

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Trans-

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Across through chm

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Melan/o

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Black

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Cyan/o

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Blue

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Glauc/o

Poli/o

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Gray

Silver

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Chlor/o

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Green

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Purpur/o

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Purple

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Erythr/o

Eosin/o

Rude-

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Red

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Alb-

Albin/o

Leuk/o

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White

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Cirrh/o

Jaund/o

Xanth/o

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Yellow

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A-

An-

Ana-

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Without

Not

No(not ana)

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Anti-

Contra-

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Against

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Dis-

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Free of, to undo

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Im-

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Not

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Non-

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Not

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Auto-

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Self

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Bio-

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Life

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Brady-

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Slow

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Con-

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Together, with

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Dys-

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Bad, difficult, painful, disordered

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Eu-

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Well, easily, good, normal

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Hetero-

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Different

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Homeo-

Homo-

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Likeness

same( homo)

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Hydro-

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Water

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Idio-

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Individual

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Meta

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Beyond

After

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Pan-

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All

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Per

Back 69

Through

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Post-

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After

Behind

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Pseudo-

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False

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Tachy-

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Rabid

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Sym-

Syn-

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Joined together