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Learning Terminology
Medical Terminology 3e Language for Health Care Text Book Chapter 1
Term | Definition |
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acanth(o) | Spiny; Thorny |
actin(o) | light |
aer(o) | air; gas |
alge, algesi, algio, algo | pain |
amyl(o) | starch |
andro | masculine |
athero | plaque; fatty substance |
bacill(i) | bacilli; bacteria |
bacteri(o) | bacteria |
bar(o) | weight; pressure |
bas(o), basi(o) | base |
bio | life |
blasto | immature cells |
cac(o) | bad; ill |
calc(o), calci(o) | calcium |
carcin(o) | cancer |
chem(o) | chemical |
chlor(o) | chloride, green |
chondrio, chondro | cartilage, grainy, gritty |
chore(o) | dance |
chrom, chromat, chromo | color |
chrono | time |
chyl(o) | chyle, a digestive juice |
chym(o) | chyme, semifluid production of chyme in the stomach |
cine(o) | movement |
coni(o) | dust |
crin(o) | secrete |
cry(o) | cold |
crypt(o) | hidden; obscure |
cyan(o) | blue |
cycl(o) | circle; cycle; ciliary body |
cyst(o), cysti | bladder,cyst, cystic duct |
cyt(o) | cell |
dextr(o) | right; toward the right |
dips(o) | thirst |
dors(o), dorsi | back |
dynamo | force; energy |
echo | reflected sound |
electr(o) | electricity; electric |
eosin(o) | red; rosy |
ergo | work |
erythr(o) | red; redness |
esthesio | sensation, perception |
ethmo | ethmoid bone |
etio | cause |
fibr(o) | fiber |
fluor(o) | light; luminous; fluorine |
fungi | fungus |
galact(o) | milk |
gen(o) | producing; being born |
gero, geront(o) | old age |
gluco | glucose |
glyco | sugars |
gonio | angle |
granulo | granular |
gyn(o), gyne, gyneco | women |
home(o), homo | same; constant |
hydr(o) | hydrogen, water |
hypn(o) | sleep |
iatr(o) | physician; treatment |
ichthy(o) | dry; scaly; fish |
idio | distinct; unknown |
immun(o) | safe; immune |
kal(i) | potassium |
karyo | nucleus |
ket(o), keton(o) | ketone; acetone |
kin(o), kine | movement |
kinesi(o), kineso | motion |
kyph(o) | humpback |
lact(o), lacti | milk |
latero | lateral, to one side |
lepto | light, frail, thin |
leuk(o) | white |
lip(o) | fat |
lith(o) | stone |
log(o) | speech, words, thought |
lys(o) | dissolution |
macr(o) | large; long |
medi(o) | middle; medial plane |
meg(a), megal(o) | large; million |
melan(o) | black; dark |
mes(o) | middle; median |
micr(o) | small; one-millionth; tiny |
mio | smaller; less |
morph(o) | structure; shape |
narco | sleep; numbness |
necr(o) | death; dying |
noct(i) | night |
normo | normal |
nucle(o) | nucleus |
nyct(o) | night |
oncho, onco | tumor |
orth(o) | straight; normal |
oxy | sharp; acute; oxygen |
pachy | thick |
path(o) | disease |
phago | eating; devouring; swelling |
pharmaco | drugs; medicine |
phon(o) | sound; voice; speech |
phot(o) | light |
physi, physio | physical; natural |
physo | air; gas; growing |
phyt(o) | plant |
plasma, plasmo | formative; plasma |
poikilo | varied; irregular |
pseud(o) | false |
pyo | pus |
pyreto | fever |
pyro | fever; fire; heat |
radio | radiation; x-ray; radius |
salping(o) | tube |
schisto | split |
schiz(o) | split; devision |
scler(o) | hardness; hardening |
scolio | crooked; bent |
scoto | darkness |
sidero | iron |
sito | food; grain |
somat(o) | body |
somn(o), somni | sleep |
sono | sound |
spasmo | spasm |
spher(o) | round; spherical |
spir(o) | breath; breathe |
squamo | scale; squamous |