Flashcards in Chapter 1 - Into to Med Terms Deck (53)
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Ab-
Away from
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Dys-
Difficult, painful, bad
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Endo-
Within or inside
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Hyper-
elevated or more than normal
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Poly-
many
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Pre-
before
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Sub-
below, under, less
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A-
without or no
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An-
without or no
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Ad-
toward
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Anti-
against
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Trans-
across
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Ultra-
above, increased, more than normal
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Eu-
good, easy, normal
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Ex- or Exo-
without, out of, outside, or away from
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Ecto-
outside
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Hypo-
depressed or less than normal
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Intra-
within
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Oligo-
scant or little
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Post-
after
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Super- or Supra-
above, beyond, or excessive
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Epi-
upper
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Extra-
outside
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Infra-
below or beneath
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Inter-
between
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Per-
throughout
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Meta-
beyond
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-ac, -al, -an, -ar, -ary, -eal, -ic, -ine, -ous, -tic
pertaining to
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-ectomy
surgical removal
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-pexy
suture to stabilize
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-plasty
surgical repair
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-stomy
surgically created opening
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-tomy
cutting into
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-centesis
surgical puncture to remove gas or fluid
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-gram
record of
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-graph
instrument that records
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-graphy
procedure that records
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-lysis
separation or breakdown
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-scope
instrument to visually examine
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-scopy
procedure to visually examine
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-therapy
treatment
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-rrhagia or -rrhage
bursting forth ex: hemerrage
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-rrhaphy
to suture
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-rrhea
flow, discharge ex: diarrhea
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-rrhexis
rupture
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-algia or -dynia
pain
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-itis
inflammation
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-malacia
abnormal softening
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-megaly
enlargement
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-osis
abnormal condition
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-pathy
disease
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-sclerosis
abnormal hardening
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