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medterm
chapter 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| ad- | to: towards |
| ante- | before |
| auto- | self |
| ect- | outside |
| en- intra- | within |
| endo- | within inner |
| epi- | above; upon |
| ex | out; outter |
| hemi- semi- | half |
| infra- | below |
| inter- | between |
| iso- | equal |
| meta- | change; after; beyond |
| multi- poly- | many |
| neo- | new |
| pan- | all |
| para- | near; beside |
| peri- | around; surrounding |
| post- | after |
| pre- | before |
| retro- | behind; backward |
| sub- | below |
| super- | above; over; excess |
| supra- | above; on top of |
| sym- | with; association |
| syn- | together; with; union |
| -ac,-al,-ar,-ary | pertaining to |
| -crine | to secrete |
| -crite | to separate |
| -cyte | cell |
| -gen, -genesis, - genic | producing; forming |
| -globin | protein |
| -gram | record; picture |
| -graph | instrument for recording |
| -graphy | process of viewing |
| -pepsia | digestion |
| -phagia | eating; swallowing |
| -phonia | voice sound |
| -pnea | breathing |
| -thorax | chest |
| -somnia | sleep |
| -stasis | control; stop |
| arachn/o | spider |
| cerebr/o | brain; cerebrum |
| crani/o | skull |
| dendro/o | branching |
| electr/o | electricity |
| encephal/o | brain |
| gli/o | neuroglia; nerve cell |
| hydr/o | water; fluid |
| mening/o | meninges |
| myel/o | spinal cord |
| neur/o | nerve |
| olig/o | few; diminished |
| quadr/i | four |
| thec/o | sheath |
| thromb/o | clot |
| vascul/o | blood vessels |
| ventricul/o | ventricle |
| dura- | hard |
| echo- | sound |
| -algia | pain |
| -malacia | softening |
| -paresis | partial paralysis |
| CNS | central nervous system |
| CP | cerebral palsy |
| CSF | cerebrospinal fluid |
| CVA | cerebrovascular accident |
| EEG | electroencephalography |
| LP | lumbar puncture |
| MS | multiple sclerosis |
| PNS | peripheral nervous system |
| TENS | transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation |
| TIA | transient ischemic attack |
| aque/o | watery |
| blast/o | immature |
| blephar/o | eyelid |
| conjunctiv/o | conjunctiva |
| corne/o | cornea |
| dacry/o | tears |
| dacryocyst/o | tear sac |
| dipl/o | double |
| fund/o | fundus; base |
| glauc/o | silver; gray |
| ir/o, irid/o | iris |
| kerat/o | cornea |
| lacrim/o | tears |
| ocul/o | eye |
| ophthalm/o | eye |
| opt/o | eye; vision |
| cut/o | skin |
| derm/o | skin |
| hidr/o | sweat |
| kerat/o | horny tissue; hard |
| melan/o | black |
| myc/o | fungus |
| onych/o; ungu/o | nail |
| pachy/o | thick |
| pil/o | hair |
| rhtid/o | wirnkles |
| seb/o | sebum |
| squam/o | scale |
| sud/o; sudor/o | sweat |
| trich/o | hair |
| xer/o | dry |
| -tome | cutting instrument |
| Bx | biopsy |
| decub. | decubitus ulcer |
| ID | intradermal |
| I & D | incision and drainage |
| SC | subcutaneous |
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