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MED TERM LINK 1
Question | Answer |
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aden o | gland |
arthr o | joint |
bi o | life |
carcin o | cancer cancerous |
cardi o | heart |
cephal o | head |
cerebr o | cerebrum largest part of the brain |
cyst o | urinary bladder |
cyt o | cell |
derm o | skin |
dermat o | skin |
electr o | electricty |
encephal o | brain |
enter o | intestines often the small intestine |
erythr o | red |
gastr o | stomach |
gnos o | knowledge |
gynec o | woman female gynecology |
hem o hemat o | blood |
hepat o | liver |
lapar o | abdomen area between the chest and hip |
leuk o | white |
nephr o | kidney |
neur o | nerve |
onc o | tumor |
ophthalm o | eye |
oste o | bone |
path o | disease |
psych o | mind |
ren o | kidney |
rhin o | nose |
sarc o | flesh |
thromb o | clotting |
al | pertaining to |
algia | pain |
cyte | cell |
ectomy | cutting out removal excision |
emia | blood condition |
globin | protein |
gram | record |
ia | condition |
ic | pertaining to |
ism | condition,process |
itis | inflammation |
logist | specialist in the study of |
logy | study of |
oma | tumor mass |
opsy | to view |
osis | abnormal condition |
scope | instrument to visually examine |
scopy | process of visual examination |
sis | state of |
tomy | process of cutting into;incision |
a-;an | no,not |
aut | self |
dia | complete through |
dys | bad painful difficult abnormal |
endo | within |
exo | outside |
hyper | excessive more than normal too much |
hypo | below less than normal under |
pro | before forward |
re | back |
retro | behind |
sub | below under |
trans | across through |
cardiology | study of the heart |
dermatology | study of the skin |
endocrinology | study of the endocrine glands |
gastroenterology | study of the stomach and intestines |
gynecology | study of women and womens diseases |
hematology | study of the blood |
neurology | study of the nerves and the brain and spinal cord |
oncology | study of tumors cancerous or malignant diseases |
ophthalmology | study of the eye |
pathology | study of the disease |
psychology | study of the mind |
rheumatology | study of joint diseases |
words ending in a | retain the a and add e |
words ending in is | drop the ie and add es |
words ending in ex | drop the ex and add ices |
words ending in on | drop the on and add a |
words ending in um | drop the um and a |
words ending in us | drop the us add i |