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Chapters 1, 2 ,3 ,4
Beginning Medical Terminology
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Auto | self |
| Bio | Life |
| Centi | one-hundredth |
| Deca;Deka | ten |
| Kilo | thousand |
| -logy | study of |
| Macro | large;big |
| Micro | small;tiny |
| Milli | one-thousandth |
| Multi | many |
| Ocu;Oculo | pertaining to the eye |
| Patho | disease |
| -scope | an instrument for viewing or observing |
| Trans | throughj or across |
| Uni | single;one |
| A | lack, without |
| Aqua | water |
| Chromo | color |
| -cule | small |
| Di | two |
| Endo | inner; within |
| Erythro | red |
| Ex-,exo | outer |
| Leuko | white |
| Mole | body |
| Mono | one |
| Morpho | body,shape, form |
| Sub | below |
| Super | above |
| -thermic | heat |
| Amyl | Starch |
| Angio | Blood or lymph vessel |
| -ase | Enzyme |
| Capillus | Hair or small tube |
| Hydro | Water |
| Iso | Same or equal |
| Lact; lacto | Milk |
| Lipos; lipi | Fat |
| -lysis | Breaking down or decomposition |
| -ose | Carbohydrate, esp.sugar |
| -philic | Loving |
| -phobic | Fearing |
| Poly | Many |
| Sacchari(o) | Sugar |
| Tri | Three |
| Carcin(o) | Cancerous |
| Chlor(o) | Green |
| Chondr(o) | Cartilage |
| -cide;-cidal | To kill |
| -cyte;-cyto | Cell |
| Myo | Muscle |
| Neo | New; strange |
| Nucle(o) | Nucleus |
| Nucleol(o) | Little nucleus |
| Nutri(o) | Food |
| -oma | Tumor |
| Onc(o) | Tumor; cancer |
| -plasm(a) | Formative material |
| Sarc(o) | Flesh; connective tissue |
| -some;-soma | Body |
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