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LUCON
unit one medical terminology
Term | Definition |
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basic word structure | root, suffix, prefix, combining vowel, combining form |
combining form aden/o | gland |
combining form arthr/o | joint |
combining form bi/o | life |
combining form carcin/o | cancer |
combining form cardi/o | heart |
combining form cephal/o | head |
combining form cerebr/o | cerebrum |
combining form cyt/o | cell |
combining form derm/o | skin |
combining form electr/o | electricity |
combining form encephal/o | brain |
combining form enter/o | intestines |
combining form erythr/o | red |
combining form gastr/o | stomach |
combining form gnos/o | knowledge |
combining form gynec/o | women / female |
combining form hem/o & hemat/o | blood |
combining form hepat/o | liver |
combining form lapar/o | abdomen |
combining form leuk/o | white |
combining form nephr/o | kidney |
combining form neur/o | nerve |
combining form onc/o | tumor |
combining form ophthalm/o | eye |
combining form oste/o | bone |
combining form path/o | disease |
combining form psych/o | mind |
combining form ren/o | kidney |
combining form rhin/o | nose |
combining form sarc/o | flesh |
combining form thromb/o | clotting |
suffixes -al | pertaining to |
suffixes - algia | pain |
suffixes - cyte | cell |
suffixes - ectomy | removal |
suffixes - emia | blood circulation |
suffixes - globin | protein |
suffixes - gram | record |
suffixes - ia | condition |
suffixes - ic | pertaining to |
suffixes - ism | condition, process |
suffixes - itis | inflammation |
suffixes - logist | specalist in the study of ... |
suffixes - logy | study of |
suffixes - oma | tumor, mass |
suffixes - opsy | to view |
suffixes - osis | ambnormal condition |
suffixes - scope | instrument to visually examine |
suffixes - scopy | process of visual examination |
suffixes - sis | state of |
suffixes - tomy | cutting into |
prefixes a-, an- | no, not |
prefixes aut- | self |
prefixes dia- | complete, through |
prefixes dys- | bad, painfull, abnormal |
prefixes endo- | within |
prefixes exo- | outside |
prefixes hyper- | excessive |
prefixes hypo- | below/ less than |
prefixes peri- | surrounding |
prefixes pro- | before |
prefixes re- | back |
prefixes retro- | behind |
prefixes sub- | below |
prefixes trans- | across, through |
(study of) cardiology | heart |
(study of) dermatology | skin |
(study of) endocrinology | endocrine glands |
(study of) gastroenterology | lower GI |
(study of) gynecology | women |
(study of) hematology | blood |
(study of) neurology | central nervous system and peripheral nervous system |
(study of) oncology | tumors |
(study of)ophthalmology | eye |
(study of) pathology | disease |
(study of) psychology | mind |
(study of) rheumatology | joints |