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A- |
no, not, without |
acholia -lack or avsence of bile secretion |
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AN- |
no, not, without |
analgesic -relieving pain |
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ANA- |
up, apart |
anabasis- the stage of increase in a disease |
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ANTI- |
against |
antibody - immune body that fights foreign substances |
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AUTO- |
self |
autonomic- not subject to voluntary control |
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BI- |
2 |
Bilateral- pertaining to both sides |
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BRADY- |
deficient, under |
bradycardia- abnormally slow heartbeat |
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Chloro- |
green |
chloroma- malignant, green-colored tumor |
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Chromo- |
color |
chromohidrosis- secretion of color and sweat |
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Co- |
with, together |
cohort- a group with a characteristic acquired at the same time |
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Com- |
with/ together |
communicability (ability to spread from infected to susceptible hosts) |
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Con- |
with/ together |
contagious - capable of being transmited from host to host |
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Cyano- (sai-uh-now) |
blue---Relating to the color blue especially dark blue |
cyanosis- bluish skin and mucosal discoloration |
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De- |
down, lack of |
DEhydration - lack of water |
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Deci- |
one-tenth |
decililter -one-tenth of a litter |
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Di- |
2 |
diataxia- affecttting botth sides of tthe body |
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Dia- |
through, bettween, apart, across, completely |
diarrhea - rapid movement of fecal matter through tthe inttestine |
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DYS- |
bad, painful |
Dysphagia- difficultu in swallowing |
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Erythro- |
Red |
Erythocyte- red blood cell |
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Hemi- |
half |
hemihypotonia-dminished muscle tone on one side of the body |
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Hexa- |
6 |
Hexavitamin- preparation of 6 vitamins |
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Hyper- |
excessive, above |
hypertension - persistently high blood pressure |
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Leuko- |
white |
leukoencephalitis - inflammation of white brain substance |
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Hypo- |
below, deficientt |
hypoglycemia- abnormally low level of sugar in tthe blood |
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Hypo- |
below, deficient |
Hypoglycemia- abnormally low level of sugar in the blood |
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Leuko- |
white |
leukoencephalitis- inflammation of white brain substance |
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Macro- |
Large - |
Macroglossia- excessive size of the ttongue |
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Mal- |
Bad |
Malignant-tending to worsen and cause death |
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Melano- |
black |
Melanotrichia- abnotrmal increased pigmentation of the hair |
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Meta- |
Change, beyond |
metamorphosis- change of structure or shape |