BI 241: Medical Terminology (A-L)

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“a”
not, without
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“ab”
off, from, away
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“acromi”
point of the shoulder blade
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“acu”
a needle
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“ad”
to, toward
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“adipo”
fat
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“aesthes”
sensation, perception
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“alb”
white
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“amput”
cut off, cut away
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“an”
without
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“anti”
opposite of, against
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“apex”
tip, extremity
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“aqua”
water
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“arthr”
joint
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“asthma”
gasping, panting
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“audi”
hearing
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“aur”
an ear
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“axilla”
armpit
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“benign”
good, friendly, kind
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“bi”
two, twice, double
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“brachi”
the arm
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“brachy” OR “bevi”
short
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“buccal”
cheek
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“caec”
blind
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“calcaneo”
heel
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“calx”
heel
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“capit”
head
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“carcinoma”
cancer
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“card”
the heart
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“carp”
the wrist
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“castr”
deprive of generative power
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“caud”
tail
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“cele”
a rupture, hernia, a tumor
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“cephal”
head
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“cer”
wax
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“cereb”
brain
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“cervic”
neck
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“chondr”
cartilage
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“chori”
a skin, membrane
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“circum”
around
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“cis”
on this side
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“cleid”
the clavicle
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“cnem”
part of the leg between the knee and ankle
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“cochl”
a snail
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“condyl”
a knuckle; knob
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“corn”
horn, horny
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“cost”
rib
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“cox”
hip
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“crani”
the skull
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“crist”
crest
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“crur”
the leg
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“cryo”
cold
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“cuspi”
a point
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“cuti”
skin
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“cyan”
blue
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“cyst”
the bladder
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“cyt”
a cell
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“delt”
triangular
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“dorsi”
back
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“dur”
hard
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“dys”
bad, malicious, hard
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“ecto”
outside
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“ectop”
displaced, foreign
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“-ectomy”
cut out
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“edema”
swelling
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“eff”
out, away from
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“embol”
a wedge
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“-emia”
blood
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“-emesis”
vomit
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“encephal”
brain
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“endo”
within, inner
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“enter”
intestine
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“epi”
above
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“erythr”
red
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“esthesi”
sensation, preception
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“eu”
good, well
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“exo”
outside, out
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“fibul”
a clasp, buckle
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“fasci”
a bundle; a band
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“front”
the forehead
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“gangli”
a knot on a string
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“gast”
the stomach, belly
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“giganto”
gigantic
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“gingiv”
the gums
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“glen”
a pit; socket
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“glom”
a ball
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“gloss”
tongue
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“glut”
the rump
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“gomph”
a wedge-shaped bolt or nail
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“gyn”
a woman, female
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“hallu”
big toe
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“hem”
blood
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“hemi”
one-half
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“hepato”
liver
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“herni”
rupture
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“hist”
tissue
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“hummer”
shoulder
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“hyal”
glass, transparent
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“hyper”
excessive
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“hypo”
beneath, under