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Chapters 1, 2 ,3 ,4
Beginning Medical Terminology
Term | Definition |
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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 |