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LOM Chapter 1
Language of Medicine 7th Edition - Chapter 1 Terminology
| root | meaning |
|---|---|
| hemat/o | blood |
| -logy | study of |
| hepat/o | liver |
| -itis | inflammation of |
| -ilium | part of the pelvis (hip bone) |
| -ileum | part of the small intestine |
| urethra | tube leading from the urinary bladder to the outside of the body |
| ureter | one of two tubes each leading from a single kidney and inserting into the urinary bladder |
| root | foundation of the word |
| suffix | word ending |
| combining vowel | links the root to the suffix or the root to another root |
| electr/o | electricity |
| cardi/o | heart |
| -gram | record |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| enter/o | intestines (usually the small intestine) |
| combining form | the root plus the combining vowel |
| prefix | a small part that is attached to the beginning of a term |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| epi- | above, upon |
| aden/o | gland |
| -oma | tumor, mass, swelling |
| arthr/o | joint |
| bi/o | life |
| -opsy | process of viewing |
| carcin/o | cancerous, cancer |
| cephal/o | head |
| cerebr/o | cerebrum (largest part of the brain) |
| -al | pertaining to |
| cis/o | to cut |
| -ion | process |
| crin/o | secrete (to form and give off) |
| endo- | within |
| ex- | out |
| cyst/o | urinary bladder; a sac or a cyst (sac containg fluid) |
| -scopy | process of visually examining |
| cyt/o | cell |
| derm/o | skin |
| dermat/o | skin |
| encephal/o | brain |
| erythr/o | red |
| -cyte | cell |
| -ectomy | excision or removal |
| gnos/o | knowledge |
| dia- | through, complete |
| gynec/o | woman, female |
| hem/o | blood |
| -globin | protein |
| iatr/o | treatment |
| -genic | pertaining to producing, produced by, or produced in |
| leuk/o | white |
| nephr/o | kidney |
| neur/o | nerve |
| onc/o | tumor |
| opthalm/o | eye |
| -scope | instrument to visually examine |
| -ist | one who specializes in a field of medicine |
| oste/o | bone |
| path/o | disease condition |
| 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 |
| -osis | condition, usually abnormal (slight increase in numbers when used with blood cells) |
| ur/o | urinary tract, urine |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -algia | pain |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -ical | pertaining to |
| -ion | process |
| -sis | state of |
| -tomy | process of cutting, incision |
| -y | process, condition |
| a- | no, not, without |
| an- | no, not, without |
| auto- | self |
| exo- | out |
| hyper- | excessive, above, more than normal |
| hypo- | deficient, below, under, less than normal |
| in- | into, in |
| peri- | surrounding, around |
| pro- | before, forward |
| re- | back, backward, again |
| retro- | behind |
| sub- | below, under |
| trans- | across, through |
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