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Chapter 1 MED TERM
Term | Definition |
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Hematology | study of blood |
Electrocardiogram | record electrical activity of the heart |
Gastritis | inflammation of the heart |
Gastroenerology | study of the small intestines and stomach |
Hypogastric | pertaining to below the stomach |
Epigastric | pertaining to above the stomach |
Aden/o | gland |
Arthr/o | joint |
Bi/o | life |
Carcin/o | cancerous, cancer |
Cardi/o | heart |
Cephal/o | head |
Cerebr/o | cerebrum |
Crin/o | to secrete |
Cyst/o | urinary bladder |
Cis/o | to cut |
Cyt/o | cell |
Derm/o or Dermat/o | skin |
Electr/o | electricity |
Encephal/p | brain |
Enter/o | intestines |
Erythr/o | red |
Gastr/o | stomach |
Glyc/o | sugar |
Gnos/o | knowledge |
Gynec/o | woman, female |
Hemat/o or Hem/o | blood |
Hepat/o | liver |
Iatr/o | treatment, physician |
Leuk/o | white |
Log/o | study of |
Nephr/o | kidney |
Neur/o | nerve |
Onc/o | tumor |
Ophthalm/o | eye |
Oste/o | bone |
Path/o | disease |
Ped/o | child |
Psych/o | mind |
Radi/o | x-rays |
Ren/o | kidney |
Rhin/o | nose |
Sarc/o | flesh |
Sect/o | to cut |
Thromb/o | clot, clotting |
Ur/o | urinary tract, urine |
-ac | pertaining to |
-al | pertaining to |
-algia | pain |
-cyte | cell |
-ectomy | excision, removal |
-emia | blood conditon |
-genic | produced by or in |
-globin | protein |
-gram | record |
-ic, ical | pertaining to |
-ion | process |
-ist | specialist |
-itis | inflammation |
-logy | process of study |
-oma | tumor, mass swelling |
-opsy | process of viewing |
-osis | condition, usually abnormal |
-pathy | disease conditon |
-scope | instrument to visually examine |
-scopy | process of visually examining |
-sis | state of; condition |
-tomy | process of cutting, incision |
-y | process, condition |
-a, an- | no, not, without |
auto- | self, own |
dia- | complete, throught |
endo- | within |
epi- | above |
ex-, exo- | out, outside of |
hyper- | excessive, above, more than normal |
hypo- | under, below, less than normal |
in- | into, in |
peri- | surrounding, around |
pro- | before, forward |
re- | back, backward, agaim |
retro- | behind |
sub- | below, under |
trans- | across, through |