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Endo Euro Terms
Endo Euro Terminology
Term | Meaning |
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aden/o | gland |
goiter | enlargement of thyroid gland |
polydipsia | excessive thirst |
alges/o | sensitivity to pain |
andr/o | male |
angi/o | vessel |
calc/o | calcium |
caus/o | burn, burning |
cephal/o | head |
cerebell/o | cerebellum |
cerebr/o | cerebrum (largest part of the brain) |
comat/o | deep sleep |
cortic/o | cortex, outer region |
cry/o | cold |
dips/o | thirst |
dur/o | dura matter |
encephal/o | brain |
esthesi/o | nervous sensation |
estr/o | female |
gli/o | neuroglia (glue) |
gluc/o; glyc/o | sugar, glucose |
gonad/o | sex glands |
home/o | sameness, unchanging, constant |
hormon/o | hormone |
hydr/o | water, fluid |
insulin/o | insulin |
kal/i | potassium |
kines/o | movement |
lact/o | milk |
lept/o | thin, slender |
lex/o | word, phrase |
mening/o | meninges (membranes covering SC and brain) |
meningi/o | meninges (membranes covering SC and brain) |
my/o | muscle |
myel/o | spinal cord, bone marrow |
myx/o | mucos |
narc/o | numbness, stupor, sleep |
natr/o | sodium |
neur/o | nerve |
pancreat/o | pancreas |
parathyroid/o | parathyroid glands |
phys/o | (blank) |
pituitar/o | pituitary gland |
pont/o | pons (part of the brain) |
radicul/o | nerve root |
somat/o | body |
spin/o | spine, backbone |
ster/o | solid structore, steroid |
syncop/o | to cut off, cut short, faint |
tax/o | order, coordination |
thalam/o | thalamus |
thec/o | sheath (of brain and spinal cord) |
thyr/o | thyroid gland, shield |
thyroid/o | thyroid gland, shields |
toc/o | labor, birth |
toxic/o | poison |
troph/o | nourishment, development |
ur/o | urinary tract, urine |
vag/o | vagus nerve |
eu- | good, normal |
hemi- | half |
hyper- | excessive, above |
hypo- | deficient, under |
intra- | within, into |
micro- | small |
oxy- | swift, sharp, acid |
pan- | all |
para- | to bear, bring forth |
polio- | gray matter |
poly- | many, much |
quadri- | four |
sub- | under, beneath |
tetra- | four |
tri- | three |
a-, an- | no, not without |
dys- | bad, painful, difficult, abnormal |
epi- | upon, on or above |
agon | to assemble, gather |
algesia | sensitivity to pain |
-cele | hernia;herniation |
-ectomy | removal, excision, resection |
-emia | blood condition |
esthesia | nervous sensation |
genic | produced by or in |
-gram | record |
-graphy | process of recording |
in, ine | a substance |
-itis | inflammation |
kinesia, kinesis | movement |
kinetic | (blank) |
lepsy | seizure |
-megaly | enlargement |
-oid | resembling;like |
-oma | tumor, mass |
ose | full of , pertaining to, sugar |
-osis | abnormal condition |
-paresis | slight paralysis |
-pathy | disease, emotion |
phagia | eating, swallowing |
physis | to grow |
praxia | action |
-ptosis | drooping;sagging;prolapse |
-sclerosis | hardening |
stasis | to stop, control, place |
sthenia | strength |
tocin | labor, birth |
tomy | process of cutting |
trohpy | nourishment, development |
tropin | stimulate, act on |
uria | urination, condition of urine |