Medical Terminology

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Word root

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Foundation of the word containing its main meaning

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Combining form

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Created when word root is combined with a vowel, o/i/e

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Suffix

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Word element at end of word; indicates pathology, condition, symptom, therapeutic or diagnostic procedure, or part of speech

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Prefix

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Word element at beginning of word; indication of a number, time, position, measurement, direction, or negation

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Gastr/itis

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Inflammation of the stomach

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Oste/o/arthr/itis

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Inflammation of bone and joint

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Poly/neur/itis

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Inflammation of many nerves

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-ectomy

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Excision, removal

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-centesis

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Surgical puncture

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-tripsy

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Crushing

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-lysis

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Separation; destruction; loosening

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-clasis

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To break; surgical fracture

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-pexy

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Fixation (of an organ)

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-rrhaphy

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Suture

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-plasty

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Surgical repair

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-stomy

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Forming an opening (mouth)

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-desis

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Binding, fixation (of bone or joint)

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-tome

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Instrument to cut

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-scope

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Instrument for examining

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-scopy

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Visual examination

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-graph

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Instrument for recording

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-graphy

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Process of recording

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-meter

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Instrument for measuring

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-metry

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Act of measuring

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-gram

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Record, writing

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-algia, dynia

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Pain

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-plasia, -plasm

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Formation, growth

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-gen, -genesis

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Forming, producing, origin

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-rrhage, -rrhagia

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Bursting forth (of)

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-edema

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Swelling

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-cele

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Hernia, swelling

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-lith

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Stone, calculus

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-osis

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Abnormal condition; increase (used primarily with blood cells)

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-spasm

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Involuntary contraction, twitching

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-stenosis

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Narrowing, stricture

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-pathy

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Disease

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-rrhea

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Discharge, flow

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-itis

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Inflammation

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-oma

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Tumor

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-rrhexis

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Rupture

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-plegia

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Paralysis

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-ectasis

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Dilation; expansion

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-emesis

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Vomiting

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-emia

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Blood condition

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-iasis

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Abnormal condition (produced by something specified)

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Pertaining to

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Adj. suffixes -ac, -al, -ar, -ary, -ic, -ile, -ous

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Condition

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Noun suffixes -esis, -ia, -ism

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Specialist

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Noun suffixes -ician, -ist

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Medicine; treatment

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Noun suffix -iatry

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Small, minute

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Diminutive suffixes -icle, -ole, -ule

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Lith/o/tripsy

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Crushing of a stone

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Colon/o/stomy

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Forming a new opening in the colon

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Append/ectomy

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Excision, removal of appendix

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Arthr/o/pathy

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Disease of joints

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Arthr/o/scope

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Instrument to examine joint

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Arthr/o/centesis

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Surgical puncture of joint

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My/o/rrhaphy

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Suture of muscle(s)

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Arthr/o/desis

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Binding, fixation (of joint)

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Trache/o/stomy

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Forming an opening into the trachea

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Cardi/o/graph

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Instrument for recording the heart

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Electr/o/cardi/o/gram

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Record of electrical activity of the heart

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Neur/algia

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Pain of a nerve

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Carcin/o/gen (-genesis)

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Forming, producing, origin of cancer

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Oste/o/malacia

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Softening of bone

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Lith/iasis

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Abnormal condition of stones

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Hepat/o/cele

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Hernia, swelling of liver

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Lymph/edema

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Swelling of lymph gland

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Lymph/oma

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Tumor composed of lymph tissue

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Inter-

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Between

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Epi-

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Above, upon

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Post-

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After, behind

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Hypo-

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Under, below, deficient

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Retro-

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Backward, behind

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Pre-, pro-

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Before, in front of

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Infra-, sub-

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Under, below

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Quadri-

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Four

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Macro-

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Large

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Micro-

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Small

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Tri-

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Three

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Bi-

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Two

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Primi-

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First

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Hemi-, semi-

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One-half

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Nulli-

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None

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Di-, dipl-, diplo-

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Double

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Mono-, uni-

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One

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Multi-, poly-

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Many, much

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Super-

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Upper, above

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Ab-

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From, away from

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Ad-

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Toward

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Supra-

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Above; excessive; superior

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Circum-, peri-

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Around

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Dia-, trans-

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Through, across

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Endo-, intra-

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In, within

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Ecto-, exo-, extra-

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Outside, outward

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Brady-

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Slow

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Tachy-

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Rapid

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Hetero-

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Different

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Pseudo-

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False

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Dys-

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Bad; painful; difficult

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Eu-

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Good, normal

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Mal-

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Bad

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Syn-

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Union, together, joined

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A-, an-

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Without, not

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Anti-, contra-

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Against

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Homo-, homeo-

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Same

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Hem/o/rrhage

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Bursting forth (of) blood

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Quadri/plegia

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Paralysis of four (limbs)

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Tri/ceps

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Three heads

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Uni/nucle/ar

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Pertaining to one nucleus

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Inter/cost/al

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Pertaining to between the ribs

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Post/nat/al

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Pertaining to (the period) after birth

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Dipl/opia

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Double vision

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Hypo/derm/ic

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Pertaining to under the skin

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Dia/rrhea

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Flow through

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Circum/ren/al

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Pertaining to around the kidney

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Extra/crani/al

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Pertaining to outside the skull

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Brady/cardia

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Slow heart rate

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An/esthesia

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Without feeling

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Dys/tocia

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Childbirth that is bad, painful or difficult

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Pseudo/cyesis

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Pregnancy that is false

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Tachy/pnea

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Breathing that is rapid

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Micro/scope

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Instrument for examining small objects

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Macro/cyte

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Cell that is large

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Poly/phobia

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Fear of many things

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Endo/crine

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Secrete within

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Para/nas/al

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Pertaining to near, beside, or beyond the nose

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Hemi/plegia

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Paralysis of one half (of the body)

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Hypo/derm/ic

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Pertaining to under the skin

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Sub/nas/al

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Pertaining to under the nose

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Bi/later/al

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Pertaining to two sides

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Pre/nat/al

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Pertaining to the period (before birth)

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Retro/version

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Turning backward or behind

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Dorsal

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Posterior

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Ventral

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Anterior

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2 dorsal cavities

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Cranial, spinal

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Ventral cavities

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Thoracic, and abdominal, pelvic (abdominopelvic)

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Umbilical region

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Surrounding the umbilicus (navel)

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Epigastric

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Above the stomach

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Hypogastric

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Beneath the umbilicus

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Left inguinal or iliac

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Left lower side near goin

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Right lumbar

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Right middle side near waist

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Cyt/o

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Cell

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Kary/o, nucle/o

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Nucleus

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Hist/o

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Tissue

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Anter/o

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Anterior, front

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Medi/o

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Middle

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Infer/o

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Lower, below

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Later/o

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Side, to one side

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Dors/o, poster/o

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Back (of body), behind, posterior

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Thorac/o

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Chest

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Crani/o

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Skull

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Pelv/i, pelv/o

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Pelvis

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Abdomin/o

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Abdomen

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Lumb/o

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Loins (lower back)

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Erythr/o

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Red

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Albin/o, leuk/o

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White

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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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Cirrh/o, jaund/o, xanth/o

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Yellow

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Xer/o

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Dry

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Acr/o

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Extremity

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Viscer/o

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Internal organs

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Path/o

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Disease

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Idi/o

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Unknown, peculiar

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Leuk/o/cyt/o/lysis

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Destruction of white cells

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Coccyg/eal

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Pertaining to the coccyx

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Erythr/oid

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Resembling red

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Melan/oma

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Tumor of black (cells)

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Cervic/al

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Pertaining to the cervix

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Cirrh/osis

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Abnormal condition of yellowness

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Cyan/osis

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Abnormal condition of blueness

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Idi/o/path/ic

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Pertaining to a disease of unknown origin

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Somat/ic

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Pertaining to the body

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Path/o/logist

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Specialist in the study of diseases

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Leuk/o/cyte

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White cell

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Gastr/algia, gastr/o/dynia

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Pain in stomach

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Crani/o/meter

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Instrument to measure the cranium

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Viscer/o/megaly

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Enlargement of internal organs

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Thorac/o/tomy

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Incision of the chest

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Hist/o/logy

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Study of tissues

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Radi/o/gram

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Record of an xray

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Hypo/chrom/ic

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Pertaining to a deficient color

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Adhesion

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Abnormal fibrous band binding tissues that are normally separated

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Inflammation

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Body defense against injury and disease that limits the spread of injury and aid in healing; characterized by redness, heat, swelling and pain

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Febrile

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Feverish, pertaining to fever

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Morbid

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Diseased; unhealthy

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Sepsis

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Presence of pathogens in blood or other tissues

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Suppurative

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Producing or pertaining to the generation of pus

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Son/o/gram

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Record of sound

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Ultra/son/o/graphy

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Process of recording (images using frequencies) beyond sound

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Derm/a/tome

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Instrument to cut skin

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Bronchi/o/scope

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Instrument for examining the bonchi

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Endo/scopy

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Visual examination within the body

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Trans/abdomin/al

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Pertaining to through the abdomen

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Hemat/o/logy

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Study of blood

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Therm/o/meter

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Instrument of measuring heat

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Radi/o/logist

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Specialist in the study of xrays