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Med Term Chapter 1 JMG
Learning Terminology
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Undergraduate 4
04/10/2009
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acanth(o)-
 Definition
Spiny, thorny
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actin(o)-
 Definition
light
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aer(o)
 Definition
air; gas
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alge, algesi, algio, algo
 Definition
pain
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amyl(o)
 Definition
starch
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andro
 Definition
masculine
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athero
 Definition
plaque, fatty substance
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bacill(i)
 Definition
bacilli, bacteria
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bacteri(o)
 Definition
bacteria
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bar(o)
 Definition
weight, pressure
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bas(o), basi(o)
 Definition
base (acid/base)
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bio-
 Definition
life
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blasto-
 Definition
immature cells
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cac(o)
 Definition
bad; ill
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calc(o), calci(o)
 Definition
calcium
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carcin(o)
 Definition
cancer
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chemo
 Definition
chemical
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chloro
 Definition
chlorine, green
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chondrio, chondro
 Definition
cartilage, grainy, gritty
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choreo
 Definition
dance
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chrom, chromat, chromo
 Definition
color
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chrono
 Definition
time
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chylo
 Definition
chyle, a digestive juice
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chymo
 Definition
chyme, a semifluid production of chyme in the stomach
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cineo
 Definition
movement
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conio
 Definition
dust
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crino
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secrete
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cryo
 Definition
cold
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crypto
 Definition
hidden, obscure
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cyano
 Definition
blue
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cyclo
 Definition
circle, cyclic, ciliary body
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cysto, cysti
 Definition
bladder, cyst, cystic duct
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cyto
 Definition
cell
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dextro
 Definition
right
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dipso
 Definition
thirst
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dorso, dorsi
 Definition
back
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dynamo
 Definition
force, energy
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echo
 Definition
reflected sound
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electro
 Definition
electricity, electric
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eosino
 Definition
red, rosy
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ergo
 Definition
work
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erythro
 Definition
red, redness
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esthesio
 Definition
sensation, perception
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ethmo
 Definition
of the ethmoid bone
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etio
 Definition
cause
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fibro
 Definition
fiber
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fluoro
 Definition
light, luminous, fluorine
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fungi
 Definition
fungus
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galacto
 Definition
milk
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geno
 Definition
producing, being born
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gero, geronto
 Definition
old age
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gluco
 Definition
glucose
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glyco
 Definition
sugar
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gonio
 Definition
angle
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granulo
 Definition
granular
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gyno, gyne, gyneco
 Definition
women
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homeo, homo
 Definition
same, constant
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hydro
 Definition
hydrogen, water
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hypno
 Definition
sleep
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iatro
 Definition
physician, treatment
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ichthyo
 Definition
dry, scaly, fish
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idio
 Definition
distinct, unknown
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immuno
 Definition
safe, immune
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kali
 Definition
potassium
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karyo
 Definition
nucleus
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keto, ketono
 Definition
ketone, acetone
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kino, kine
 Definition
movement
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kinesio, kineso
 Definition
motion
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kypho
 Definition
humpback
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lacto, lacti
 Definition
milk
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latero
 Definition
lateral, to one side
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lepto
 Definition
light, fragile, thin
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leuko
 Definition
white
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lipo
 Definition
fat
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litho
 Definition
stone
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logo
 Definition
speech, words, thought
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lyso
 Definition
dissolution
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macro
 Definition
large, long
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medio
 Definition
middle, medial plane
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mega megalo
 Definition
large, million
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melano
 Definition
black, dark
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meso
 Definition
middle, median
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micro
 Definition
small, one-millionth, tiny
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mio
 Definition
smaller, less
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morpho
 Definition
structure; shape
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narco
 Definition
sleep, numbness
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necro
 Definition
death, dying
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nocti
 Definition
night
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normo
 Definition
normal
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nucleo
 Definition
nucleus
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nycto
 Definition
night
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oncho, onco
 Definition
tumor
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ortho
 Definition
straight, normal
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oxy
 Definition
sharp, acute, oxygen
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pachy
 Definition
thick
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patho
 Definition
disease
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phago
 Definition
eating, devouring, swallowing
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pharmaco
 Definition
drugs, medicine
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phono
 Definition
sound, voice, speech
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photo
 Definition
light
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physi, physio
 Definition
physical, natural
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physo
 Definition
air, gas, growing
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phyto
 Definition
plant
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plasma, plasmo
 Definition
formative; plasma
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poikilo
 Definition
varied, irregular
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pseudo
 Definition
false
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pyo
 Definition
pus
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pyreto
 Definition
fever
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pyro
 Definition
fever; fire; heat
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radio
 Definition
radiation; x-ray, nucleus
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salpingo
 Definition
split
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schizo
 Definition
split, division
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sclero
 Definition
hardness, hardening
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scolio
 Definition
crooked, bent
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scoto
 Definition
darkness
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sidero
 Definition
iron
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sito
 Definition
food, grain
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somato
 Definition
body
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somno, somni
 Definition
sleep
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sono
 Definition
sound
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spasmo
 Definition
spasm
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sphero
 Definition
round, spherical
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spiro
 Definition
breath, breathe
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squamo
 Definition
scale squamous
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staphylo
 Definition
grape-like clusters
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steno
 Definition
narrowness
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stereo
 Definition
3D
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strepto
 Definition
twisted chains; streptococci
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stylo
 Definition
peg-shaped
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syringo
 Definition
tube
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telo, teleo
 Definition
distant, end, complete
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terato
 Definition
monster (i.e. malformed fetus)
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thermo
 Definition
heat
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tono
 Definition
tension; pressure
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topo
 Definition
place, topical
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toxi, toxico, toxo
 Definition
poison, toxin
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tropho
 Definition
food, nutrition
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vivi
 Definition
life
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xantho
 Definition
yello
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xeno
 Definition
stranger
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xero
 Definition
dry
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xipho
 Definition
sword, xiphoid
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zoo
 Definition
life
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zymo
 Definition
fermentation, enzyme
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