Medical Terminology Chapter 1

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-ac -al -ar -ary -ic -ine -ive -ous

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Pertaining to

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-ation

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A process; being or having

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-ion

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Action; condition

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-ia

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Condition; state; thing

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-ism

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Process; disease from a specific cause

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-itis

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Inflammation of; infection of

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-megaly

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Enlargement

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-oma

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Tumor; mass

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-osis

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Condition; abnormal condition; process

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-pathy

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Disease

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-ectomy

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Surgical removal

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-gram

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Record or picture

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-graphy

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Process of recording

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-metry

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Process of measuring

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-scope

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Instrument used to examine

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-scopy

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Process of measuring

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-stomy

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Surgically created opening

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-Therapy

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Treatment

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-tomy

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Process of cutting or making an incision

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-iatry

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Medical treatment

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-ics

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Knowledge; practice

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-ist

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One who specializes

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-logy

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The study of

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Endo-

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Innermost; within

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Epi-

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Upon; above

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Inter-

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Between

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Intra

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Within

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Peri-

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Around

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Post-

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After; behind

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Pre-

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Before; in front of

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Sub-

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Below; underneath

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Trans-

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Across; through

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Bi-

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Two

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Brady-

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Slow

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Hemi-

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One half

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Hyper-

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Above; more than normal

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Hypo-

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Below; deficient

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Poly-

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Many; much

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Quadri-

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Four

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Tachy-

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Fast

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Tri-

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Three

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A-

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Away from; without

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An-

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Without; not

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Anti-

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Against

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De-

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Reversal of; without

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Dys-

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Painful; difficult; abnormal

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Eu-

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Normal; good

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Mal-

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Bad; inadequate

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Re-

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Again and again

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Abdomin

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Abdomen

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Append

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Appendix

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Arteri

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Artery

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Arthr

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Joint

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Bi/o-

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Living organisms

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Card/i- and cardi/o-

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Heart

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Cholecyst/o-

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Gallbladder

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Col/o- and colon/o-

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Colon

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Communicat/o-

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Impart; transmit

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Cost/o-

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Rib

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Cutane/o- and derm/o-

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Skin

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Dietet/o-

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Foods; diet

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Digest/o-

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Break down food; digest

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Enter/o-

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Intestine

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Esthes/o-

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Sensation; feeling

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Etym/o-

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Word origin

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Gastr/o-

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Stomach

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Gemin/o-

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Set or group

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Hepat/o-

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Liver

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Hyster/o-

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Uterus (womb)

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Intestin/o-

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Intestine

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Lapar/o-

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Abdomen

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Laryng/o-

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Larynx (voice box)