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Vocabulary 3 - Medical Terms

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  1. poly
    many
  2. -phobia
    abnormal fear
  3. pro
    before
  4. viscer/o
    internal organs
  5. steat/o
    fat
  6. -stomy
    creation of an artificial opening
  7. phleb/o
    vein
  8. scoli/o
    crooked, curved
  9. supra
    above
  10. para
    beside
  11. -plasm
    growth, formation, substance
  12. tachy
    fast
  13. -rrhexis
    rupture
  14. path/o
    disease
  15. phot/o
    light
  16. xanth/o
    yellow
  17. -path/o
    disease
  18. -partum
    childbirth, labor
  19. -plasia
    condition or formation
  20. -sarcoma
    malignant tumor
  21. super/o
    above
  22. -scopy
    visual examination
  23. -phagia
    eating, swallowing
  24. proxim/o
    near
  25. xer/o
    dry
  26. -plasty
    surgical repair
  27. pseudo/o
    false
  28. -paresis
    slight paralysis
  29. -pepsia
    digestion
  30. -tomy
    cut into, incision
  31. uria
    urine
  32. -stasis
    control, stop
  33. somat/o
    body
  34. -rrhea
    flow, discharge
  35. pachy/o
    thick
  36. sub
    under, below
  37. post
    after
  38. poster/o
    back, behind
  39. peri
    surrounding
  40. -plegia
    paralysis
  41. -physis
    growth
  42. thermo
    heat
  43. uni
    one
  44. -sclerosis
    hardening
  45. pan
    all, total
  46. sarc/o
    flesh, connective tissue
  47. -stenosis
    constriction, narrowing
  48. trans
    through, across, behind
  49. -penia
    abnormal reduction in numbers
  50. -rrhagia
    rapid flow of blood
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Vocabulary 3 - Medical Terms
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Vocabulary 3 - Medical terms for Physical Examination and Health Assessment - Samford 2010
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