Medical Terminology - Module 11

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cyst-

vesic-

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sac; cyst; bladder

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nephr-

ren-

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kidney

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pyel-

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renal pelvis; urine reservoir in kidney [which passes urine to ureter]

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ur-

urin-

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urine; urinary tract; urination

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ureter-

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ureter; tube carrying urine from kidney to bladder

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urethr-

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urethra; tube carrying urine from bladder to outside the body

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uric-

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uric acid

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aden-

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gland; lymph node

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adren-

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adrenal gland

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hormon-

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hormone

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amygdal-

tonsill-

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tonsil

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lymph-

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lymph

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lymphatic-

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lymphatic system; lymphatic duct

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por-

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pore; passage

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splen-

lien-

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spleen

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adip-

lip-

steat-

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fat

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seb-

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sebum; fatty secretion [of the sebaceous gland]

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crin-

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secretion

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eme-

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vomit

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hidr-

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sweat

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hist-

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tissue [of an animal or plant]

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hygr-

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moisture

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py-

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pus

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tox-

toxic-

toxon-

ven-

venen-

venom-

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poison

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zym-

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enzyme; fermentation

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aeti-

eti-

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cause

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antr-

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antrum; cavity

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aux-

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increase

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bar-

bary-

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weight; pressure

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carcin-

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cancer; cancerous [adjective]

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chron-

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time

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drom-

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a running; flow

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dynam-

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power

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helc-

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ulceration

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hypn-

somn-

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sleep

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icter-

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jaundice

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sept-

saept-

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septum [a wall that divides two cavities]

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all-

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other; another; divergent; alternating

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anis-

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unequal

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atel-

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incomplete

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atret-

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without an opening (to an organ/structure)

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brachy-

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short [no c.v. follows]

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brady-

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slow [no c.v. follows]

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idi-

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individual; distinct; distinctive; unknown

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is-

equ-

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equal

[equ- is followed by c.v. i]

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lept-

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thin

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macr-

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large; long

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megal-

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large

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mes-

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middle

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micr-

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small

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olig-

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few; small; scanty

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orth-

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straight; normal; correct

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oxy-

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acute; swift; sharp; sour

[no c.v. follows]

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pachy-

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thick [no c.v. follows]

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pale-

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old; ancient

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poikil-

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mottled; varied; irregular

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prosth-

prosthet-

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artificial

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prot-

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earliest; first

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pseud-

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false; imaginary

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schist-

schiz-

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split

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scirrh-

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hard [adjective]; hard, cancerous tumour [noun]

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scoli-

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crooked; laterally curved

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sten-

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narrow; constricted

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tach-

tachy-

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rapid

[no c.v. follows tachy-]

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xen-

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strange; foreign [adjectives]; foreigner [noun]

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xer-

sicc-

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dry

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-agogue

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agent used to induce (an action); agent used to induce the flow (of a substance, or from an organ or tissue); agent used to induce the expulsion (of a foreign body)

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anti- ... -agogue

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agent used to suppress (an action); agent used to suppress the flow (of a substance, or from an organ or tissue); agent used to suppress the expulsion (of a foreign body)

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-auxe

-auxis

-auxesis

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enlargement

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-crine

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secretion

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-elcosis

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ulceration (of an organ or structure)

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-emesis

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vomiting (of a substance)

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-emetic

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causing vomiting (of a substance)

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-emphraxis

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obstruction; blockage

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-lepsy

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seizure

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-phyma

-phymata [pl.]

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a swelling

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-pore

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pore; passage

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-toxin

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substance poisonous to (an organ or tissue); poisonous substance present in (a plant or life form)

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anti- ... -toxin

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agent used to oppose a substance poisonous to (an organ or tissue); agent used to oppose a poisonous substance present in (a plant or life form)

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-uria

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urination; presence of (a substance) in the urine; (abnormal) condition of the urine

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a- ... -uria

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absence of (a substance) in the urine