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1
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inter

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between

2
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ultra

A

excessive

3
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anti

A

against

4
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a

A

without

5
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bi

A

two

6
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pre

A

before

7
Q

poly

A

many

8
Q

neo

A

new

9
Q

peri

A

around

10
Q

hyper

A

excessive

11
Q

plasty

A

surgical repair

12
Q

megaly

A

enlargment

13
Q

rrhagia

A

burst forth

14
Q

penia

A

reduction

15
Q

necr/o

A

death

16
Q

toxic/o

A

poison

17
Q

acr/o

A

extremity

18
Q

angi/o

A

vessel

19
Q

cyt/o

A

cell

20
Q

melan/o

A

black

21
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-cele

A

pouching, hernia

22
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-ecasis

A

expansion, dilation

23
Q

-emia

A

blood condition

24
Q

-iasis

A

formation or presence of

25
Q

-malacia

A

softening

26
Q

-oma

A

tumor

27
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-osis

A

condition or increase

28
Q

-phil, -philia

A

attraction for

29
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-plasia

A

formation of

30
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-ptosis

A

falling, dropping

31
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-rrhage

A

bursting forth

32
Q

-rrhexis

A

rupture

33
Q

-algia, -dynia

A

pain

34
Q

-genic, -genesis

A

origin, production

35
Q

-lysis

A

breaking down

36
Q

-oid

A

resembling

37
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-penia

A

abnormal reduction

38
Q

-rrhea

A

discharge

39
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-spasm

A

involuntary contraction

40
Q

-centesis

A

surgical puncture

41
Q

-desis

A

binding

42
Q

-ectomy

A

excision

43
Q

-pexy

A

surgical fixation

44
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-plasty

A

surgical repair

45
Q

-rrhaphy

A

suture

46
Q

-tomy

A

incision

47
Q

-stomy

A

new incision

48
Q

-tripsy

A

crushing

49
Q

-ia, -ism

A

condition of

50
Q

-ium

A

structure or tissue

51
Q

-y

A

condition or process of

52
Q

-icle, -ole, -ula, -ule

A

small

53
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-ac, -al, -ar, -ary, -eal, -ic, -ical, -ous, -tic

A

pertaining to

54
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-gram

A

record

55
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-graph

A

instrument for recording

56
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-iatrics, -iatry

A

treatment

57
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-ist

A

one who specializes in

58
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-meter

A

instrument for measuring

59
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-metry

A

process of measuring

60
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-poiesis

A

formation

61
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-scope

A

instrument for examination

62
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-stasis

A

stop or standing still

63
Q

what is the point of the suffix

A

gives specific meaning by altering a root:

disease, surgical procedures, quantities, increase/decrease, direction

64
Q

what are the rules for building medical terms

A

1 a root word links a suffix that begins with a vowel. #2 A combing form (root+o) links a suffix that begins with a suffix. #3 A combining form links a root to another root to form compound word.

65
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four components of medical term is

A

root word, combining form, suffix, and prefix