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Endo Euro Terms
Endo Euro Terminology
| Term | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 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 |
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