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Medical Terms 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Electr | Electricity |
| epi | above |
| onc/o | tumor |
| path/o | disease |
| cyst | urinary bladder/sac containing fluid |
| osteo | bone |
| rhin | nose |
| excision | the process to cut out |
| cis | to cut |
| ion | process |
| tomy | incision/process of cutting |
| scopy | process of visual examination |
| scope | instrument for visual examination |
| leuk | white |
| cyt | cell |
| erythr | red |
| thromb | clot/clotting |
| ema | blood condition |
| an | no/not/without |
| globin | protein |
| cephal | head |
| ot | ear |
| ic/ac/al/ical | pertaining to |
| encephal | brain |
| aden | gland |
| pathy | disease condition |
| algia | pain |
| CVA | stroke |
| cerebr/o cerebrum | largest part of the brain |
| vascular | pertaining to a vessel (blood vessel) |
| oma | tumor/mass/collection of fluid/swelling |
| sarc | flash |
| carcin | cancer/cancerous |
| iatr | treatment |
| genic | pertaining to/produing/produced by/produced in |
| opsy | process of viewing |
| aut/o | self |
| hyper | excessive/above/more than normal |
| glyc/o | glucose/sugar |
| hypo | deficient/below/less than normal |
| epi | above/on upon |
| crin/o | secrete (to form and give off) |
| edno | within |
| exo | out |
| sis | state of |
| gnos | knowledge |
| dia | complete, through |
| pro | before, forward |
| osis | condition, usually abnormal |
| retro | behind |
| sub | below/under |
| trans | across/through |
| peri | surrounding |
| ium | tissue/structure/thing |
| ped | child |
| physic | nature |
| ren | kidney |
| secti | to cut |
| tome | instrument to cut |