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This term means "without, not"
What is a-, an-
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This terms means "artery"
What is arteri/o
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This term means acid
What is acid/o
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This term means oxygen
What is ox/o
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The suffix for a specialist
What is -ist
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This terms means good, normal
What is eu-
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The meaning of this term is cancer
What is carcin/o
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This term means muscle
What is my/o
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This term means larynx, voice box
What is laryng/o
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The suffix for formation or growth
What is -plasm
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This term means new
What is neo-
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The medical term for incomplete, imperfect
What is atel/o
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The medical term for nose (2 synonyms)
What is nas/o, rhin/o
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The medical term for straight
What is orth/o
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This term means an involuntary contraction, twitching
What is -spasm
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A prefix meaning under, below, deficient (give both synonyms)
What is hyp-, hypo-
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The medical term for air, lung (2 synonyms)
What is pneum/o, pneumon/o
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This term means blood
What is hem/o
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This term means, "to breathe"
What is spir/o
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This term is the suffix for chest
What is -thorax
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This prefix describes things that are bad, painful and difficult.
What is dys-
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This term describes the flap that separates your larynx from your trachea
What is epiglott/o
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This term describes the sac-like membranes that surround your lungs.
What is pleur/o
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This term describes the portion of the respiratory tract after the nasal cavity but before the larynx. Also known as the throat.
What is pharyng/o
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This suffix for breathing
What is -pnea
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