Medical Definitions Chap.1

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aden/o

Back 1

Gland

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arthr/o

Back 2

Joint

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bi/o

Back 3

Life

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carcin/o

Back 4

Cancerous, cancer

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cardi/o

Back 5

Heart

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cephal/o

Back 6

Head

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cerebr/o

Back 7

Cerebrum

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cis/o

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To cut

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crin/o

Back 9

To Secrete (to form and give off)

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cyst/o

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Urinary bladder, a sac or a cyst (sac containing fluid)

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cyt/o

Back 11

Cell

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derm/o | dermat/o

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Skin

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electr/o

Back 13

Electricity

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encephal/o

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Brain

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enter/o

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Intestines (usually the small intestine)

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erythr/o

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Red

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gastr/o

Back 17

Stomach

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glc/o

Back 18

Sugar

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gnos/o

Back 19

Knowledge

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gynec/o

Back 20

Female, woman

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hemat/o | hem/o

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Blood

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hepat/o

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Liver

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iatr/o

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Treatment, physician

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leuk/o

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White

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log/o

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Study of

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nephr/o

Back 26

Kidney

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neur/o

Back 27

Nerve

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onc/o

Back 28

Tumor (Cancerous)

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ophthalm/o

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Eye

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oste/o

Back 30

Bone

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path/o

Back 31

Disease

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ped/o

Back 32

Child

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phych/o

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Mind

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radi/o

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X-ray

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ren/o

Back 35

Kidney

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rhin/o

Back 36

Nose

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sarc/o

Back 37

Flesh

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sect/o

Back 38

To cut

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thromb/o

Back 39

Clot, clotting

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ur/o

Back 40

Urinary tract, urine

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pro-

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Before, Forward

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re-

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Back, Backward, Again

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retro-

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Behind

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sub-

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Below, Under

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trans-

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Across, Through

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a- | an-

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No, Not, Without

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aut- | auto-

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Self, Own

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dia-

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Complete, Through

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endo-

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Within

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epi-

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Above, upon

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ex- | exo-

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Out, Outside of, Outward

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hyper-

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Excessive, Above, More than normal

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hypo-

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Deficient, below, under, less than normal

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in-

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Into, in

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peri-

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Surrounding, around

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-osis

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Condition, usually abnormal (slight increase in numbers when used with blood cells)

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-pathy

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Disease condition

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-scope

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Instrument to visually examine

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-scopy

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Process of visually examining

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-sis

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State of; condition

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-tomy

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Process of cutting, Incision

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-y

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Process, condition

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-ac | -al | -ic | -ical

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Pertaining to

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-algia

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Pain

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-cyte

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Cell

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-ectomy

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Excision, removal

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-emia

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Blood condition

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-genic

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Pertaining to producing, produced by or produced in

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-globin

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Protein

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-gram

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Record

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-ion

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Process

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-ist

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Specialist

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-itis

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Inflammation

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-logy

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Process of study

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-oma

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Tumor, mass swelling

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-opsy

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Process of viewing