Medical Terminology – Ch. 3 (Prefixes) – Flashcards
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pre-
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before
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prenatal
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pertaining to (the period) before birth
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peri-
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around
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perinatal
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pertaining to (the period) around birth
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perioperative
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pertaining to someone who is currently in surgery
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post-
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after
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postnatal
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pertaining to (the period) after birth
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postoperative
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pertaining to (the period) after surgery
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epi-
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above, upon
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epidermis
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above, upon the layer of skin
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epigastric
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pertaining to above the stomach
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hypo-
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under, below, deficient
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hypodermic
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pertaining to under the skin
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infra-
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under, below
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inframammary
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under the breast
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infrahepatic
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under the liver
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infracostal
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below the ribs
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sub-
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under, below
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sublingual
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under the tongue
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subnasal
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under the nose
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inter-
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between
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intercostal
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between the ribs
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intercostal muscles
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set of muscles in between the ribs
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post auricular
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behind the ears
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post nasal
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behind the nose
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pro-
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before, in front of
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prognosis
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knowing before
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precordial
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in front of the chest
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pre auricular
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in front of the ear
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retro-
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backwards, behind
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retrosternal
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behind the sternum
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retroversion
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turning backwards
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bi-
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two
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bilateral
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pertaining to two sides
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diplo-, dipl-
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double
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diplopia
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medical term for double vision
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diplobacterial
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bacteria linked together in pairs
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hemi-
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one half
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hemiplegia
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paralysis of one side of the body
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hyper-
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excessive, above normal
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hypercalcemia
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excessive calcium in the blood
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macro-
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large
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macrocytes
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large cells
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micro-
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small
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microcytes
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small cells
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microscope
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instrument for examining small (objects)
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mono-, uni-
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one
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monotherapy
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one treatment
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uninuclear
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pertaining to one nucleus
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multi-, poly-
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many, much
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multinodular
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many nodes
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multigravida
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woman who has been pregnant multiple times
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polyphobia
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fear of many things
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nulli-
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none
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nulligravida
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woman who has never been pregnant
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primi-
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first
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primigravida
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woman during her first pregnancy
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quadri-
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four
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quadriplegia
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paralysis of four limbs
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tri-
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three
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triceps
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three heads
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ab-
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from, away from
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abduction
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movement of a limb away from (an axis of) the body
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ad-
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toward
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adduction
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movement of a limb toward (an axis of) the body
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circum-
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around
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circumrenal
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pertaining to around the kidney
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circumcision
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removal of the skin around the male genitals
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periodontal
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pertaining to around a tooth
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dia-
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through, across
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diarrhea
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condition of abnormally frequency discharge or flow of fluid fecal matter from the bowel
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trans-
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through, across
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trasnvaginal
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pertaining to across or through the vagina
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transthoracic
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across or through the chest wall (thoracic cavity)
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ecto-
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outside, outwards
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exo-
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outside, outwards
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extra-
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outside, outwards
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ectogenous
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forming outside the body or structure
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exotropia
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turning outward (of one or both eyes)
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extracranial
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pertaining to outside the skull
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endo-
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in, within
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intra-
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in, within
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endocrine
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secrete within
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intramuscular
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within the muscle
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intradermal
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within the skin
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para-
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near, beside, beyond
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paranasal
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beside the nose
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super-
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upper, above
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superior
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pertaining to the upper part of a structure
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supra-
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above; excessive; superior
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suprarenal
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pertaining to above the kidney
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supraumbilical
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pertaining to above the belly button
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ultra-
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excess, beyond
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ultrasonic
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pertaining to sound beyond (that which can be heard by the human ear)
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a-
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without, not
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amastia
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without a breast
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an-
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without, not
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anesthesia
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without feeling
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anti-
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against
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antibacterial
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against bacteria
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contra-
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against
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contraception
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against conception or impregnation
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brady-
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slow
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bradycardia
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slow heart rate
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dys-
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bad, painful, difficult
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dystocia
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difficult childbirth
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dysuria
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painful urination
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eu-
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good, normal
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eupnea
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normal breathing
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euthyroid
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normal thyroid
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hetero-
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different
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heterosexual
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condition of being attracted to the opposite sex
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heterograft
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different transplant; also called heteroplasty or xenograft
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homo-
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same
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homograft
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same transplant; also called an allograft
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homeo-
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same
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homeoplasia
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formation of new tissue similar to that already existing in part
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mal-
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bad
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malnutrition
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bad nutrition
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pan-
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all
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panarthritis
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inflammation of all (or many) joints
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pancytopenia
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deficiency of all three cellular components of the blood (red cells, white cells, and platelets)
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pseudo-
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false
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pseudocyesis
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false pregnancy
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syn-
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together, joined, union
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syndactylism
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condition of joined fingers or toes
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tachy-
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rapid
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tachypnea
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rapid breathing
