Medical Terminology - Ch. 1

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4 elements used to construct medical terms?

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1) Word root

2) Prefix

3) Suffix

4) Combining vowel

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Aden/o

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Gland

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Carcin/o

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Cancer

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Chem/o

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Chemical

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Cis/o

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To cut

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Hemat/o

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Blood

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A-

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Without, away from

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An-

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Without

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Ante-

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Before, in front of

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Antepartum (before birth)

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Anti-

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Against

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Auto-

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Self

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Brady-

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Slow

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Contra-

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Against

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De-

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Without

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Dys-

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Painful, difficult, abnormal

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Endo-

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Within, inner

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Epi-

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Upon, over

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Eso-

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Inward

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Esotropia (turning inward)

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Eu-

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Normal, good

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Eupnea (normal breathing)

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Ex-

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External, outward

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Exo-

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Outward

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Exotropia (turning outward)

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Extra-

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Outside of

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Extracorporeal (outside of the body)

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Hetero-

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Different

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Heterograft (graft from different species)

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Homo-

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Same

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Hydro-

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Water

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Hyper-

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Over, above

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Hypo-

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Under, below

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In-

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Not, inward

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Infertility (not fertile), Inhalation (to breather in)

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Inter-

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Among, between

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Intra-

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Within, inside

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Myo-

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To shut

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Myopia (to shut eyes, squint)

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Neo-

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New

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Neonatology (study of the newborn)

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Pan-

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All

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Para-

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Beside, near; abnormal; to like parts of a pair

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Per-

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Through

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Percutaneous (through the skin)

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Peri-

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Around

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Post-

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After

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Pre-

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Before, in front of

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Pro-

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Before

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Prolactin (before milk)

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Pseudo-

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False

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Retro-

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Backward, behind

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Sub-

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Below, under

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Supra-

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Above

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Tachy-

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Rapid, fast

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Trans-

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Through, across

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Ultra-

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Beyond, excess

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Un-

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Not

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Unconscious (not conscious)

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-algia

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Pain

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-cele

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Hernia, protrusion

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-cyte

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Cell

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-dynia

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Pain

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-ecstasis

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Dilation

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Bronchiectasis (dilated bronchi)

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-gen, -genesis, -genic

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produces

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-ia

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State, condition

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-iatry

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Medical treatment

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-ism

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State of

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-itis

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Inflammation

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-ologist

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One who studies

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-logy

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Study of

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-lysis, -lytic

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Destruction

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-malacia

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Abnormal softening

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-megaly

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Enlargement, large

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-oid

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Resembling

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Fibroid (resembling fibers)

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-oma

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Tumor, mass, swelling

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-osis

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Abnormal condition

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-pathy

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Disease

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-phobia

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Fear

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-plasia

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Development, growth

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-plasm

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Formation, development

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-ptosis

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Drooping

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-rrhage, -rrhagia

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Excessive, abnormal flow

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-rrhea

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Discharge, flow

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-rrhexis

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Rupture

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-sclerosis

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Hardening

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-stenosis

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Narrowing

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-therapy

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Treatment

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-trophy

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Nourishment, development

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-ule

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Small

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Venule (small vein)

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-centesis

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Puncture to withdraw fluid

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Athrocentesis

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-ectomy

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Surgical removal

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-ostomy

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Surgical opening

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-otomy

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Cutting into

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-pexy

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Surgical fixation

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Nephropexy

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-plasty

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Surgical repair

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-rrhaphy

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Suture