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Medical Terminology

Chpt 1: Word Roots / Combining Forms

TermDefinition
actin (o) light
amyl (o) starch
andro masculine
athero palque; fatty substance
bacill (i) bacteria
bacteri (o) bacteria
bar (o) weight; pressure
bas (o) base
basi (o) base
bio life
blasto immature cells
cac (o) bad; ill
calc (o) calcium
calci (o) calcium
carcin (o) cancer
chem (o) chemical
chlor (o) chlorine; green
chondrio cartilage, grainy, grity
chondro cartilage, grainy, grity
chore (o) dance
chrom color
chromat color
chromo color
chrono time
chyl (o) chyle, a digestive juice
chym (o) chyme, semi production fluid 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
cyst (o) bladder, cyst, cyst duct
cysti bladder, cyst, cyst duct
cyt (o) cell
dextr (o) toward the right
dips (o) thirst
dors (o) back
dorsi back
dynamo energy; force
echo reflected sound
electr (o) electricity; electric
eosin (o) red
ergo work
erythr (o) red
esthesio sensation, perception
ethmo ethmoid bone
etio cause
fibr (o) fiber
fluor (o) light; luminous
fungi fungus
galact (o) milk
gen (o) producing; being born
gero old age
geront (o) old age
gluco glucose
glyco sugars
gonio angle
granulo granular
gyn (o) women
gyne women
gyneco women
home (o) same; constant
homo same; constant
hydr (o) 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) keytone; acetone
keyton (o) keytone; acetone
kin (o) movement
kine movement
kinesi (o) motion
kineso motion
kyph (o) humpback
lact (o) milk
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; tiny
mio smaller; less
morph (o) structure; shape
narco sleep; numbness
necr (o) death; dying
noct (i) night
oncho tumor
onco tumor
orth (o) straight; normal
oxy sharp; acute; oxygen
pachy thick
path (o) disease
phago eating; devouring; swallowing
pharmaco drugs
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; division
scler (o) hardness; hardening
scolio bent; crooked
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
staphyl (o) grape like clusters
steno narrowness
stere (o) three-dimensional
strepto twisted chains
styl (o) peg-shaped
syring (o) tube
tel (o), tele (o) distant; end; complete
terato monster (malformed fetus)
therm (o) heat
tono tension; pressure
top (o) place; topical
tox (i), toxico, toxo poison; toxin
tropho food; nutrition
vivi life
xanth (o) yellow
xeno stranger
xer (o) dry
xiph (o) sword; xiphoid
zo (o) life
zym (o) fermentation; enzyme
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