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Med Term Ch. 1
Chapter 1 Terminology
| Question | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |
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