Medical & Scientific Terminology

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algesi/a

pain

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cardi/o

heart

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cephal/o

head

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cerebr/o

cerebrum ( largest part of brain)

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derm, dermat/o

skin

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ectom/y (suffix)

excision of an organ or gland

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encephal/o

brain

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enter/o

intestine

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erythr/o

red

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esthet-estheti-

perception, feeling, sensation

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gastr/o

stomach

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glyc/o

sugar

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hem/o or em/o

blood

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log/o

study, science

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megal/o

large, enlarged

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my/o

muscle

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oste/o

bone

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peps/i

digest

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pneum, pneumon, pneumat/o

lung, air

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seps/is or sept/i

pathogens or their toxins

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therm/o

heat

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thromb/o

clot, clotting

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ur/o

urinary tract/urine

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arteri/o

artery

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arthr/o

joint

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hepat/o

liver

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hyster/o

uterus

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lingu/o

tongue

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mamm/o

breast

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ot/o

ear

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path/o

disease

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a - (before consonant)

an - (before vowel)

without

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dys

bad, painful, difficult

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ecto

outside, outer

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endo

inside, inner

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epi

over, upon

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hyper

above, excessive, more than normal

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peri

around

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hypo

below, less than normal

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a

condtion, quality

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ia

condtion, quality

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ion

act of, process, state of

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is

condition, quantity, entity

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ism

condition

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ic

pertaining to

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al

pertaining to

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ac

pertaining to

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oid

resembling

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ist

one who specializes in, a practitioner

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it is

inflammation

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oma

tumor

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osis

abnormal condition

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us

condition, quality

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y

quality, state of

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aden/o

gland

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angl/o

vessel

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arteri/o

artery

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cardi/o

heart

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cerebr/o

cerebrum

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clavic/o, clavicul/o clavicl

collarbone

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coma

state of profound unconsciousness

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cost/o

rib

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crani/o

skull

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cutis

skin

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derm/a, dermat/o

skin

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duct

to lead, or a narrow vessel or channel

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ego

I (self)

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gloss/o

tongue

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hemat/o

blood

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infect

to invade by pathogenic agents

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mamm/o, mast/o

breast

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maxill/o

jaw

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nephr/o

kidney

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neur/o

nerve

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ophthalm/o

eye

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ot/o

ear

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patell/o

patella, knee cap

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pub/o

pubis

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sens

feeling

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trache/o

trachea

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vascular

diminutive (from Lat. vasculum = a small vessel, blood vessel)

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a-(an-)
without
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ab
from, away from
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ad
to, toward
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ante
before
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anti
against
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circum
around
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con
with, together with
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contra
against
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de
from, down
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dia
through
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dis
apart, free from
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dys
bad, painful, difficult
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echo
outsider, outer
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en
in, inside
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end
inside, inner
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epi
over, upon
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ex
from, out of, outside of
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extra
beyond, in addition
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hemi
half

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