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What does the prefix aero mean?

A

Air,gas,oxygen

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What is the prefix acro mean?

A

Extremities, to an extreme

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What does the prefix aniso mean?

A

Unequal, dissimilar

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What does the prefix ante mean?

A

Before , in time or place

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What does the prefix auto mean?

A

Self

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What does the prefix cryo mean?

A

Cold, freezing

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What does the prefix esthesio mean?

A

Feeling, to sense

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What does the prefix eu mean?

A

Good, easy, well

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What does the prefix hetero mean?

A

Other, another, different

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What does the prefix homeo mean?

A

Like, resembling, unchanging

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What does the prefix homo mean?

A

Same

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What does the prefix hydro mean?

A

Water

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What does the prefix inter mean?

A

Between

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What does the prefix intra mean?

A

Within, inside

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What does the prefix iso mean?

A

Alike, equal, same

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What does the prefix neo mean?

A

New

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What does the prefix noct mean?

A

Night

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What does the prefix nycto mean?

A

Darkness

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What does the prefix pan mean?

A

All, entire

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What does the prefix pre mean?

A

Before

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What does the prefix pro mean?

A

Before, in front of

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What does the prefix post mean?

A

After, behind, caudal to

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What does the prefix re mean?

A

Back, again, contrary, replace

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What does the prefix syn mean?

A

Together, union, in association

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What does the suffix capnia mean?

A

Carbon dioxide

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What does the suffix drome mean?

A

Course, conduction, running

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What does the suffix esthesia mean

A

Feeling, sensation

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What does the suffix gnos mean?

A

Knowledge, known

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What does the suffix natal mean?

A

Birth

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What does the suffix oid mean?

A

Alike, resembling, similar to

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What does the suffix oxia means?

A

Oxygen

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What does the suffix phobia mean?

A

Abnormal fear

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What does the suffix tension mean?

A

Stretching, straining

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What does the suffix therapy mean?

A

Treatment

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What does the suffix tonic mean?

A

Osmotic pressure

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What is acromegaly

A

Course enlargement of the extremities

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What is the aerophagia

A

Swallowing air

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What is amblyopia

A

Dim vision

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What is Anisocoria

A

Pupils of unequal diameter

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Antefebrile

A

Before onset of fever

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Autograft

A

Chance find of tissue from one part of the body to another

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cryosurgery

A

Surgery involving the freezing of tissue

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Esthesiogenic

A

Producing sensation

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Euphoria

A

Sense of well-being

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Heterochromia

A

Diversity of color

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Homeotransplant

A

Transplant or graft of tissue between individuals of the same species

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Homodont

A

having teeth of only one type

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Hydrocele

A

Circumscribed collection of fluid

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Intercostal

A

Between the ribs

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Intravenous

A

Inside the vein

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Isothermic

A

Having the same temperature

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Neogenesis

A

Formation of new tissue

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Nocturia

A

Frequent urination at night

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Panosteitis

A

Inflammation of all part of bone

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Phonation

A

Making sound or speaking

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Prepubertal

A

Before puberty

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Prolymphocyte

A

Developmental form of lymphocyte Blood cells

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Postnasal

A

Behind the nose

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Synostosis

A

Union between adjacent bones

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Tocology

A

Study of parturition, obstetrics

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Anacousia

A

Deafness

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Hypercapnia

A

Excessive carbon dioxide in the blood

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Syndrome

A

Collection of signs characterizing a disease

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Anesthesia

A

Lack of feeling or sensation

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Neonatal

A

Newly born

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Mucoid

A

Resembling mucus

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Diplopia

A

Double vision

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Anoxia

A

Lack of oxygen

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Nullipara

A

Never given birth to live offspring

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Aphonia

A

Not able to speak/make sound

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Cryotherapy

A

Therapeutic use of cold

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Hypertonic

A

More concentrated