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basicmedicalterms

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swelling, accumulation of fluid   -edema ex) lymphedema ( swelling of the lymph nodes)  
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seperation, dissolving, looseling, destruction   -lysis ex) dyalisis (seperation of substances by passing through a membrane)  
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malacia   sofetening ex) splenomalacia = sofeting of the spleen (splen/o)  
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death of tissue   necrosis ex. osteonecrosis = death of the bone tissue  
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narrowing, constriction   stenosis anteriostenosis = narrowing of the artery  
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supression, stoppage   statis menostatis- supression of menstrual (men/o) flow  
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dilation, dilatation   expansion, widening vasodialation- widening of the vessels  
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dilation   ectasia, ectasis bronchiectasis- dilation of the bronchus (bronch/o)  
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spasm   sudden contraction, cramp bronchospasm- contraction of the bronchus  
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ptosis   drooping downward displacement, prolapse blepharoptosis - dropping of the eyelid ( blephar/0)  
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fissure, splitting   -schisis retinoschisis  
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pain   -odynia urodynia - pain of urination (ur/o)  
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pain   -algia, -algesia myalgia - pain in the muscle (my/o)  
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-megaly   enlargement cardiomegaly, hepatomegaly - enlargement of the liver (hepat/o)  
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-clasis, -clasia   breaking osteoclasis - breaking of the bone (oste/o)  
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tumor   -oma carcinoma, blastoma- tumor of the immature cells  
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any disease of   -pathy cardiopathy- any disease of the heart  
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-itis   inflamation arthritis- inflammation of the joints  
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-cele   hernia, localized dilation hydrocele- localized hernia containing fluid  
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-rhage, -rhagia   bursting forth, hemmorrhage, profuse flow hemorrhage- profuse flow of blood  
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flow , discharge   -rhea mucorrhea- discharge of the mucous  
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rupture   -rhexis amniorrhexis- rupture of the amniotic sac  
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-centesis   puncture , tap thoracentesis- puncture of the thorax ( chest)  
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crushing   -tripsy lithotripsy - crushing of a stone  
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plastic repair, plastic surgery, reconstruction   -plasty rhinoplasty- plastic surgery of the nose ( rhin/o)  
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surgical fixation   -plexy cystoplexy- surgical fixation of the bladder ( cyst/o)  
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-desis   binding, fusion pleurodesis- binding of the pleural membranes  
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excision, surgical removal   -ectomy hysterectomy- removal of the uterus (hyster/o)  
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-stomy   surgical creation of an opening -colostomy  
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surgical repair, suture   -rhapy herniorrhapy- surgical repair of the hernia  
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crushing   -tripsy lithotripsy  
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incision , cutting   -tomy trechotomy  
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-tome   instrument for incision, cutting microtome  
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before, infront of   pre- predisposing - leading towards a condition  
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before, infront of   pro- prodrome- symptom that precedes a disease  
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after, behind   post- postmenopausal- after menopause  
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before   ante- antenatal- before birth  
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around   peri- perivasucular - around the vessel  
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circum-   around circumoral- around the mouth  
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in, within   intra intrauterine  
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backward   retro- retroperitoneal- behind the peritoneum  
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above   supra- suprascapular  
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above, excess   super- supernumery  
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on, over   epi- epicardium, epithelium  
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outside   extra- extracellular  
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below   infra- infrapatellar  
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below,under   sub- subcutaneous- below theh skin  
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near, beside   juxta- juxtaposition- near or beside another structure  
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near beside behind   para- parasagittal- near or beside a sagittal plane  
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inter-   between intercostal  
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right   dextr/o dextrocardia  
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left   sinistr/o sinistrad- toward the left  
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yellow   xanth/0  
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middle   mes/o mesencephalon- midbrain  
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together   syn-sym- synapse- junction between two nerve cells  
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in, within   end/o endoscope- device for viewing the inside of a cavity or organ  
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ex/o   away from, outside excise- to cut out  
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out, outside   ec- ecto- ectoderm- outermost layer of the developing embryon  
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hyper-   over, excess, abnormally high, increased hyperventilation- excess breathing  
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hypo-   below, under, abnormally low, decreased hypotonic, hypoxia- decreased oxygen in the tissues  
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above, excess   super- supernumerary  
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all   pan- panacea- remedy that cures all ills  
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few, scanty   olig/o oligomenorrhea- scanty menstrual flow  
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equal, same   equi- equilateral- equal sides  
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equal, same   iso- isotonic, isograft  
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other, different , unequal   hetero- heterosexual- pertaining to opposite sex  
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eu-   true, easy normal, good euthanasia - easy death ( thanat/o)  
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homo- homeo-   same, unchanging homeostatis, homothermic  
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macro   large, abnormally large macrocyte-= large rbc  
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ab-   away from abduct  
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ad-   near, towards abduct  
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through   dia- dialysis- seperation of substance by passage through a membrane  
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through   trans- transfusion- introduction of blood into blood stream  
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through   per- percutaneous- through the skin  
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leuk/o   white, colorless -leukoplakia- white patches in the mouth  
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melan/o   black, dark melanin- dark pigment in skin  
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cyan/o   blue cyanosis- blue discoloration of the skin cuz of lack of oxygen  
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red   erythr/o erythorcyte- rbc  
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one   mono- monocular  
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one   unicellular  
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half, one side   hemi- hemidiaphragm  
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four   quadr/i- quadrant  
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four   tetra- tetrahedron  
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multi-   many multiple - many parts  
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many, much   poly- polysaccharide  
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three   tri- triplet, triangle  
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dipl/o   double diploid  
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half, partial   semi- semisolid  
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two, twice   di- dimorphous- 2 forms  
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two, twice   bi- bipolar  
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first   prim/i primitive- first in time  
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brady-   slow bradypnea, bradycardia  
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tachy   fast, rapid tachycardia  
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mal-   mad, poor malnutrition  
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thick   pachy- pachyemia- thick blood  
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dys-   abnormal, painful, difficult dysplasia- abnormal develop. of tissues  
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