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LUCON
unit one medical terminology
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| basic word structure | root, suffix, prefix, combining vowel, combining form |
| combining form aden/o | gland |
| combining form arthr/o | joint |
| combining form bi/o | life |
| combining form carcin/o | cancer |
| combining form cardi/o | heart |
| combining form cephal/o | head |
| combining form cerebr/o | cerebrum |
| combining form cyt/o | cell |
| combining form derm/o | skin |
| combining form electr/o | electricity |
| combining form encephal/o | brain |
| combining form enter/o | intestines |
| combining form erythr/o | red |
| combining form gastr/o | stomach |
| combining form gnos/o | knowledge |
| combining form gynec/o | women / female |
| combining form hem/o & hemat/o | blood |
| combining form hepat/o | liver |
| combining form lapar/o | abdomen |
| combining form leuk/o | white |
| combining form nephr/o | kidney |
| combining form neur/o | nerve |
| combining form onc/o | tumor |
| combining form ophthalm/o | eye |
| combining form oste/o | bone |
| combining form path/o | disease |
| combining form psych/o | mind |
| combining form ren/o | kidney |
| combining form rhin/o | nose |
| combining form sarc/o | flesh |
| combining form thromb/o | clotting |
| suffixes -al | pertaining to |
| suffixes - algia | pain |
| suffixes - cyte | cell |
| suffixes - ectomy | removal |
| suffixes - emia | blood circulation |
| suffixes - globin | protein |
| suffixes - gram | record |
| suffixes - ia | condition |
| suffixes - ic | pertaining to |
| suffixes - ism | condition, process |
| suffixes - itis | inflammation |
| suffixes - logist | specalist in the study of ... |
| suffixes - logy | study of |
| suffixes - oma | tumor, mass |
| suffixes - opsy | to view |
| suffixes - osis | ambnormal condition |
| suffixes - scope | instrument to visually examine |
| suffixes - scopy | process of visual examination |
| suffixes - sis | state of |
| suffixes - tomy | cutting into |
| prefixes a-, an- | no, not |
| prefixes aut- | self |
| prefixes dia- | complete, through |
| prefixes dys- | bad, painfull, abnormal |
| prefixes endo- | within |
| prefixes exo- | outside |
| prefixes hyper- | excessive |
| prefixes hypo- | below/ less than |
| prefixes peri- | surrounding |
| prefixes pro- | before |
| prefixes re- | back |
| prefixes retro- | behind |
| prefixes sub- | below |
| prefixes trans- | across, through |
| (study of) cardiology | heart |
| (study of) dermatology | skin |
| (study of) endocrinology | endocrine glands |
| (study of) gastroenterology | lower GI |
| (study of) gynecology | women |
| (study of) hematology | blood |
| (study of) neurology | central nervous system and peripheral nervous system |
| (study of) oncology | tumors |
| (study of)ophthalmology | eye |
| (study of) pathology | disease |
| (study of) psychology | mind |
| (study of) rheumatology | joints |
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