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Med Term 4
Chapter 4 Med Term
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| the/o | to put, place |
| son/o | sound |
| somn/o | sleep |
| seps/o | infection |
| pub/o | pubis (pubic bone) |
| ox/o | oxygen |
| nect/o | to bind, tie, connect |
| norm/o | rule, order |
| nat/i | birth, labor |
| mort/o | death |
| immun/o | protection |
| gloss/o | tongue |
| furc/o | forking, branching |
| flex/o | to bend |
| duct/o | to lead, carry |
| cutane/o | skin |
| dactyl/o | fingers, toes |
| cost/o | ribs |
| cib/o | meals |
| carp/o | wrist bone |
| -stasis | stopping, controlling |
| -lysis | breakdown, separation, destruction |
| -plasia | development, growth, formation |
| -rrhea | flow, discharge |
| -pnea | breathing |
| -plasm | structure or formation |
| -physis | to grow |
| -phoria | to bear, carry, feeling |
| -partum | birth, labor |
| -oxia | oxygen |
| -or | one who |
| -mission | to send |
| -meter | to measure |
| -lapse | to slide, fall, sag |
| -gen | substance that produces |
| -fusion | coming together |
| -drome | to run |
| -crine | to secrete |
| -blast | embryonic, immature |
| uni- | one |
| ultra- | beyond, excess |
| trans- | through, across |
| tachy- | fast |
| syn-, sym- | together, with |
| supra- | above, upper |
| retro- | behind, backward |
| re- | back, again |
| pros- | before, forward |
| pro- | before, forward |
| pre- | before, in front of |
| post- | after, behind |
| poly- | many |
| per- | through |
| para- | abnormal, beside, near |
| pan- | all |
| neo- | new |
| micro- | small |
| meta- | change, beyond |
| mal- | bad |
| macro- | large |
| intra- | within, in, into |
| inter- | between |
| infra- | below, under |
| in- | not, in, within |
| hemi- | half |
| ex- | out, outside |
| eu- | good, normal |
| epi- | above, upon |
| endo- | within |
| ec-, ecto- | outside, out |
| dys- | difficult, painful |
| dia- | through, complete |
| de- | down, lack of |
| contra- | against, opposite |
| con- | with, together |
| cata- | down |
| brady- | slow |
| bi- | two |
| anti- | against |
| ante- | before, forward |
| ana- | up, apart |
| ad- | toward |
| ab- | away from |
| tox/o | poison |
| top/o | position, place, location |
| thyr/o | thyroid gland |