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Kim Med Term 2
Med Term 2
Term | Definition |
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hedon/o | pleasure |
hem/o | blood |
hemangi/o | blood vessel |
hemat/o | blood |
hemi- | half |
hemorrhoid/o | hemorrhoid |
hepat/o | liver |
herni/o | hernia |
heter/o | different |
hiat/o | an opening |
hidr/o | sweat |
hidraden/o | sudoriferous gland (sweat gland) |
hil/o | hilum |
hist/o | tissue |
home/o | same |
homo- | same |
humer/o | humerus (upper arm bone) |
humor/o | liquid |
hydr/o | water, fluid |
hymen | hymen |
hyper- | excessive, above |
hypo- | deficient, below, under |
hypophys/o | hypophysis, pituitary |
hyster/o | uterus |
-i | noun ending |
-ia | condition, state of |
-iac | pertaining to |
-iasis | condition, presence of |
iatr/o | treatment |
-iatric | pertaining to treatment |
-iatrician | one who specializes in treatment |
-iatrist | one who specialized in treatment |
-iatry | process of treatment |
-ic | pertaining to |
ichthy/o | fishlike |
-ician | one who studies |
-icle | small, tiny |
-id | pertaining to |
idi/o | unique, unknown |
-ile | pertaining to |
ile/o | ileum (third part of small intestine) |
ili/o | ilium (superior, widest pelvic bone) |
immun/o | safety, protection |
-in | substance |
in- | in, not |
-ine | pertaining to |
infer/o | downward |
infra- | down |
inguin/o | groin |
insulin/o | insulin |
inter- | between |
insterstit/o | space between |
intestin/o | intestine |
intra- | within |
-ion | process of |
-ior | pertaining to |
ipsi- | same |
ir/o | iris |
irid/o | iris |
-is | structure, thing, noun ending |
is/o | equal |
isch/o | hold back, suppress |
ischi/o | ischium (lower part of pelvic bone) |
-ism | condition, state of |
-ist | one who specializes |
-itis | inflammation |
-itic | pertaining to |
-ium | structure, membrane |
-ive | pertaining to |
-ization | process of |
-jejun/o | second part of small intestine (jejunum) |
kal/i | potassium |
kary/o | nucleus |
kathis/o | sitting |
kerat/o | hard, horny, cornea |
ket/o | ketone |
keton/o | ketone |
-kine | movement |
kinesi/o | movement |
-kinin | movement substance |
klept/o | to steal, stealing |
kyph/o | roundback |
labi/o | lips, labia |
labyrinth/o | labyrinth (inner ear) |
lacrim/o | tear |
lact/o | milk |
-lalia | condition of babbling |
lamin/o | lamina, thin plate |
lapar/o | abdomen |
-lapse | falling, dropping, prolapse |
laryng/o | larynx (voice box) |
later/o | side |
lei/o | smooth |
leiomy/o | smooth muscle |
-lepsy | seizure |
leuk/o | white |
leukocyt/o | white blood cell |
levo- | left |
lex/o | word, speech |
ligament/o | ligament |
ligat/o | to tie, tying |
lingu/o | tongue |
lip/o | fat |
lipid/o | lipid, fat |
-listhesis | slipping |
lith/o | stone, calculus |
-lithotomy | removal of stone |
lob/o | lobe, section |
lobul/o | small lobe |
log/o | study of |
-logist | one who specializes in the study of |
-logy | study of |
long/o | long |
lord/o | swayback |
lumb/o | lower back |
lumin/o | lumen (space within vessel) |
lymph/o | lymph |
lymphaden/o | lymph gland/node |
lumphangi/o | lymph vessel |
lymphat/o | lymph |
lys/o | break down, dissolve |
-lysis | breaking down, dissolving, loosening, freeing from adhesions |
-lytic | pertaining to breaking down |
macro- | large |
macul/o | macula, macule, macula lutea, spot |
mal- | bad, poor |
-malacia | condition of softening |
malle/o | malleus, hammer |
malleol/o | distal process lower leg, little malleolus |
mamm/o | breast |
man/o | scanty pressure |
mandibul/o | lower jaw |
-mania | condition of madness |
man/u | hand |
mast/o | breast |
mastoid/o | mastoid process |
maxill/o | maxilla (upper jaw bone) |
meat/o | meatus (opening) |
medi/o | middle |
mediastin/o | mediastinum (space between lungs) |
medull/o | medulla, inner portion |
-megaly | enlargement |
melan/o | black, dark |
men/o | menstruation, menses |
mening/o | meninges |
meningi/o | meninges |
menisc/o | meniscus, crescent |
menstru/o | menstruation |
ment/o | mind, chin |
meso- | middle |
meta- | beyond, change |
metacarp/o | metacarpal(hand bone) |
metatars/o | metatarsal (foot bone) |
-meter | instrument to measure |
metr/o | uterus |
metri/o | uterus |
-metry | process of measurement |
micro- | small |