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prenatal
pertaining to the period before birth
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perinatal
pertaining to the period around birth
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postnatal
pertaining to the pertiod after the birth
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epigastric
pertaining to above the stomach
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hypo
under, below, deficient
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hypodermic
pertaining to under the skin
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infracostal
below the ribs
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intercostal
between the ribs
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retroversion
- turning backwards
- retroversion refers to tipping backward of an organ (such as the uterus) from its normal position.
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bilateral
pertaining to two sides
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diplopia
- double vision
- -opia: vision
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diplobacterial
bacteria linked together in pairs
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hemiplegia
paralysis of one half of the body
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hyper-
excessive, above normal
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hypercalcemia
- excessive calcuim in the blood
- calc: calcium
- -emia: blood condition
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microcope
instrument for examining small objects
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monotherapy
one treatment
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uninuclear
- pertaining to one nucleus
- nucle: nucleus
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multigravida
- woman who has been pregnant more than once
- -gravida: pregnant women
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polyphobia
fear of many things
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primigravida
woman during her first pregnancy
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quadriplegia
paralysis of four limbs
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abduction
- movement of limb away from the body
- -duction: act of leading, bringing, conducting
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adduction
movement of limb toward the body
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circumrenal
pertaining to around the kidneys
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periodontal
- pertaining to around a tooth
- odont: teeth
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transvaginal
pertaining to across or through the vagina
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ectogenous
forming outside the body or structure
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exotropia
- turning outward (one or both eyes)
- -tropia: turning
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exracranial
outside the skull
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endocrine
- secrete within
- -crine: secrete
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intramuscular
within the muscle
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para-
near, beside, beyond
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paranasal
beside the nose
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superior
pertaining to the upper part of a struture
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supra-
above, excessive, superior
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suprarenal
pertaining to above the kidney
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ultrasonic
- pertaining to sound beyond (that which can be heard by the human ear)
- son: sound
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amastia
- without a breast
- mat: breast
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anesthesia
without feeling
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antibacterial
againgst bacteria
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contraception
against conception or impregnation
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bradycardia
slow heart rate
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dys-
bad, painful, difficult
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dystocia
difficult childbirth
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heterograft
- different trasplant (also called xenograft, trasplant tissue from another species)
- -graft: transplantation
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homograft
same transplant (also called an allograft, transplant for same species.)
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homeoplasia
formation of new tissue similar to that already existing in part
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malnutrition
bad nutrition
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panarthritis
inflammation of all or many joints
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pseudocyesis
- false pregnancy
- -cyesis: pregnancy
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syn-
- union, together, joined
- ( syn- appeas as sym- before b, p, ph, or m)
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syndactylism
condition of joined fingers or toes
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tachypnea
rapid breathing
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tachycardia
rapid heart rate
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