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iatr/o
-iatry
A
medicine, physician
medical treatment
2
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medic/o
A
medicine, medical treatment
3
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therap/o
therapeut/o
-therapy
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treatment
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pharmac/o
pharmaceutic/o
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drugs, medicine
5
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diet/o
A
food
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chirurgic/o
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surgery
7
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log/o
-logy
A
word, speech
the study of
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nom/o
-nomy
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law, custom
knowledge/laws of
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physi/o
physic/o
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nature, growth, function
physical, natural
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techn/o
A
art, skill
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erg/o
-ergasia
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work, function
12
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san/o
sanit/o
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health
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hygien/o
hygiei/o
A
health
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anthrop/o
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human
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*hom/o
homin/o
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human
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idi/o
A
individual, distinct
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dem/o
A
people
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ethn/o
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race, culture
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*gen/o
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race, kind, hereditary, gene
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andr/o
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male, masculine, stamen of a flower
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viril/o
A
male, masculion
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gyn/o
gynec/o
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female, feminine, pistil of a flower
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femin/o
A
female, feminine
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*ped/o
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child
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pueril/o
child
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ger/o
geront/o
elderly, old age
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presby/o
elderly, old age
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sen/o
senil/o
elderly, old age
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gnos/o
gnost/o
-gnosia
-gnosis
-gnomy
knowledge, knowing
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eti/o
*aeti/o
cause
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esthesi/o
-esthesia
sensation, feeling
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morb/o
disease
33
nos/o
-nosis
disease
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path/o
-pathy
-path
disease, feeling, suffering
-path = one affect by a disease, one who treats a disease (osteopath)
35
mort/o
death
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thanat/o
-thanasia
death
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necr/o
dead body, dead
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febr/o
fever
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pyr/o
pyret/o
fever, fire
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hem/o
hemat/o
-emia
-hemia
blood
-emia = condition of blood
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poly-
many
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mult/i
many
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cal/o
calor/o
(calor)
heat, calorie
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rubr/o
(rubrum, rubor)
red, redness
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erythr/o
red, redness (red blood cells)
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tum/o
(tumor)
swelling, tumor, abnormall mass
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onc/o
-oncus
swelling, tumor, abnormal mass
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edemat/o
-edema
(edema)
swelling
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troph/o
-trophy
nourishment, growth
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tabet/o
(tabes)
wasting
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*cel/o
kel/o
-cele
hernia, protrusion
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cyt/o
cell
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cell/o
cellul/o
(cellula, cellulae)
cell
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cancer/o
(cancer)
cancer, crab
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carcin/o
cancer, crab
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mal/o
malign/o
bad, fault
malign- = cancerous, becoming worse
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kak/o
cac/o
bad, faulty
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phlog/o
(phlegmon, phlegmasia)
inflammation
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dolor/o
(dolor, dolores)
pain
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noc/o
noxi/o
pain
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alg/o
-algia
-algesia
pain, painful condition, sense of pain
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odyn/o
-odynia
pain, painful condition
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acu/o
acut/o
(acute)
needle, sharpness, pointed
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oxy/o
-oxia
sharpness, quick, acid, oxygen
-oxia = oxygen condition
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chron/o
time (prolonged)
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pur/o
purul/o
pus
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py/o
pus
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rhe/o
-rrhea
flow, a discharge
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-rrhexis
(rhexis)
a rupture
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-rrhagia
-rrhage
rupture with profuse discharge of a fluid (typically blood)
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rhagad/o
tear, fissure, cleft
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-penia
decrease, deficiency
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mega-
megal/o
-megaly
enlargement, large
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micr/o
small
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macr/o
large, long
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lys/o
-lysis
(lysis, lyses)
breakdown, dissolving
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malac/o
-malacia
soft, abnormal softening
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-ptosis
(ptosis, ptoses)
downward displacement, prolapse
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-ectasis
-extasia
(extasis, extases)
dilation, expansion
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schiz/o
-schisis
a splitting, a cleft
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stas/o
stat/o
-stasis
-stat
(stasis, stases)
a standing, stoppage, cause to stand
-stat = a device for stopping, ceasing something
82
poiet/o
-poiesis
to make, produce
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plast/o
-plast
-plasia
formed, molded
-plast = forming cell or organelle
-plasia = condition of formation, growth
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fac/o
fic/o
fact/o
fect/o
to make, cause
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gen/o
-gen
to become, be produced
86
graph/o
-graph
-graphy
writing, a device for an image or written record, or the record itself, process of recording, writing
87
grammat/o
-gram
something written or drawn, a record or image of something
88
*metr/o
-meter
-metry
measure, measurement
-meter = measuring instrument
-metry = the process of measuring something
89
-tomy
-ectomy
-tome
incision
excision
device for making an incision
90
-stomy
surgical creation of an opening (stoma)
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-plasty
surgical reconstruction
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-rrhaphy
surgical suturing
93
-pexy
surgical fixation
94
-tripsy
crushing
95
-scopy
-scope
examination, esp. with a device
-scope = a device for looking into a body part
96
-desis
(desis)
surgical binding, fusion
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-centesis
(centesis, centeses)
surgical puncture for aspiration
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-section
a cutting
99
-clasty
a surgical breaking
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-trypesis
a surgical boring
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tom/o
cut, a section
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stom/o
stomat/o
(stoma, stomata)
a mouth, an opening
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pex/o
-pexis
(pexis, pexes)
fixation, binding
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rhaph/o
rhaphid/o
(rhaphe, rhaphes)
seam, suture
r(h)aphid/o = needle, needle -like
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clast/o
-clast
-clasis
-clasia
broken, breaking, a breaker of things, a breaking of something
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scop/o
to view
107
sect/o
sec/o
cut, a section
108
cis/o
-cide
kill, cut
109
tript/o
(tripsis, tripses)
crushing, grinding
110
trepan/o
trephin/o
trypan/o
borer, drilling
trypan- = borer; a genus of parasitic protozoa called trypanosomes
111
c/o
complanes of
112
WDWN
well developed and well nourished
113
CP
chest pain
114
WNL
within normal limits
115
Hx
history
116
Sx
symptoms
117
R/O
rule out (meaning that this needs to be determined)
118
D/C
discharge, discontinue
119
CC
chief complaint
120
SOB
shortness of breath
121
RRR
regular rate and rhythm
122
T
temperature
123
R
respiration
124
ETOH
alcohol
125
NKDA
no known drug allergies
126
hen/o
one
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mon/o
one, alone
128
dy/o
two, a pair
129
tri/o
three
130
tetr/a
four
131
pent/a
five
132
hex/a
six
133
hept/a
seven
134
okt/a
oct/a
eight
135
enne/a
nined
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ec/a
ten
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hendec/a
eleven
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dodec/a
twelve
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hecat/o
hect/o
one hundred
140
chili/o
kil/o
one thousand
141
myri/o
ten thousand, inumerable
142
prot/o
first
143
deuter/o
second
144
trit/o
third
145
tetart/o
fourth, one-fourth
146
bis-
two times, two
147
tris-
ter-
three times, three
148
tetrakis-
four times, four
149
un/i
one
150
du/o
two
151
tri-
three
152
quadr/i
four
153
quinqu/e
five
154
sex/a
six
155
sept/i
seven
156
oct/o
eight
157
nov/i
nine
158
dec/a
ten
159
cent/o
one hundred
160
mill/i
one thousand
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prim/i
first
162
secund/i
second
163
terti/a
thrird
164
quart/a
fourth
165
quint/a
fifth
166
sext/i
sixth
167
septim/a
seventh
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octav/a
eighth
169
non/a
ninth
170
decim/o
tenth
171
hydr/o
water, liquid, hydrogen
172
heli/o
sun, helium
173
lith/o
stone, lithium
174
nitr/o
nitrogenous
175
ox/o
oxygen
176
neon/o
ne/o
neon
new, recent
177
phosph/o
phosphorus
178
chlor/o
green, chlorine
179
chromi/o
chrom/o
chromat/o
chromium, color
180
seleni/o
selen/o
selenium, moon, crescent-shaped
181
brom/o
foul-smelling, bromine
182
crypt/o
krypt/o
hidden, covered, krypton
183
rhod/o
rose, red, rhodium
184
xen/o
foreign, strange, xenon
185
bar/o
bary/o
weigh, pressure
heavy, dull
186
osm/o
odor, smell, osmium
187
thall/o
young branch, shoot, simple plants ( i.e. fungi, lichens, algae, thallium
188
aktin/o
actin/o
ray, ray-like, radiation, actinium
189
carb/o
carbon, carbon dioxide
190
natri/o
natr/o
sodium
191
silic/o
silica, silicon
192
kali/o
kal/o
potassium
193
*calc/o
calcium, lime
194
ferr/o
iron
195
argent/o
silver
196
cupr/o
copper
197
stann/o
tin
198
*aur/o
gold
199
hydrargyr/o
mercury
200
hedr/o
side
201
mer/o
-mer
-mere
part, partial
202
goni/o
gon/o
-gon
angle
203
erg/o
-urgy
work
204
pyr/o
fire, fever
205
hygr/o
moisture, wet, humidity
206
therm/o
-therm
heat, temperature
207
calor/o
cal/o
heat, calorie
208
stoichi/o
element
209
xer/o
dry
210
ge/o
earth, land
211
aer/o
air
212
top/o
-tope
place
213
trop/o
-trope
turn, change
214
cis/o
-cide
cut, kill
215
trans-
across, through
216
cis-
on this side
217
sesqui-
one and a half
218
is/o
equal
219
hom/o
same
220
heter/o
different from, other
221
enanti/o
opposite
222
all/o
different, other, foreign
223
neutr/o
neither, natural
224
electr/o
electricity
225
hod/o
od/o
-ode
road, path, traveling
226
mol/o
molecul/o
mass, mole, molecule
227
val/o
strength
228
stere/o
solid, three-dimensional
229
PO
per os, through the mouth, orally
230
SL
sublingual
231
PR
per rectum, through the rectum
232
PV
per vaginam, through the vagina
233
ID
intradermal
234
IM
intramuscular
235
IV
intravenous
236
SC (sub-Q)
subcutaneous
237
ad
to, up to
238
ad lib
as desired
239
alt.h.
every other hour
240
a (with a line over)
ante, before
241
AC
ante cibum, before food
242
AM
before midday, morning
243
aq.
water
244
AD
auris dextra, right ear
245
AS
aursi sinistra left ear
246
AU
auris utraque, each ear
247
bis
twice
248
BID
bis in die, twice a day
249
d
day
250
et
and
251
HS
hour of sleep (at bedtime)
252
noc.
at night
253
NPO
nihil per os, nothing by mouth
254
OD
oculus dexter, right eye
255
OS
oculus sinister, left eye
256
OU
oculus uterque, each eye (both)
257
OM
omni mane, every morning
258
ON
omni nocte, every night
259
p
post, after
260
per
through
261
PC
post cibum, after meal
262
pm
after midday (afternoon)
263
PRN
pro re nata, as needed
264
q
every
265
q.d, q.2d
every day, every two days
266
q.i.d
four times a day
267
Rx
recipe, prescription
268
s (with a line)
without
269
ss (with a line)
semis, one half
270
S, Sig.
signa, indicate (on label)
271
stat.
immediately
272
t.i.d.
ter in die, three times a day
273
ut dict.; u.d
un dictum, as directed
