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Med Term Ch. 1
Chapter 1 Terminology
Question | Definition |
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actin(o) | light |
aer(o) | air; gas |
alge, alges(i), algio, algo | pain |
andro | masculine |
ather(o) | plaque; fatty substance |
bacteri(o) | bacteria |
bar(o) | weight; pressure |
bas(o), basi(o) | base |
bio- | life |
blasto | immature cells |
calc(o), calci(o) | calcium |
carcin(o) | cancer |
chem(o) | chemical |
chlor(o) | chlorine, green |
chondri(o), chondr(o) | cartilage, grainy, gritty |
chrom(o), chromat(o) | color |
chrono | time |
cry(o) | cold |
crypt(o) | hidden; obscure |
cyan(o) | blue |
cycl(o) | circle; cycle; ciliary body |
cyst(o), cysti | bladder, cyst, cystic duct |
cyt(o) | cell |
dextr(o) | right, toward the right |
dips(o) | thirst |
dors(o), dorsi | back |
echo | reflected sound |
electr(o) | electricity, electric |
eosin(o) | red; rosy |
erythr(o) | red, redness |
esthesio | sensation, perception |
etio | cause |
fibr(o) | fiber |
fluor(o) | light; luminous; fluorine |
fungi | fungus |
galact(o) | milk |
gen(o) | producing; being born |
gero, geront(o) | old age |
gluco | glucose |
glyco | sugars |
gonio | angle |
granul(o) | granular |
gyn(o), gyne, gyneco | women |
home(o), homo | same; constant |
hydr(o) | hydrogen, water |
hypn(o) | sleep |
iatr(o) | physician; treatment |
immun(o) | safe; immune |
kinesi(o), kineso | motion |
lact(o), lacti | milk |
latero | lateral, to one side |
leuk(o) | white |
lip(o) | fat |
lith(o) | stone |
log(o) | speech, words, thought |
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; one-millionth; tiny |
mio | smaller; less |
morph(o) | structure; shape |
narco | sleep; numbness |
necr(o) | death; dying |
noct(i) | night |
nucle(o) | nucleus |
nyct(o) | night |
oncho, onco | tumor |
orth(o) | straight; normal |
oxy | sharp; acute; oxygen |
path(o) | disease |
phago | eating; devouring; swallowing |
pharmaco | drugs; medicine |
phon(o) | sound; voice; speech |
phot(o) | light |
physi, physio | physical; natural |
plasma, plasmo | formative; plasma |
pseud(o) | false |
pyo | pus |
pyreto | fever |
pyro | fever; fire; heat |
radio | radiation; x-ray; radius |
salping(o) | tube |
schiz(o) | split; divison |
scler(o) | hardness; hardening |
scolio | crooked; bent |
somat(o) | body |
somn(o), somni | sleep |
sono | sound |
spasmo | spasm |
spher(o) | round; spherical |
spir(o) | breath; breathe |
staphyl(o) | grapelike clusters |
steno | narrowness |
strepto | twisted chaines; streptococci |
styl(o) | peg-shaped |
syring(o) | tube |
terato | monster (as a malformed fetus) |
therm(o) | heat |
tono | tension; pressure |
top(o) | place; topical |
tox(i), toxico, toxo | poison; toxin |
tropho | food; nutrition |
vivi | life |
xeno | stranger |
xer(o) | dry |
zo(o) | life |