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Ch.1
Sanford-Brown The Language of Medicine, 8th Edition, CH 1
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| aden/o | gland |
| arthr/o | joint |
| bi/o | life |
| carcin/o | cancerous, cancer |
| cardi/o | heart |
| cephal/o | head |
| cerebr/o | cerebrom (largest part of the brain) |
| cis/o | to cut |
| crin/o | to secrete (to form and give off) |
| cyst/o | urinary bladder, a sac or a cyst (sac containting fluid) |
| cyt/o | cell |
| derm/o | skin |
| dermat/o | skin |
| electr/o | electricity |
| encephal/o | brain |
| enter/o | intestines (mostly small intestine) |
| erythr/o | red |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| gnas/o | knowledge |
| gynec/o | woman/female |
| hemat/o | blood |
| hem/o | blood |
| hepat/o | liver |
| iatr/o | treatment, physician |
| leuk/o | white |
| nephr/o | kidney |
| neur/o | nerve |
| onc/o | tumor |
| ophthalm/o | eye |
| oste/o | bone |
| path/o | disease |
| ped/o | child |
| psych/o | mind |
| radi/o | x-rays |
| ren/o | kidney |
| rhin/o | nose |
| sarc/o | flesh |
| sect/o | to cut |
| thromb/o | clot, clotting |
| ur/o | urinary tract, urine |
| -ac | pertaining to |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -algia | pain |
| -cyte | cell |
| -ectomy | excision, removal |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -genic | pertaining to producing, produced by, produced in |
| -globin | protein |
| -gram | record |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -ical | pertaining to |
| -ion | process |
| -ist | specialist |
| -itis | inflamtion |
| -logy | process of study |
| -oma | tumor, mass, swelling |
| -opsy | process of viewing |
| -osis | condition that is usually abnornal slight increase in numbes when used with blood cells |
| -pathy | disease condition |
| -scope | instrument used to visually examine |
| -scopy | process of visually examining ith a endoscope |
| -sis | state of condition |
| -tomy | proces of cutting incision |
| -y | process condition |
| a- | no, not, without |
| an- | no, not, without |
| aut- | self, own |
| auto- | self, own |
| dia- | through, complete |
| end- | within |
| endo- | without |
| epi- | above, upon |
| ex- | out |
| exo- | outside of, outward |
| hyper- | excessive, above, more than normal |
| hypo- | deficient, below, under, less than normal |
| in- | into, in |
| peri- | surrounding, around |
| pro- | before, forward |
| re- | back, backward,ain |
| retro- | behind |
| sub- | below, under |
| trans- | across, through |
| -algia | pain |
| -cele | hernia |
| -centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid |
| -conccus | berry-shaped bacterium |
| -cyte | cell |
| -dynia | pain |
| -ectomy | excision,removal,resection |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -genesis | condition of producing, forming |
| -gram | record |
| -graph | instrumant for recording |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -logy | study of |
| -lysis | breakdown, destruction, separation |
| -malacia | softening |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -oma | tumor, mass, collection of fluid |
| -opsy | to view |
| -osis | condition, usually abnorma |
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