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Medical Terminology
Week 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| root | basic part of the word (foundation) |
| suffix | comes after the root (word ending) |
| prefix | comes before the root (word beginning) |
| combining vowel | connects word parts (link parts of words) |
| hemat/o | blood |
| -logy | the study of |
| -gram | record or recoring |
| enter/o | intestines |
| sub | under |
| epi | above |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| Electr/o | electricity |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -ist | specialist/one who specializes in... |
| combining form | root plus combining vowel |
| Bi/o | life |
| gynec/o | woman/female |
| onc/o | tumor |
| path/o | disease |
| ur/o | urnine/urineary tract |
| radi/o | x-rays |
| nephr/o | kidneys |
| arhtr/o | joints |
| hepat/o | liver |
| cyst/o | urinary bladder/sac containing fluid |
| rhin/o | nose |
| ex- | out |
| cis/o | to cut |
| -ion | process of |
| -ectomy | removing |
| in (prefix) | in, into, not |
| -tomy | incision/process of cutting |
| -scope | instrument for visual examination |
| -scopy | process of visual examining |
| cyt/o | cell |
| -cyte | cell |
| leuk/o | white |
| erythr/o | red |
| thromb/o | clot/clotting |
| -ema | blood condition |
| A-, An- | no,not, without |
| hemo/o | blood |
| -globin | protein |
| leukemia | while blood cell condition |
| -algia | pain |
| ot/0 | ear |
| cephal/o | head |
| -ic, -ac, -al, -ical | pertaining to |
| encephal/o | brain |
| -pathy | disease/condition |
| aden/o | gland |
| cerebr/o, cerebrum | largest part of the brain |
| cerebral | pertaining to largest part of the brain |
| vascular | pertaning to a vessel-blood vessel |
| CVA | stroke |
| eclectroecephalogram | recording of electricity in the brain |
| -oma | tumor,mass, collection of fluid, swelling |
| sarc/o | flesh |
| carcin/o | cancer, cancerous |
| -genic | pertaining to, producing, produced by, produced in |
| iatr/o | treatment |
| -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) |
| endo- | within |
| exo- | out |
| -sis | state of |
| gnos/ | knowledge |
| dia- | complete, through |
| pro | before, forward |
| -osis | condition, usually abnormal(slight increase in numbers when used with blood cells) |
| retro- | behind |
| sub- | below |
| trans- | across, through |
| peri- | surrounding |
| -ium | tissue, structure, thing |
| pedo/o | child |
| physi/o | nature |
| secti/o | to cut |
| tom/o | to cut |
| -ia | condition |
| -tome | instrument to cut |
| ana- | up, apart |
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