Medical Terminology

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-ia

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a condition of

phobia -persistent exaggerated fear

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-ism

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- a condition of impaired control of " " use

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-sis

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-acidosis: acid condition of body fluids

-a condition of

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-y

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Tetany - a condition of sustained muscle contraction

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-ian

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-specialist in a field of study

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-iatrics, -iatry, -ics,

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"medical specialty"

-study and treatment of

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-ist

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-specialist in the study of

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-logy

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-study of

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-ac, -al, -ar, -ary, -form, -*ic, -ical, -ile, -oid, -ory

-ous

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- pertaining to

-form = like or resembling

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pleura ending for 'A'

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- ae

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pleura ending for 'EN'

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- ina

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pleura ending for 'ex, ix, yx'

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-ices

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pleura ending 'is'

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-es

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pleura ending 'ma'

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-mata

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pleura ending 'nx (anx, inx, ynx)

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-nges

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pleural ending for 'on'

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-a

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pleural ending for 'um'

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-a

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pleural ending for 'us'

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-ii

-embolus --> emboli

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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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leuk/o-

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-white, colorless

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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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leukemia

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overgrowth of white blood cells

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a-, an-

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not; without

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anti-

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against

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contra-

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against, opposite

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de-

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down, without

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dis-

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absence, removal, separation

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in-*, im- (used before b, m, p)

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not

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non-, un-

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not

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ab-

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away from

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ad-

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toward; near

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dia-

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through

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per-

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through

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trans-

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through

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hyper-

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over, excess, abnormally high, increased

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hypo-

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under; below

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olig/o-

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few, scanty

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pan-

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all

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super-*

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above, excess

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equi-

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equal, same

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eu-

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true,good, easy, normal

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hetero-

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other, different, unequal

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hetero-

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other, different, unequal

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homo-, homeo-

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same, unchanging

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iso-

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equal, same

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macro

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large, abnormally large

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mega-, megalo-

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large; abnormally large

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micro-,

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small

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neo-

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new

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normo-

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normal

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ortho-

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straight, correct, upright

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poikilo-

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varied; irregular

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pseudo-

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false

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re-

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again; back

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ante-

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before

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pre-

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before, in front of

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post-

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after, behind

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dextr/o

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right

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sinistr/o

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left

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ec-, ecto-

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out; beside

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ex/o

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away from; outside

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end/o

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in; within

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mes/o

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middle

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syn-, sym- (used before b, m,p)

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together

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tel/e-, tel/o

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end