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5 Skills USA Medical Terminology
1.-logy: study of
2.-logist: specialist in the study of
3.viscer-: internal organs
4.-ous: pertaining to
5.peri-: around
6.cyt-: cell
7.ante-: before
8.intra-: within
9.bio-: life
10.path: disease
11.leuko-: white
12.Infarct: Area of dead tissue after a lack of blood supply
13.-penia: decrease, deficiency 1 / 2
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14.-iasis: abnormal condition
15.menarche: onset of menstruation
16.lith-: stone
17.inter-: between
18.dys-: bad, painful, difficult
19.anti-: against, opposing
20.hypo-: under
21.hyper-: over
22.adipose tissue: fat tissue
23.orthopnea: ability to breathe only in an upright position
24.pyloro-: pyloric sphincter
25.myo-: muscle
26.proximal: Closer to the point of attachment
27.distal: farther from the origin of a body part or the point of
attachment of a limb to the body trunk
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