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Towards |
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A- |
Absence of |
Anoxia - absence of oxygen in the tissues if the body. The body receive inadequate amounts of oxygen. |
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Ante - e |
Before |
Prefix |
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Anti -i |
Against |
Antibody- protein made in the lymph tissue in response to foreign particles in the body. |
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Anti - i |
Against |
Antibody- protein made in the lymph tissue in response to foreign particles in the body systems. |
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Bi |
Two |
Bipolar affective disorder (BPAD)- severe mental disorder characterised by episodes of depression, mania and mood swings |
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Brady |
Slow |
Tortoise |
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Circum |
Around |
Walk in a circular motion |
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Co-/con- |
Together/joined |
In a race to draw or tie |
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Contra- / anti |
Against |
Something--- all odds |
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Cryo |
Cold |
Ice |
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Cyano |
Blue |
The sky is |
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De- |
Away from/ removing |
What police do when your barred |
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Dia- |
Through |
Been ---thick an thin |
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Diplo |
Double |
Make mine a " " rum |
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Dys- |
Difficult/abnormal/painful |
Having a operation can be all these things D A P Dyspnoea- difficult breathing. |
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Ecto- |
Outer/external |
Plasm comes to mind |
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En-endo- |
Within/ in/ into |
" " my heart lord jesus |
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Epi- |
Upon/ above / on |
The injection in the spine without the dural at the end. Once " " and beyond Opposite of "off" |
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Ery-/erythro- |
Red |
Colour of blood |
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Hemi- |
Half |
6:30 or "" past 6 |
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Hetero- |
Unlike/dissimilar |
Not the same |
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Homo- |
Same |
(Gay) (lesbians) |
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Hyper- |
Above/ high/ in excess of normal |
Heaven is"" Smoke weed get "" Your baggage is " " " " if weighs too much at the airport. Hypersplenism- condition of having an enlarged spleen. Hyperventilation- breathing at an abnormally rapid rate.
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hypo- |
Low/ below/ under/less than normal/ Lack of |
Hypodermic needle- is a needle that administers a drug beneath the skin. Hypoplasia- under development of an organ or tissue. |
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Inter- |
Between |
Ham goes "" 2 slices of bread |
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Intra- |
Within/ inside |
Why u waiting at the door come "" Intratracheal- method of giving medications through the trachea. |
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Iso |
Equal |
50/50 |
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Leuco-leuko |
White |
Blanco |
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Macro |
Large |
Macropsia- condition of seeing things larger than they really are |
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Mal- |
Poor/abnormal |
ethiopian children suffer from "" nutrition Smear test can come back "" sometimes.... |
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Mega-/megalo |
Big/ enlarged |
Notorious "" |
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Melano- |
Dark black pigment |
Colour of Spot underneath my chin. |
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Meta- |
After/beyond |
The great "" "" the storm comes a calm |
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Micro |
Small |
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Mono |
One / single |
Mononeuritis - inflammation of a single nerve. |
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Multi- |
Many |
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Oligo- |
Scanty deficiency Small amount Reduced |
Oliguria - small production of urine |
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Ortho- |
Straight |
Opp of gay |
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Pachy- |
Thick |
Pachyderma- thickening of the skin |
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Pan- |
All |
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Para |
Alongside |
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Peri- |
Around |
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Polio- |
Grey |
Poliomylitis- viral infection of the central portion (grey matter) of the spine. |
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Poly- |
Many Large amounts Excessive |
Polyradiculitis- inflammation of some or all of the peripheral nerves. |
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Post- |
After |
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Pre- / pro |
Before |
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Quadri- |
Four |
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Retro- |
Backwards |
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Sclero- |
Hard |
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Semi- |
Half |
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Steno- |
Narrow |
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Sub- |
Below Beneath |
Subcranial - beneath the cranium skull. |
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Super- / supra |
Above |
Suprarenal- above the kidney |
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Syn |
With / together / union |
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Tachy |
Rapid/fast |
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Trans- |
Across |
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Meso- |
Middle |
Mesocolon |
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Spondylo- |
Vertebra or spinal column |
Spodylosis- Disease causing the vertebrae to crumble. |
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Intra- |
Inside |
Intradermal- inside the skin |
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Xantho- |
Yellow |
Xanthoma- yellow skin lesion associated with abnormal lipid metabolism |
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Xero- |
Dryness |
Xerosis- abnormal dryness of the conjunctiva, skin or mucous membrane |
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-en |
Inside |
Encephalomyelitis - inflammation inside the brain and spinal cord. |
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An- |
Without |
Analgesia- reduction in sensitivity to pain. |
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Cry- |
Cold |
Cryaesthesia- extreme sensitivity to cold. |
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Hydro- |
Water Watery fluid |
Hydrocephalus- excess cerebro- spinal fluid in the brain |
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En |
Inside |
Encephalography- technique for recording brain structure and activity |
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pseudo- |
False |
Pseudo-dementia- condition in which symptoms of dementia are caused by depression rather than brain disease. |
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Oligo- |
Reduced Scanty Deficiency Lack of |
Oligospermia- reduced number of sperm in semen |