Medical Terminology - Chapter 3

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epi

Back 1

above/upon

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hypo

Back 2

under/below

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infra/sub-

Back 3

under/below

Front 4

inter-

Back 4

between

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post-

Back 5

after/behind

Front 6

pre/pro-

Back 6

before/in front of

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retro

Back 7

behind/backward

Front 8

bi-

Back 8

two

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diplo-

Back 9

doublt

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hemi-

Back 10

one half

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hyper-

Back 11

excessive

Front 12

macro-

Back 12

large

Front 13

micro

Back 13

small

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mono/uni

Back 14

one

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multi/poly

Back 15

many/much

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primi-

Back 16

first

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quadri-

Back 17

four

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tri-

Back 18

3

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ab-

Back 19

from/away from

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ad-

Back 20

toward

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circum

Back 21

around

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dia

Back 22

through, across

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ecto

Back 23

outside

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endo

Back 24

in/within

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para-

Back 25

near/beside/beyond

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super-

Back 26

above/upper

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supra-

Back 27

above, excessive, suprior

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ultra-

Back 28

excess/beyond

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a/an

Back 29

without/no

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anti

Back 30

against

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contra

Back 31

against

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brady-

Back 32

slow

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dys-

Back 33

bad/painful

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eu-

Back 34

normal

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hetero

Back 35

different

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homo-

Back 36

same

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homeo

Back 37

same

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mal

Back 38

bad

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pan

Back 39

all

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pseudo

Back 40

false

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syn

Back 41

union/together/jointed

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tachy

Back 42

rapid

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epidermis

Back 43

outermost layer of skin

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hypodermic

Back 44

inserted just under skin

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infracostal

Back 45

below the ribs

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subnasal

Back 46

under the nose

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intercostal

Back 47

between the ribs

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postnatal

Back 48

pertaining to the period after birth

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prenatal

Back 49

pertaining to the period before birth

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prognosis

Back 50

prediction of course and end of a disease

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retroversion

Back 51

tipping backward of an organ from its normal position (like a uterus)

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bilateral

Back 52

relating to two sides

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diplopia

Back 53

double vision

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diplobacterial

Back 54

bacterial cells linked together in paires

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hemiplegia

Back 55

paralyis of side of the body

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hypercalcemia

Back 56

excessive concentration of CA in blood

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macrocyte

Back 57

abnormally large cell

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microscope

Back 58

intstrument that greatly magnifies minute objects

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monochromatism

Back 59

complete colorblindnes in which all colors are perceived as shades of gray

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uninuclear

Back 60

having only one nucleus

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multigravida

Back 61

woman who has been pregnant more than once

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polyphobia

Back 62

abnormal fear of many things

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primigravida

Back 63

woman during her first pregnancy

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quadriplegia

Back 64

paralysis of all four limbs

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triplegia

Back 65

hemiplegia with paralyis of one limb on other side of the body

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abduction

Back 66

movement of a limb away from the body

Front 67

adduction

Back 67

movement of a limb towards the axis of the body

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circumduction

Back 68

movement of a part in circular direction

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periodonal

Back 69

located around the tooth

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diarrhera

Back 70

abnormally frequent discharge or flow of fluid fecal matter from the bowel

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transvaginal

Back 71

across or through the vagina

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ectogenous

Back 72

originating from outside the body

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exotropia

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abnormal turning outward of one or both eyes

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extracranial

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outside the skull

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endocrine

Back 75

secreting internally

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intramuscular

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with the muscle

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paranasal

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beside the nose

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superior

Back 78

toward the head or upper portion of a structure

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suprapelvic

Back 79

located above the pelvis

Front 80

ultrasonic

Back 80

pertaining to sound frequencies too high to be perceived by the human ear

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amastia

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without a breast

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anesthesia

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a partial or complete loss of sensation wtih or without loss of consciousness

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antibacterial

Back 83

pertaining to agent that destroy or stop the growth of bacteria

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contraception

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prevention of conception or impregnation

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bradycardia

Back 85

slow heart rate

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dystocia

Back 86

difficult childbirth

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eupnea

Back 87

normal breathing

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heterograft

Back 88

transplant of tissue from one species to a different species

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homograft

Back 89

transplant of tissue between the same species

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malnutrition

Back 90

any disorder of nutrition

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homeoplasia

Back 91

formation of a new tissue similar to that already existing in a part

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panarthritis

Back 92

abnormal condition characterized by the inflammation of many joint of the body

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pseudocyesis

Back 93

condition in which a woman believess she is pregnant when she is not

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syndactylism

Back 94

congenital anomaly characterized by the fusion of the fingers

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tachypnea

Back 95

abnormally rapid rate of breathing