Acc Medical Terminology - Chapter 1

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Cerebr/o

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Cerebrum (largest part of the brain)

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cis/o

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to cut

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crin/o

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to secrete (to form and give off)

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cyst/o

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urinary bladder; a sac or a cyst

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cyt/o

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cell

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derm/o

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skin

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dermat/o

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skin

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electr/o

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electricity

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encephala/o

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brain

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enter/o

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intestines (usually the small intestine)

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Erythr/o

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red

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gastr/o

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stomach

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glyc/o

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sugar

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gnos/o

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knowledge

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gynec/o

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women, female

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hemat/o

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blood

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hem/o

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blood

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hepat/o

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liver

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iatr/o

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treatment, physician

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leuk/o

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white

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log/o

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study of

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nephr/o

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kidney

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neur/o

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nerve

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onc/o

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tumor

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ophtham/o

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eye

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oste/o

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bone

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path/o

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disease

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ped/o

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child

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psych/o

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mind

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radi/o

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x-rays

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ren/o

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kidney

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rhin/o

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nose

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sarc/o

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flesh

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sect/o

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to cut

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thromb/o

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clot/clotting

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ur/o

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urinary tract, urine

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-ac

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pertaining to

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-al

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pertaining to

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-algia

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pain

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-cyte

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cell

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-ectomy

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excision, removal

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-emia

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blood condition

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-genic

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pertaining to producing, produced by, or produced in

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-globin

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protein

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-gram

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record

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-ical,

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pertaining to

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-ic

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pertaining to

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-ion

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process

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-ist

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specialist

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-itis

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inflammation

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-logy

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process of study

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-oma

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tumor, mass, swelling

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-opsy

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process of viewing

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-osis

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condition, usually abnormal (slight increase in numbers when used with blood cells)

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-pathy

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disease condition

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-scope

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instrument to physically examine

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-scopy

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process of visually examining

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-sis

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state of condition

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-tomy

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process of cutting, incision

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-y

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process, condition

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a-

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no, not, wihout

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an-

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no, not without

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aut-

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self, own

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auto-

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self, own

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dia-

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complete, through

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endo-

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within

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epi-

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above, upon

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ex-

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out, outward, outside of

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exo-

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out, outward, outside of

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hyper-

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excessive, above, more than normal

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hypo -

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deficient, below, under, less than normal

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in-

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into, in

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peri-

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surrounding, around

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pro-

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before, forward

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re-

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back, backward, again

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retro-

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behind

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sub-

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below, under

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trans-

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across, through