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Medical Terminology
Suffices, Prefixes, etc.
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Aden/o | Gland |
| Arth/o | joint |
| bi/o | life |
| carcin/o | cancerous/cancer |
| cardi/o | heart |
| cephal | head |
| cerebr/o | cerebrum (largest part of brain) |
| cis | to cut |
| crin/o | to secrete (form and give off) |
| cyst | urinary bladder (a sac or a cyst (sac containing fluid) |
| cyt/o | cell |
| derm/o or dermat/o | skin |
| electr/o | electricity |
| encephal/o | brain |
| enter/o | intestines |
| erythr/o | red |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| glyc/o | sugar |
| gnos/o | knowledge |
| gynec/o | woman/female |
| hemat/o or hem/o | blood |
| hepat/o | liver |
| iatr/o | treatment/physician |
| leuk/o | white |
| log/o | study of |
| nephr/o | kidney (abnormal conditions and operative conditions) |
| neur/o | nerve |
| onc/o | tumor |
| ophthalm/o | eye |
| oste/o | bone |
| path/o | disease |
| ped/o | child/kid |
| psych/o | mind |
| radi/o | x ray |
| ren/o | kidney (description) |
| rhin/o | nose |
| sarc/o | flesh |
| sect/o | removal/to cut |
| thromb/o | clot, clotting |
| ur/o | urinary tract |