ch. 2: basics of medical terminology

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44 Key Medical and English Prefixes
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28 Common Suffixes
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19 Surgical (Procedure) Suffixes
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47 Key Verbs
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50 Key Adjective Modifiers
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14 Color Prefixes
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13 Number Prefixes
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21 Measurement Prefixes
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20 Body Position Prefixes + 5 Negative Prefixes
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19 Body Directions
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33 Diagnosis and Symptoms Suffixes
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62 Body Parts (stem or root form)
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17 Skeletal System Internal Anatomy
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6 Muscular
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13 Nervous
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12 Circulatory
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9 Respiratory
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13 Skin/Integumentary + *3 Common Skin Lesions
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17 Di/gestive (two/separations)
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7 Urinary + 2 Early Anatomists
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9 Reproductive
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8 Endocrine
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6 Special Senses
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29 Head and Neck
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17 Body Trunk
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19 Body Extremities
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20 Body Fluids
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18 Body Substsances
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27 Miscellaneous Terms
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40 Health Professions
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Physical Examinations (PE)
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Important Reference Terms
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8 Important Clinical Medicine Terms
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