Chapter 5 Medical Terminology

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cardi

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heart

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hepat

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liver

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nephr

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kidney

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neur

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nerves

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psych

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mind

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thorac

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chest

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hyper

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over,excessive,high

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hypo

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under

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tachy

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fast

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brady

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slow

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pre

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before

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post

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after

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-al

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pertaining to

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-algia

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pertaining to pain

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ectomy

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removal of

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ic

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pertaining to

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itis

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inflammation

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logy

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study of

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logist

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specialist

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megaly

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enlargement

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meter

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measuring instrument

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oma

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tumor

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pathy

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disease

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uni

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one

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dipl

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two,double

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null

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none

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primi

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first

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multi

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many

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bi

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two

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tri

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three

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quad

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four

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tetra

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four

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quint

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five

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sexti

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six

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septi

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seven

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oct

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eight

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nona

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nine

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deca

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TEN

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SEMI

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half

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hemi

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one sided half

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ambi

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both

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pan

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all

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cyano

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blue

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leuko

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white

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erythro

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red

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cirrho

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yellow orange

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melano

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black

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polio

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gray

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alb

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white

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chloro

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green

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ab

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away from

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ad

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towards

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de

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down from

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circum

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around

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peri

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around

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trans

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across

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epi

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above

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supra

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above

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retro

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behind

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sub

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under

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infra

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below

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para

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near

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contra

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against

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ecto

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outside

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endo

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within

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extra

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outside

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intra

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inside

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ipsi

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same

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anterior

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front

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ventral

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front

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dorsal

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back

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posterior

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back

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superior

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top

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inferior

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bottom

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proximal

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closest

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distal

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furthest

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medial

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middle

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lateral

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side

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superficial

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closest to skin

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deep

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farthest from surface of skin

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abduction

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limb away from midline

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adduction

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limb toward midline

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anterior

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front

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apex

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pointed extremity of a conical structure

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bilateral

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condition that appears on both sides of the midline

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combining vowel

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vowel used to combine two word roots

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extension

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straightening of a joint

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flexion

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bending of a joint

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fowler positioni

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inclined position in which the head of the bed is raised

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palmar

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forward facing part of the hand in anatomic position

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plantar

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the bottom surface of the foot

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prefix

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part of a term that appears before the root, changing the meaning of the term

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prone

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lying face down

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proximal

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closer to the trunk

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quadrants

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sections of the abdominal cavity, two imaginary lines dissecting the umbilicus

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suffix

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part of a term that comes after the root word, at the end of the term

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supine

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lying face up

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word root

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the main part of a term that contains the primary meaning