Medical Terminology Chapter 4

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aer(o)

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air or gas

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cellul(o)

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little cell or compartment

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chlor(o)

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green

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chrom(o)

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color

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coagul(o)

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coagulation

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cyt(o)

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cell

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erythr(o)

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red

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fibrin(o)

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an isoluble protein that forms long threads that compose blood clots

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hem(a), hem(o), hemat(o)

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blood

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hemogoblin(o)

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the oxygen-carrying red pigment of red blood cells

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hydr(o)

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water

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immun(o)

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immunity

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is(o)

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equal

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nucle(o)

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nucleus

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leuk(o)

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white

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log(o)

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words or study

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lys(o)

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destruction or dissolving

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macr(o), megal(o)

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large or enlarged

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melan(o)

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black

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micro(o)

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small

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morph(o)

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shape; form

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muc(o)

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mucus

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norm(o)

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normal

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phag(o)

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to eat

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phil(o)

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attraction

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poikil(o)

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irregular

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scop(o)

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to view or examine

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spher(o)

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round

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thromb(o)

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thrombus; clot

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vascul(o)

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vessel

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xanth(o)

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yellow

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a-

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no, not, or without

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extra-

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outside

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hyper-

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excessive; more than normal

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hypo-

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beneath; below normal

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inter-

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between

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intra-

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within

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poly-

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many

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trans-

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across

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-ant

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that which causes

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-ar

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pertaining to

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-ate

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to cause an action or the result of an action

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-cyte

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cell

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-ectomy

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removal of; excision

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-emia

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blood

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-lysin

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substance that dissolves or destroys

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-lysis

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destruction

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-lytic

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capable of destroying

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-oid

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like or resembling

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-opia

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vision

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-ous

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pertaining to or characterized by

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-penia

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decreased: deficient

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-phylaxis

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protection

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poiesis

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production

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-poietin

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that which causes production

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-scope

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instument used to view or examine

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-scopy

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viewing

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-tic

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pertaining to

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-y

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state or condition

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kary(o)

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nucleus