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08/21/2025
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Term
brady-
 Definition
slow
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endo-
 Definition
Inside
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epi-
 Definition
upon, over,on top
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hyper-
 Definition
  • Meaning: Excessive, above normal
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hypo-
 Definition
  • Meaning: under or below
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peri-
 Definition
  • Meaning: 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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hyper-
 Definition
Excessive, above normal
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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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-crasia
 Definition
A mixture or blending (often used in relation to blood)
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-emia
 Definition
Blood condition
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-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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-osis
 Definition
Abnormal condition
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-penia
 Definition
  • : Deficiency
  • Example: Leukopenia
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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
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-algia
 Definition
pain
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cele
 Definition
 Hernia, swelling
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-cyte
 Definition
 Cell
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-ectomy
 Definition
Surgical removal
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-genic
 Definition
Producing, originating, or causing
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-gram
 Definition
 Record or image
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-graph
 Definition
instrument used to record
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-graphy
 Definition
: Process of recording
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-iatrist
 Definition
Specialist in treatment
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-iatry
 Definition
: Field of medicine, treatment
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-itis

 

 Definition

-itis

  • Meaning: Inflammation
Term
-lepsy
 Definition
: Seizure
Term

-logist

 

 Definition
Specialist in a field of study
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-malacia
 Definition
Abnormal softening
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-mania
 Definition
Madness or excessive preoccupation
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-oid
 Definition
 Resembling or like
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-oma
 Definition
: Tumor, swelling
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-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
Cutting or surgical incision
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-tropic
 Definition
Having an affinity for, influencing
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angi/o
 Definition
 Vessel (usually blood or lymph)
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aort/o

 

 Definition

aort/o

  • Meaning: Aorta
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arteri/o
 Definition
: Artery
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ather/o
 Definition
Fatty plaque
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capillar/o
 Definition
: Capillaries (the smallest blood vessels)
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cardi/o
 Definition
heart
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chrom/o, chromat/o
 Definition
Color
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erythr/o
 Definition
red
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hem/o, hemat/o
 Definition
blood
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isch/o
 Definition
restriction,  deficiency
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leuk/o

 

 Definition
white
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my/o
 Definition
muscle
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phleb/o
 Definition
vein
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scler/o
 Definition
hardening
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sten/o
 Definition
narrowing
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thromb/
 Definition
clot
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valvul/o
 Definition
valve
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vas/o

 

 Definition
vessel
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ven/o
 Definition
vein
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