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kim med term1
med term 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| -a | noun ending |
| a- | no,not, without |
| ab- | away from |
| abdomin/o | abdomen |
| -ablation | removal |
| -abraison | scraping of |
| -ac | pertaining to |
| acid/o | acid |
| acous/o | hearing |
| acro- | heights, extremes, extremities |
| acromi/o | acromion |
| acu- | sharp |
| -acusis | hearing |
| -ad | toward |
| ad- | toward |
| aden/o | gland |
| adenoid/o | adenoid (pharyngeal tonsil) |
| adip/o | fat |
| adnex/o | accessory |
| adren/o | adrenal gland |
| aer/o | air |
| af- | toward |
| agglutin/o | clumping |
| agora- | marketplace |
| -al | pertaining to |
| albin/o | white |
| albumin/o | protein |
| -algia | pain |
| aliment/o | nutrition |
| allo- | other, different |
| alvelo/o | alveolus |
| ambly/o | dull, dim |
| ambul/o | walking |
| amni/o | amnion |
| amphi- | both |
| amyl/o | starch |
| -an | pertaining to |
| an- | no, not, without |
| an/o | anus |
| ana- | up, apart, away |
| andr/o | male |
| angi/o | vessel |
| ankyl/o | stiffening |
| ante- | forward, in front of, before |
| anter/o | front |
| anthrop/o | man |
| anti- | against |
| antr/o | antrum, cavity |
| aort/o | aorta (largest artery) |
| -apheresis | removal |
| aphth/o | ulceration |
| apic/o | pointed extremity, apex |
| apo- | separate, away from |
| append/o | vermiform appendix, that which is added |
| -ar | pertaining to |
| appendic/o | vermiform appendix, that which is added |
| -arche | beginning |
| arteri/o | artery |
| arteriol/o | arteriole (small artery) |
| arthr/o | articulation (joint) |
| articul/o | articulation (joint) |
| -ary | pertaining to |
| -ase | enzyme |
| astr/o | star |
| ather/o | fatty plaque |
| -atic | pertaining to |
| -ation | process of |
| atri/o | atrium |
| audi/o | hearing |
| aur/o | ear |
| auricul/o | ear |
| auto- | self |
| axill/o | axilla (armpit) |
| az/o | nitrogen |
| azot/o | nitrogen |
| bacteri/o | bacteria |
| balan/o | glans penis |
| bar/o | pressure, weight |
| bartholin/o | Bartholin gland |
| bas/o | base, bottom |
| bi- | two |
| bi/o | life, living |
| bil/i | bile |
| bin- | two |
| -blast | embryonic, immature |
| blast/o | embryonic, immature |
| blephar/o | eyelid |
| bol/o | to throw, throwing |
| brachi/o | arm |
| brachy- | short |
| bronch/o | bronchus |
| bronchi/o | bronchus |
| bronchiol/o | bronchiole |
| buss/o | cheek |
| bunion/o | bunion |
| burs/o | bursa |
| calc/o, calc/i | calcium |
| calcane/o | calcaneus (heelbone) |
| calcul/o | stone, calculus |
| cali/o | calyx, calix |
| calic/o | calyx, calix |
| calyc/o | calyx, calix |
| cancer/o | cancer, malignancy |
| canth/o | canthus(corner of eye) |
| capit/o | head |
| capn/o | carbon dioxide |
| carcin/o | cancer |
| -carcinoma | cancer of epithelial origin |
| cardi/o | heart |
| carp/o | carpus (wrist) |
| carilag/o | cartilage |
| cata- | down |
| caud/o | tail |
| cauter/i | burning |
| cec/o | cecum (first part of large intestine) |
| -cele | herniation, protrusion |
| celi/o | abdomen |
| cellul/o | cell |
| -centesis | surgical puncture |
| cephal/o | head |
| cerebell/o | cerebellum |
| cerebr/o | cerebrum |
| cerumin/o | cerumen (earwax) |
| cervic/o | neck, cervix |
| -chalasia | condition of relaxation, slackening |
| -chalasis | relaxation. slackening |
| cheil/o | lips |
| chem/o | drug, chemical |
| -chezia | condition of stools |
| chol/e | bile, gall |
| cholangi/o | bile vessel |
| cholecyst/o | gallbladder |
| choledoch/o | common bile duct |
| cholesterol/o | cholesterol |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| chord/o | cord, spinal cord |
| chori/o | chorion (outer fetal sac) |
| chorion/o | chorion (outer fetal sac) |
| choroid/o | choroid, vascular membrane |
| chrom/o | color |
| chym/o | juice |
| circum- | around |
| cirrh/o | orange-yellow |
| -cision | process of cutting |
| -clasis | intentional breaking |
| -clast | breaking down |
| claustr/o | closing |
| clavicul/o | clavicle (collarbone) |
| cleid/o | clavicle (collarbone) |
| clitorid/o | clitoris |
| -coagulation | process of clotting |
| coccyg/o | coccyx (tailbone) |
| cochle/o | cochlea |
| col/o | colon (large intestine) |
| coll/o | neck |
| colon/o | colon (large intestine) |
| colp/o | vagina |
| commissur/o | connection |
| chromat/o | color |
| -amnios | amnion, inner fetal sac |
| brady- | slow |
| chromate/p | color |
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