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Medical terminology in Anatomy & Physiology
Term | Definition |
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gastr/o | stomach (digestive) |
enter/o | small intestine (digestive) |
hepat/o | liver (digestive) |
nephr/o, ren/o | kidney(urinary) |
ur/o, urin/o | urine (urinary) |
cyst/o | bladder(urinary) |
Cardi/o | heart (cardiovascular) |
Arteri/o | artery (cardiovascular) |
Ven/o | vein (cardiovascular) |
Pulmon/o | lungs (respiratory) |
pharyng/o | throat (respiratory) |
Pneum/o | air, lungs (respiratory) |
derm/o, dermat/o, cutane/o | skin (integumentary) |
seb/o | oil (integumentary) |
Melan/o | black, really dark (integumentary |
Gynec/o | women (female reproductive) |
Hyster/o | uterus (female reproductive) |
Mamm/o | breast (female reproductive) |
vagin/o | vagina (female reproductive) |
orchi/o, orchid/o | testis, testicle (male reproductive) |
Prostat/o | prostate(male reproductive) |
Aden/o | gland (endocrine) |
crin/o | secretion (endocrine) |
gylc/o | sugar (endocrine) |
encephal/o | brain (nervous) |
neur/o | nerves (nervous) |
Psych/o | mind (nervous) |
cephal/o | head (nervous) |
carp/o | wrist (musculoskeletal) |
cost/o | rib (musculoskeletal) |
my/o | muscle (musculoskeletal) |
oste/o | bone(musculoskeletal) |
arthr/o | joint (musculoskeletal) |
spleen/o | spleen (immune/lymphatic) |
Lymph/o | lymph node (immune/lymphatic) |
immun/o | protection (immune/lymphatic) |
osis (suffix) | condition |
onco | cancer |
leuko | white blood cell |
-algia | nerve |
carcin/o | cancerous |
-gram | to record |
-itis | inflamation of |
-opsy | to view living tissue |
-oma | tumor or mass |
-scopy | process of viewing |
-logy | study of |
cerebr/al | pertaining to the brain/head |
electro | electricity |
-ac, -ai, -ic, -ical | pertaining to |
-ectomy | surgical removal |
-tomy | removal of |
-sis | condition of |
hyper- | above or excessive |
peri- | surrounding |
epi- | above |
trans- | through |
hypo- | below |
dia- | through |
-cyte | cell |
hematoma | mass of blood |
erythrocyte | red blood cell |
leukocyte | white blood cell |