Medical Terminology

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My/o

Back 1

Muscle

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Myel/o

Back 2

Spinal cord

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Nas/o

Back 3

Nose

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Nephr/o

Back 4

Kidney

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Neur/o

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Nerve

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Ophthalm/o

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Eye

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Oste/o

Back 7

Bone

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Ot/o

Back 8

Ear

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Phleb/o

Back 9

Vein

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Pneum/o

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Lung

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Psych/o

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Mind

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Pulmon/o

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Lung

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Renal/o

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Kidney

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Thorac/o

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Chest

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Vas/o

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Vessel

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Bi-

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Two

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Dia-

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Through

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Dys-

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Difficult, paimful, abnormal

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Hyper-

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Above, excessive

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Hypo-

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Below

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Meta-

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After, change

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Neo-

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New

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Pro-

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Before

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Uni-

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One

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-ad

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Pertaining to

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-cyte

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Cell

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-dia

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Through, complete

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-ic

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Pertaining to

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-ior

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Pertaining to

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-genesis

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Orgin, cause

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-genic

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Producing, originating, causing

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-logist

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One who studies

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-logy

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Study of

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-oid

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Resembling

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-oma

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Tumor

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-osis

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Abnormal condition, increase

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-ous

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Pertaining to

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-pathy

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Disease

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Anter/o

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Front

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Cand/o

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Tail or downward

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Ceohal/o

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Head or upward

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Dist/o

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Away from a specific point on the body

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Dors/o

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Back

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Infer/o

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Below

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Later/o

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Side

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Medi/o

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Middle

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Poster/o

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Back or behind

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Proxim/o

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Near a point on the body

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Super/o

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Above

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Ventr/o

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Belly, front

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Chlor/o

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Green

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Cyan/o

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Blue

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Erythr/o

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Red

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Melan/o

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Black, dark

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Xanth/o

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Yellow

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Leuk/o

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White

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Hepat/o

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Liver

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Mast/o

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Breast

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Hemat/o

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Blood

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Gastr/o

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Stomach

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Enter/o

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Small intestine

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Enceohal/o

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Brain

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Derm/o

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Skin

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Crani/o

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Skull

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Cost/o

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Rib

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Col/o

Back 66

Colon

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Cerebr/o

Back 67

Cerebrum

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Abdomen/o

Back 68

Abdomen

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Alveol/o

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Aveolus

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Cephal/o

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Head

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Cardi/o

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Heart

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Bronch/o

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Bronchus

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Arthr/o

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Joint

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Arteri/o

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Artery

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-a

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Noun suffix, no meaning

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-ac

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Pertaining to

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-ad

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Toward

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-al, -ic, -ous

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Pertaining to

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-algia

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Pain

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-amnios

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Ammion, amniotic fluid

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-apheresis

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Removal

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-ar, -ary, -eal

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Pertaining to

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-atresia

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Absence of a normal body opening, occlusion, closure

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-cele

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Hernia of protrusion

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-centesis

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Surgical puncture to aspirated fluid (with a sterile needle)

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-cyesis

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Pregnancy

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-cyte

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Cell

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-e, -is, -um, -us

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Noun suffix, no meaning

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-ectasis

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Stretching out, dialation, expansion

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-ectomy

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Excision, surgical removal

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Adip/o

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Fat

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Aut/o

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Self

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Bi/o

Back 93

Life

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Coni/o

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Dust

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Crypt\o

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Hidden

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Cutane/o

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Skin

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derm/o

Back 97

Skin

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Dermat/o

Back 98

Skin

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Heter/o

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Other

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Hidr/o

Back 100

Sweat

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Kerat/o

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Honey skin, harf, cornea

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Lip/o

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Fat