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Medical Terminology
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Term | Definition |
---|---|
GASTR- | STOMACH |
CARDI- | HEART |
MEGAL- | ENLARGEMENT |
-ITIS | INFLAMMATION |
DERMAT- DERM- | SKIN |
PLAST- | PLASTIC/SURGICAL REPAIR |
CEREBR- | BRAIN |
PATH- | DISEASE |
-ECTOMY | SURGICAL REMOVAL |
ENTER- | INTESTINES |
-OSIS | CONDITION |
-OTOMY | CUT INTO |
ADEN- | GLAND |
ANGI- | VESSEL |
OMA | TUMOR |
NEPHR | KIDNEY |
HEPAT | LIVER |
ARTHR | JOINTS |
BLEPHAR | EYELID |
OLOGIST | SPECIALIST IN THE STUDY OF |
RHIN | NOSE |
GINGIV | GUM |
MALACIA | SOFTNESS |
OLOGY | STUDY OF |
SPASM | INVOLUNTARY CONTRACTION |
ALGIA | PAIN |
CRANI | SKULL |
END | INSIDE, WITHIN |
HEMI | HALF |
OID | LIKE |
HYPER | ABOVE, MORE THAN NORMAL |
CYST | SAC CONTAINING FLUID |
CHOLE | BILE |
HYPO | UNDER |
SCOP | OBSERVE |
HYSTER | UTERUS |
OSTOMY | CREATE AN OPENING |
PARA | BESIDE, BEYOND |
LYSIS | LOOSENING, DESTRUTION |
CERVIC | NECK |
CHONDR | CARTILAGE |
CYAN | BLUE |
HEM(AT) | BLOOD |
OST | BONE |
PSYCHO | MIND |
LIP | FAT |
MY | MUSCLE |
LITH | STONE |
OPTHALM OPT | EYE |
PROCT | ANUS |
COST | RIB |
GRAM | RECORD |
ACRO | EXTREMITIES |
RHEXIS | BREAK, BURST |
CARCIN | CANCER |
PENIA | DECREASE |
GEN | ORIGINAL, PRODUCTION |
BURSO | SAC |
RETR(O) | BACKWARDS |
TRIP | RUB, FRICTION |
STREPT | TWIST |
DESIS | BINDING |
MANI | MADNESS |
GLOSSO | TONGUE |
TROPHY | DEVELOPMENT |
SUPRA | ABOVE |
PTOSIS | FALLING |
DYN | PAIN |
MAST | BREAST |
RRHAPHY | SUTURE |
DENT | TEETH |
CEPHAL | HEAD |
AUTO | SELF |
EPI | UPON |
HYDRO | WATER |
LOBO | SECTION |
EMESIS | VOMITING |
CONTRA | AGAINST, COUNTER |
IASIS | CONDITION |
TRANS | THROUGH,ACROSS |
BRADY | SLOW |
ECTASIS | EXPANSION |
CYT | CELL |
ODONT | TOOTH |
LEUK | WHITE |
ESTHESIA | SENSATION |
CANTHO | ANGLE AT THE END OF THE EYE |
STENO | NARROW, CONTRACTION |
CHEIL | LIP |
CELE | HERNIA |
BENIGN | MILD, NOT CANCEROUS |
SEMEN | SEED |
CELIO | ABDOMAN |
ERYTHRO | RED |
VASO | VESSEL |
MELAN | BLACK |
CAUDA | TAIL |
LINGUA | TONGUE |
MYRING | EARDRUM |
SPONDYL | SPINAL COLUM |
OVAR | EGG |
CENTASIS | PUNCTURE |
OTO | EAR |
BILI | BILE |
SQUAM | SCALE |
MENING | MEMBRANE |
CEC | BLIND PASSGE |
MACUL | SPOT |
PEXY | SUSPENSION |
ONCO | TUMOR |
OR | MOUTH |
SUB | UNDER |
SPIRO | COIL |
LACRIM | TEAR |
VISCERO | ORGAN |
LACT | MILK |
ONYCH | NAIL, CLAW |
THORAC | CHEST |
PYLE | GATE |
VESIC | BLADDER |
SPHENIC | WEDGE |
MYEL | SPINAL CORD |
ANTI | AGAINST |
MYCO | FUNGUS |
HALLUX | GREAT TOE |
PHYSIO- | NATURE |
BUCC(O)- | CHEEK |
PALPEBR- | EYELID |
PLASIA- | DEVELOPMENT |
RUG- | WRINKLE, FOLD, CREASE |
AUR- | EAR |
ACOUST(I)- | HEARING |
COLP(O)- | HALLOW, VAGINA |
PHON- | VOICES, SOUNDS |
LEIO- | SMOOTH |
COR | HEART |
REN- | KIDNEY |
ORCHI- | TESTIS |
ENCEPHAL- | BRAIN |
THALAM- | INNER CHAMBER |
PLEXUS | BRAID |
CILIA | EYELASH |
DENDR- | TREE, BRANCHIN |
PHLEB- | VEIN |
PILO- | HAIR |
HISTO- | TISSUE |
STOMA- | MOUTH |
TYMPAN- | EARDRUM |
UMBILIC- | NAVAL |
SALPINGO | TUBE |
HELIO- | SUN |
ASTR- | STAR-SHAPED |
-ASTHESIA | WEAKNESS |
FASCIA | SHEET, BAND |
ISO- | EQUAL |
TARSO- | ANKLE |
-TOPE | PLACE |
POD- | FOOT |
MALIGN- | BAD |
ADNEXA- | TIES |
OCUL- | EYE |
LAPAR- | ABDOMINAL WALL |
DACRY- | TEAR |
MENT- | MIND |
PART- | LABOR, BRING FORTH |
SCLER(A)- | HARD |
SOMATO | BODY |
TRACHEL | NECK |
SINUS | HALLOW SPACE |
HYPNO | SLEEP |
SEPT | WALL, FENCE |
SCIRR(H)- | HARD; RELATING TO A TUMOR |
ANTR- | CAVITY |
-CRINE | TO SECRETE |
DURA | HARD; MEMBRANES COVERING BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD |