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1
Q

meta-

A

change

2
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infra-

A

below, beneath

3
Q

pari-

A

all

4
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epi-

A

upon, above

5
Q

super-

A

excessive, more

6
Q

supra-

A

excessive, outside

7
Q

para-

A

along, beside

8
Q

per-

A

through

9
Q

bi-, di-

A

two

10
Q

ambi-

A

both

11
Q

a-, an-

A

without

12
Q

hypo-

A

less, decreased

13
Q

post-

A

after

14
Q

pre-

A

before

15
Q

re-

A

again, back

16
Q

retro-

A

backward, behind

17
Q

hemi-

A

half

18
Q

mega-

A

large

19
Q

micro-

A

small

20
Q

mono-

A

one

21
Q

multi-

A

many

22
Q

olig-

A

meager

23
Q

ultra-

A

excessive

24
Q

ab-

A

away, from

25
Q

ad-

A

toward

26
Q

anti-, contra-

A

against

27
Q

circum-, peri-

A

around

28
Q

de-

A

not, down

29
Q

dia-

A

across, through

30
Q

poly-

A

many

31
Q

quadra-, tetra-

A

four

32
Q

semi-

A

part

33
Q

-latric

A

treatment

34
Q

-rrhaphy

A

suturing

35
Q

-tripsy

A

crushing

36
Q

-lysis

A

death/breakdown

37
Q

eu-

A

normal

38
Q

enter(o)-

A

intestine

39
Q

-stomy, -ostomy

A

surgical creation of an opening

40
Q

-tomy

A

incision/cut

41
Q

-pnea

A

breathing

42
Q

-plasty

A

repair

43
Q

thromb-

A

blood clot

44
Q

hepat(o)-

A

liver

45
Q

colo-

A

colon/large intenstine

46
Q

inter-

A

between

47
Q

-meter

A

measure

48
Q

-metry

A

process of measuring

49
Q

-rrhythmia

A

rhythm

50
Q

-systole

A

contraction of the heart

51
Q

-gram, -graph

A

record

52
Q

-plegia

A

paralysis

53
Q

-oma

A

tumor

54
Q

-emia

A

of the blood

55
Q

corp-

A

body

56
Q

cost-

A

ribs

57
Q

-scopy

A

process of viewing w/ an instrument

58
Q

ur-

A

urine

59
Q

ren-

A

kidney

60
Q

vascul-, angi-

A

blood vessels

61
Q

trans-

A

across

62
Q

extra-

A

outside

63
Q

endo, intra

A

within

64
Q

ileo-

A

small intenstine

65
Q

pneum-, pleur-

A

lung

66
Q

thorac-

A

chest

67
Q

oto-

A

ear

68
Q

opthalm-, oculo-

A

eye

69
Q

crani-

A

skull

70
Q

tympan-

A

eardrum

71
Q

rhin-

A

nose

72
Q

ven-, phleb-

A

veins

73
Q

derm-

A

skin

74
Q

-graphy

A

process of recording

75
Q

hyper-

A

high

76
Q

tri-

A

three

77
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tachy-

A

fast

78
Q

mal-

A

bad

79
Q

dys-

A

not working properly

80
Q

electro-

A

using electricity

81
Q

echo-

A

using ultrasonic waves

82
Q

-pathy

A

disease

83
Q

-itis

A

inflammation of

84
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-ectomy

A

removal

85
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-scope

A

instrument for viewing

86
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-brady

A

slow

87
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cardi-

A

heart

88
Q

gastr-

A

stomach

89
Q

hemat, hem-

A

blood

90
Q

skelet-

A

skeleton

91
Q

neur-

A

nerve

92
Q

nephr-

A

kidney

93
Q

oste-

A

bone

94
Q

muscul-, myo-, sarco-

A

muscles

95
Q

-ia, -ism

A

condition/process

96
Q

-osis, -y

A

condition/process

97
Q

-ar, -ac, -ic

A

related to

98
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-oid, -ous, -tic

A

related to