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Medterm44705
Medical Terminology
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| nephr/o | kidney |
| phag/o | to eat, swallow |
| log/o | study of |
| morph/o | shape, form |
| myel/o | spinal cord, bone marrow |
| mast/o | breast |
| hepat/o | liver |
| iatr/o | treatment, physician |
| lapar/o | abdomen, abdominal wall |
| my/o | muscle |
| isch/o | to hold back |
| cerebr/o | cerebrum (largest part of the brain) |
| chrom/o | color |
| crani/o | skull |
| coccyg/o | coccyx (tail bone) |
| cyst/o | urinary bladder a sac or a cyst (sac containing fluid) |
| cervic/o | neck (of the body or of the uterus) |
| angi/o | vessel |
| arthr/o | joint |
| adip/o | fat |
| bi/o | life |
| blephar/o | eyelid |
| chron/o | time |
| acu/o | sharp, severe, sudden |
| col/o | colon (large intestine) |
| arteri/o | artery |
| cyt/o | cell |
| cardi/o | heart |
| axill/o | armpit |
| abdomin/o | abdomen |
| aden/o | gland |
| anter/o | front |
| bronch/o | bronchial tubes (two tubes, one right and one left, that branch from the trachea to enter the lungs) |
| chem/o | drug, chemical |
| adip/o | fat |
| amin/o | aminion (sac surrounding the embryo in the uterus) |
| carcin/o | cancerous, cancer |
| ophthalm/o | eye |
| oste/o | bone |
| ot/o | ear |
| path/o | disease |
| ped/o | child |
| radi/o | x-rays |
| ren/o | kidney |
| rhin/o | nose |
| sacr/o | sacrum |
| staphyl/o | clusters |
| strept/o | twisted chains |
| psych/o | mind |
| poster/o | back, behind |
| pelv/i | pelvis, hip region |
| pneumon/o | lungs |
| pleur/o | pleura (membrane surrounding lungs and adjacent to the chest) |
| pulmon/o | lungs |
| proxim/o | nearest |
| rect/o | rectum |
| spin/o | spine, backbone |
| splen/o | spleen |
| trache/o | trachea, windpipe |
| tonsill/o | tonsils |
| umbilic/o | navel, umbilicus |
| vertebr/o | vertebra(e), backbone(s) |
| enter/o | intestines (usually the small intestine) |
| eryth/o | red |
| gnos/o | knowledge |
| hem/o | blood |
| hemat/o | blood |
| hist/o | tissue |
| inguin/o | groin |
| kary/o | nucleus |
| leuk/o | white |
| lymph/o | lymph (a clear fluid that bathes tissue spaces, is contained in special lymph vessels and nodes throughout the body) |
| laryng/o | larynx (voice box) |
| lumb/o | lower back (side and back between the ribs and the pelvis) |
| later/o | side |
| medi/o | middle |
| mamm/o | breast |
| necr/o | death (of cells or whole body) |
| gynec/o | woman, female |
| neutr/o | neutrophil (a white blood cell) |
| ili/o | ilium (part of pelvic bone) |
| encephal/o | brain |
| onc/o | tumor |
| thromb/o | clot, clotting |
| plas/o | formation, development |
| viscer/o | internal organs |
| sect/o | to cut |
| peritone/o | peritoneum |
| ventr/o | belly side of the body |
| muc/o | mucus |
| nucle/o | nucleus |
| acr/o | extremities, top, extreme point |
| bol/o | to cast (throw) |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| cis/o | to cut |
| cephal/o | head |
| crin/o | to secrete (to form and give off) |
| dist/o | far, distant |
| derm/o | skin |
| dermat/o | skin |
| dors/o | back portion of the body |
| electr/o | electricity |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| glyc/o | sugar |
| hydr/o | water, fluid |
| thel/o | nipple |
| thorac/o | chest |
| phleb/o | vein |
| ven/o | vein |
| ur/o | urinary tract, urine |
| neur/o | nerve |
| sarc/o | flesh |
| -cyte | cell |
| -ary | pertaining to |
| -ion | process |
| -ior | pertaining to |
| -penia | deficiency |
| -opsy | process of viewing |
| -ptosis | falling, dropping, prolapse |
| -ac | pertaining to |
| -ose | pertaining to, full of |
| -cele | hernia |
| -eal | pertaining to |
| -iac | pertaining to |
| -genic | pertaining to, producing, produced by, produced in |
| -ia | condition |
| -ism | process, condition |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -scopy | process of visually examining with an endoscope |
| -sclerosis | hardening |
| -scope | instrument to visually examine |
| -malacia | softening |
| -logy | process of study |
| -oma | tumor, mass, swelling |
| -ist | specialist |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -phobia | fear |
| -stomy | opening to form a mouth (stoma) |
| -ectomy | excision, removal |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -ical | pertaining to |
| -ole | little, small |
| -ule | little, small |
| -um | structure, tissue |
| -ium | structure, tissue |
| -therapy | treatment |
| -ar | pertaining to |
| -er | one, who |
| -globin | protein |
| -dynia | pain |
| -algia | pain |
| -sis | state of, condition |
| -stasis | stopping, controlling |
| -tomy | process of cutting, incision |
| -us | structure, substance |
| -oid | resembling |
| -trophy | development, nourishment |
| -somes | bodies |
| -tic | pertaining to |
| -coccus | berry-shaped bacterium |
| -graph | instrument for recording |
| -genesis | condition of producing, forming |
| -osis | condition, usually abnormal (slight increase in numbers when used with blood cells) |
| -centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid |
| -gram | record |
| -lysis | breakdown, destruction, separation |
| -y | process, condition |
| -pathy | disease condition |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -type | picture, classification |
| -plasia | development, formation, growth |
| -plasm | formation |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| peri- | surrounding, around |
| pro- | before, forward |
| meta- | change |
| auto- | self, own |
| retro- | behind |
| dia- | through, complete |
| endo- | within |
| hypo- | deficient, below, under less than normal |
| ex- | out, outside of, outward |
| ana- | up |
| hyper- | excessive, above, more than normal |
| re- | back, backward, again |
| trans- | across, through |
| cata- | down |
| sub- | below, under |
| end- | within |
| a- | no, not, without |
| inter- | between |
| epi- | above, upon |
| aut- | self, own |
| an- | no, not, without |
| in- | into, in, not |
| exo- | out, outside of outward |
| carp/o | wrist bones |
| cib/o | meals |
| cost/o | rib |
| cutane/o | skin |
| dactyl/o | fingers, toes |
| duct/o | to lead, carry |
| flex/o | to bend |
| furc/o | forking, branching |
| gloss/o | tongue |
| immune/o | protection |
| mort/o | death |
| nat/i | birth |
| nect/o | to bind, tie, connect |
| norm/o | rule, order |
| ox/o | oxygen |
| pub/o | pubis(pubic bone), anterior portion of the pelvic or hipbone |
| seps/o | infection |
| somn/o | sleep |
| son/o | sound |
| the/o | to put, place |
| thyr/o | thyroid gland, shield (the shape of the thyroid gland resembled [-oid] a shield to those who named it} |
| top/o | place, position, location |
| tox/o | poison |
| urethr/o | urethra |
| -blast | embryonic, immature |
| -crine | to secrete |
| -cyesis | pregnancy |
| -drome | to run |
| -fusion | coming together, to pour |
| -gen | substance that produces |
| -lapse | to slide, fall, sag |
| -meter | to measure |
| -mission | to send |
| -or | one who |
| -partum | birth, labor |
| -phoria | to bear, carry, feeling (mental state) |
| -physis | to grow |
| -pnea | breathing |
| -rrhea | flow, discharge |
| ab- | away from (notice that the b faces away from the a) |
| ad- | toward (notice that the d faces toward the a) |
| ante- | before, forward |
| anti- | against |
| bi- | two |
| brady- | slow |
| con- | with, together |
| contra- | against, opposite |
| de- | down, lack of |
| dys- | bad, painful, difficult, abmormal |
| ec- | out, outside |
| ecto- | out, outside |
| en- | in, within |
| eu- | good, normal |
| hemi- | half |
| infra- | beneath, under |
| intra- | in, within, into |
| macro- | large |
| mal- | bad |
| micro- | small |
| neo- | new |
| pan- | all |
| para- | abnormal, beside, near |
| per- | through |
| poly- | many, much |
| post- | after, behind |
| pre- | before, in front of |
| pseudo- | false |
| supra- | above, upper |
| syn- | together, with |
| sym- | together, with |
| tachy- | fast |
| ultra- | beyond, excess |
| uni- | one |
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