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Medical Term	-tomy Copy
Meaning	act of cutting; incising, incision Copy
Origin	Greek -τομία Copy
Examples	Gastrotomy Copy

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Starting Letter	T
Suffix or Prefix	Suffix

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Meaning: childbirth
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Origin: Greek τόκος
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Examples: tocolytic
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Meaning: toxin, poison
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Origin: Greek τοξικόν
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Examples: Toxoplasmosis
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tox(i)-, tox(o)-, toxic(o)-

Meaning: pertaining to
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Origin: Greek -τικός
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Examples:
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Meaning: heat
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Origin: Ancient Greek θερμός (thermós)
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Examples: Hypothermia
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Meaning: Relating to a nipple
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Origin: Ancient Greek θηλή (thēlē), a teat, nipple
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Examples: Theleplasty, thelarche
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Meaning: eardrum
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Origin: Greek τύμπανον
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Examples: Tympanocentesis
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Meaning: pressure
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Origin: Latin
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Examples: Hypertension
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-tension, -tensive

Meaning: case, sheath
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Origin: Ancient Greek θήκη (thēkē)
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Examples: Intrathecal
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Meaning: crushing
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Origin: Greek τρίψις
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Examples: Lithotripsy
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Meaning: Relating to the neck
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Origin: Ancient Greek τράχηλος (tráchēlos), neck
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Examples: tracheloplasty
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Meaning: Denoting something as 'relating to a woman, feminine'
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Origin: Ancient Greek θῆλυς (thēlys), female, feminine
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Examples: Thelygenous
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Meaning: cutting instrument
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Origin: Greek τομή (tomē)
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Examples:
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Meaning: trachea
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Origin: Greek τραχεία
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Examples: Tracheotomy
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Meaning: Monster
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Origin: Ancient Greek teras(s) terata(pl)
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Examples: teratoma, teratogen
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Meaning: Relating to the upper chest, chest; the area above the breast and under the neck
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Origin: Latin (thōrāx) < Ancient Greek θώραξ (thōrax), chest, cuirass
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Examples: thoracic, thorax
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thorac(i)-, thorac(o)-, thoracico-

Meaning: rigid, tense
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Origin: Ancient Greek tetanos
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Examples: tetanus
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Meaning: Relating to a blood clot, clotting of blood
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Origin: Ancient Greek θρόμβος (thrómbos), lump, piece, clot of blood
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Examples: Thrombus, thrombocytopenia
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Meaning: treatment
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Origin: Ancient Greek (therapeía)
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Examples: hydrotherapy, therapeutic
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Meaning: thyroid
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Origin: Greek θυρεο-ειδής
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Examples:
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Meaning: place, topical
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Origin: Greek τόπος (topos)
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Examples: Topical anesthetic
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Meaning: twisted
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Origin: Latin tortus
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Examples: Torticollis
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Meaning: tension
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Origin: Greek -τονία
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Examples:
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Meaning: Relating to hair, hair-like structure
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Origin: Ancient Greek θρίξ, τριχ(ο)- (thríx, trich(o)-), hair
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Examples: Trichocyst
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trich(i)-, trichia, trich(o)-

Meaning: three
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Origin: Latin
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Examples: triangle, triceps
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Meaning: Denoting something as moving or situated across or through
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Origin: Latin trāns, "across, through"
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Examples: Transfusion
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Meaning: emotions
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Origin: Greek: "thymos", spirit, soul; courage; breath, mind, emotions
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Examples: dysthymia
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Meaning: nourishment, development
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Origin: Greek -τροφία, τροφή
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Examples: Pseudohypertrophy
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Meaning: tone, tension, pressure
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Origin: Greek τόνος (tonos)
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Examples:
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Meaning: Denoting something as fast, irregularly fast
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Origin: Ancient Greek ταχύς (tachys), fast, quickly
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Examples: tachycardia
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