Language of Medicine 7th Edition - Chapter 1 Terminology
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| hemat/o | blood
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| -logy | study of
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| hepat/o | liver
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| -itis | inflammation of
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| -ilium | part of the pelvis (hip bone)
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| -ileum | part of the small intestine
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| urethra | tube leading from the urinary bladder to the outside of the body
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| ureter | one of two tubes each leading from a single kidney and inserting into the urinary bladder
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| root | foundation of the word
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| suffix | word ending
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| combining vowel | links the root to the suffix or the root to another root
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| electr/o | electricity
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| cardi/o | heart
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| -gram | record
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| gastr/o | stomach
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| enter/o | intestines (usually the small intestine)
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| combining form | the root plus the combining vowel
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| prefix | a small part that is attached to the beginning of a term
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| -ic | pertaining to
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| epi- | above, upon
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| aden/o | gland
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| -oma | tumor, mass, swelling
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| arthr/o | joint
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| bi/o | life
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| -opsy | process of viewing
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| carcin/o | cancerous, cancer
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| cephal/o | head
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| cerebr/o | cerebrum (largest part of the brain)
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| -al | pertaining to
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| cis/o | to cut
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| -ion | process
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| crin/o | secrete (to form and give off)
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| endo- | within
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| ex- | out
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| cyst/o | urinary bladder; a sac or a cyst (sac containg fluid)
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| -scopy | process of visually examining
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| cyt/o | cell
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| derm/o | skin
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| dermat/o | skin
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| encephal/o | brain
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| erythr/o | red
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| -cyte | cell
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| -ectomy | excision or removal
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| gnos/o | knowledge
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| dia- | through, complete
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| gynec/o | woman, female
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| hem/o | blood
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| -globin | protein
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| iatr/o | treatment
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| -genic | pertaining to producing, produced by, or produced in
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| leuk/o | white
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| nephr/o | kidney
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| neur/o | nerve
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| onc/o | tumor
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| opthalm/o | eye
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| -scope | instrument to visually examine
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| -ist | one who specializes in a field of medicine
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| oste/o | bone
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| path/o | disease condition
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| ped/o | child
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| psych/o | mind
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| radi/o | x-rays
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| ren/o | kidney
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| rhin/o | nose
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| sarc/o | flesh
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| sect/o | to cut
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| thromb/o | clot, clotting
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| -osis | condition, usually abnormal (slight increase in numbers when used with blood cells)
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| ur/o | urinary tract, urine
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| -al | pertaining to
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| -algia | pain
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| -emia | blood condition
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| -ical | pertaining to
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| -ion | process
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| -sis | state of
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| -tomy | process of cutting, incision
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| -y | process, condition
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| a- | no, not, without
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| an- | no, not, without
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| auto- | self
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| exo- | out
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| hyper- | excessive, above, more than normal
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| hypo- | deficient, below, under, less than normal
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| in- | into, in
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| peri- | surrounding, around
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| pro- | before, forward
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| re- | back, backward, again
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| retro- | behind
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| sub- | below, under
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| trans- | across, through
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