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... spasm of the throat muscles . PARASITE , derived from the Greek , literally means taking food by the side of . Later it came to mean a eating at the table of another . Its derived INTERESTING DERIVATIONS OF SOME MEDICAL WORDS 49.
... spasm of the throat muscles . PARASITE , derived from the Greek , literally means taking food by the side of . Later it came to mean a eating at the table of another . Its derived INTERESTING DERIVATIONS OF SOME MEDICAL WORDS 49.
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... spasm , fit or convulsion . ” PATHOGNOMONIC ... PATH ( os ) , disease + GNOMON , 66 O . PERISTALSIS . PERI , around + STALSIS , contraction. a judge of . Def .: “ characteristic of a disease . " PENICILLIN .. . ( PENICILLUM - L ] a ...
... spasm , fit or convulsion . ” PATHOGNOMONIC ... PATH ( os ) , disease + GNOMON , 66 O . PERISTALSIS . PERI , around + STALSIS , contraction. a judge of . Def .: “ characteristic of a disease . " PENICILLIN .. . ( PENICILLUM - L ] a ...
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... SPASM .. .SPASM ( OS ) , drawing tight . Def .: " a sudden muscular contraction . " SPERMATIC ........ [ SPERMA - L ] , seed . Def .: " pertaining to semen . " SPHINCTER . .SPHIGKTER , that which binds tight . Def .: " a muscle ...
... SPASM .. .SPASM ( OS ) , drawing tight . Def .: " a sudden muscular contraction . " SPERMATIC ........ [ SPERMA - L ] , seed . Def .: " pertaining to semen . " SPHINCTER . .SPHIGKTER , that which binds tight . Def .: " a muscle ...
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COMMON ROOTS OR STEMS | 11 |
SOME COMMON DENTAL ROOTS | 22 |
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absence activity ACUTE adding aged American analysis ancient applied Association becomes bile blood Boards body bone CADUCEUS called carry cause cavity cells changed colon combining common condition confusing correct course CYTOPLASM definition derived describe diagnosis difficult disease Doctor edition Education elements ends English example expression fear fever form the term functional GENU GRAM Greek word head heart important indicating infection inflammation intestine ITIS Jersey kidney knowledge known language Latin literally means looking medical dictionary MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY medical terms medicine MICHIGAN mouth named NOMENCLATURE ODONT operating opposite ORAL organ original OSIS pain patient person physical physician plural position practice prefix present producing profession record referring respectively root SADISM sound specific STANDARD stomach structure student suffixes SURGERY symptoms SYNDROME syphilis teeth tion tissue treatment tumor ULCER urine usually various writing yellow