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25 Cards in this Set
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Three parts of med term |
Prefix, suffix, word root |
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All med terms have... |
A word root |
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Dermat |
Skin |
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Crani |
Skull |
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Prenatal |
Before birth |
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Prefix |
Comes Before the word root in a medical term |
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Poly |
Many, much |
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Sub |
Below, beneath |
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Post |
After, behind |
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Suffix |
Comes after the word root in a medical term |
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- ectomy |
To remove/ surgically remove |
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Itis |
Inflammation |
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Ia- |
Condition of |
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Carditis |
Inflammation of the heart muscle |
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Dys- |
Painful, abnormal, difficult |
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Nephrology |
Study of kidneys |
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Ostealgia |
Pain in the bones |
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Intra- |
Inside or within |
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Gastrotomy |
Surgical incision into the stomach |
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Gram |
Record/ Recording |
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Discectomy |
Removal of a disc of the spine |
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Above |
Super/supra |
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Dys |
Painful,difficult,abnormal |
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- ium |
Tissue or structure |
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Phenomena |
Plural or phenomenon |
