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05/11/2025
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Term
Brady-
 Definition
Slow
Term
Endo-
 Definition
inside, within
Term
Epi-
 Definition
upon, over, on top
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Hyper-
 Definition
excessive, above normal
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Hypo-
 Definition
under, below
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Peri-
 Definition
around
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Tachy-
 Definition
fast
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A-
 Definition
without
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An-
 Definition
without, not
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Dys-
 Definition
difficult, painful, abnormal
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Hemi-
 Definition
half
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In-
 Definition
not, inward
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Inter-
 Definition
between
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Intra-
 Definition
within, inside
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Pan-
 Definition
all, entire
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Para-
 Definition
beside, abnormal
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Poly-
 Definition
many
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Post-
 Definition
after
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Pre-
 Definition
before
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Sub-
 Definition
under, below
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Hyper-
 Definition
excessive, above normal
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-crasia
 Definition
a mixture or blending
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-emia
 Definition
blood condition
Term
-ectomy
 Definition
surgical removal
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-graphy
 Definition
process of recording
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-itis
 Definition
inflammation
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-lysis
 Definition
destruction, breakdown
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-megaly
 Definition
enlargement
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-osis
 Definition
abnormal condition
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-penia
 Definition
deficiency
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-plasty
 Definition
surgical repair
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-rrhage
 Definition
bursting forth, excessive flow
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-stasis
 Definition
stopping, controlling
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-cytosis
 Definition
condition of cells
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-algia
 Definition
pain
Term
-cele
 Definition
hernia, swelling
Term
-cyte
 Definition
cell
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-ectomy
 Definition
surgical removal
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-genic
 Definition
producing, originating, causing
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-gram
 Definition
record or image
Term
-graph
 Definition
instrument used to record
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-graphy
 Definition
process of recording
Term
-iatrist
 Definition
specialist in treatment
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-iatry
 Definition
field of medicine, treatment
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-itis
 Definition
inflammation
Term
-lepsy
 Definition
seizure
Term
-logist
 Definition
specialist in a field of study
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-malacia
 Definition
abnormal softening
Term
-oid
 Definition
resembling or like
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-oma
 Definition
tumor, swelling
Term
-pathy
 Definition
disease
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-phobia
 Definition
fear
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-rrhaphy
 Definition
suturing or stitching
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-tomy
 Definition
surgical incision
Term
-tropic
 Definition
having a affinity for, influencing
Term
-esthesia
 Definition
sensation or perception
Term
Angi/o
 Definition
vessel
Term
Aort/o
 Definition
aorta
Term
Arteri/o
 Definition
artery
Term
Ather/o
 Definition
fatty plaque
Term
Capillar/o
 Definition
capillaries
Term
Cardi/o
 Definition
heart
Term
Chrom/o,chromat/o
 Definition
color
Term
Erythr/o
 Definition
red
Term
Hem/o
 Definition
blood
Term
Isch/o
 Definition
restriction, deficiency
Term
Leuk/o
 Definition
white
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My/o
 Definition
muscle
Term
Phleb/o
 Definition
vein
Term
Scler/o
 Definition
hardening
Term
Sten/o
 Definition
narrowing
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Thromb/o
 Definition
clot
Term
Valvul/o
 Definition
valve
Term
Vas/o
 Definition
vessel
Term
Ven/o
 Definition
vein
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Alges/o
 Definition
sensitivity to pain
Term
Cephal/o
 Definition
head
Term
Cerebr/o
 Definition
brain, cerebrum
Term
Cerebell/o
 Definition
cerebellum
Term
Concuss/o
 Definition
to shake violently
Term
Crani/o
 Definition
skull
Term
Dur/o
 Definition
dura mater
Term
Encephal/o
 Definition
brain
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Esthesi/o
 Definition
sensation, feeling
Term
Gangli/o
 Definition
ganglion
Term
Hydr/o
 Definition
water, fluid
Term
Lob/o
 Definition
lobe
Term
Ment/o
 Definition
mind, chin
Term
Mening/o
 Definition
meninges
Term
Mon/o
 Definition
one, single
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Myel/o
 Definition
spinal cord, bone marrow
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Neur/o
 Definition
nerve
Term
Phas/o
 Definition
speech
Term
Poli/o
 Definition
gray matter
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Pont/o
 Definition
pons
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Psych/o
 Definition
mind
Term
Radic/o
 Definition
nerve root
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Vag/o
 Definition
vagus nerve
Term
A-fib
 Definition
(Atrial Fibrillation)
Term
AED
 Definition
automated external defibrillator
Term
CABG
 Definition
coronary artery bypass graft
Term
CAD
 Definition
Coronary Artery Disease
Term
Card cath, CC 
 Definition
Cardiac Catheterization
Term
CVI
 Definition
Chronic Venous Insufficiency
Term
EKG, ECG
 Definition
Electrocardiogram
Term
HTN
 Definition
HYPERTENSION
Term
ICD
 Definition
IMPANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR
Term
MI
 Definition
MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
Term
PAD
 Definition
PERIPHERAL ARTERY DISEASE
Term
PVD
 Definition
PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE
Term
TPA
 Definition
TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR
Term
TST
 Definition
TREADMILL STRESS TEST
Term
V-FIB
 Definition
VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION
Term
AD
 Definition
ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE
Term
ALS
 Definition
AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS
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ADHD
 Definition
ATTENTION DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER
Term
CP
 Definition
CEREBRAL PALSY
Term
CSF
 Definition
CEREBROSPINAL FLUID
Term
EEG
 Definition
ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM
Term
ICP
 Definition
INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE
Term
LOC
 Definition
LEVEL OF CONCIOUSNESS
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LP
 Definition
LUMBAR PUNCTURE
Term
MS
 Definition
MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS
Term
OCD
 Definition
OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER
Term
PTSD
 Definition
POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER
Term
Sz
 Definition
seizure
Term
TIA
 Definition
TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK
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