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CNA Terminology
Medical Terminology
| Medical Terminology | Meaning |
|---|---|
| a, an | without or not |
| ab | away from |
| ad | toward |
| ante | before,forward |
| anti | against |
| auto | self |
| bi | double,two |
| brady | slow |
| circum | around |
| contra | against,opposite |
| de | down from,away from,not |
| dia | across,through,apart |
| dis | separate,away from |
| dys | bad,difficult,abnormal |
| ecto | outer, outside |
| en | in, into, within |
| endo | inner,inside |
| epi | over,on,upon |
| eryth | red |
| ex | out,out of,from,away from |
| hyper | excessive, too much, high |
| hemi | half |
| hypo | under, decreased, less than normal |
| in | in, into, within, not |
| inter | between |
| intra | within |
| intro | into,within |
| leuk | white |
| macro | large |
| mal | bad,illness,disease |
| mega | large |
| micro | small |
| mono | one,single |
| neo | new |
| non | not |
| olig | small,scant |
| para | similar,beside |
| per | by,through |
| peri | around |
| poly | many,much |
| post | after,behind |
| pre | before,in front of,prior to |
| pro | before,in front of |
| re | again |
| retro | backward |
| semi | half |
| sub | under |
| super | above, over, excess |
| supra | above, over |
| tachy | fast, rapid |
| trans | across |
| uni | one |
| abdomino | abdomen |
| adeno | gland |
| adreno | adrenal gland |
| angio | vessel |
| arterio | artery |
| arthro | joint |
| broncho | bronchus,bronchi |
| card,cardio | heart |
| cephalo | head |
| chole,cholo | bile |
| chondro | cartilage |
| colo | colon,large intestine |
| costo | rib |
| cranio | skull |
| cyano | blue |
| cystoo | bladder,cyst |
| cyto | cell |
| dento | tooth |
| derma | skin |
| duodeno | duodenum |
| encephalo | brain |
| entero | intestines |
| fibro | fiber,fibrous |
| gastro | stomach |
| glosso | tongue |
| gluco | sweetness,glucose |
| glyco | sugar |
| gyn,gyne,gyneco | woman |
| hem,hema,hemo,hemato | blood |
| hepat | liver |
| hydro | water |
| hystero | uterus |
| ileo,ilio | ileum |
| laparo | abdomen,loin,flank |
| laryngo | larynx |
| litho | stone |
| mammo | breast,mammary gland |
| masto | mammary gland,breast |
| meno | menstruation |
| myo | muscle |
| myelo | spinal cord,bone marrow |
| necro | death |
| nephro | kidney |
| neuro | nerve |
| oculo | eye |
| oophoro | ovary |
| ophthalmo | eye |
| ortho | straight,normal,correct |
| osteo | bone |
| oto | ear |
| pedo | child,foot |
| pharynago | pharynx |
| phelbo | vein |
| pnea | breathing,respiration |
| pneumo | lung,air,gas |
| procto | rectum |
| psycho | mind |
| pulmo | lung |
| pyo | pus |
| recto | rectum |
| rhino | nose |
| salpingo | Eustachian tube, uterine tube |
| spleno | spleen |
| steno | arrow,constriction |
| stomato | mouth |
| thermo | heat |
| thoraco | chest |
| thrombo | clot,thrombo |
| urethro | urethra |
| urino | urine |
| uro | urine,urinary tract,urination |
| utero | uterus |
| vaso | blood vessel,vasdeferens |
| veno | vein |
| vertebro | spine,vertebrae |
| algia | pain |
| asis | condition,usually abnormal |
| cele | hernia,herniation,pouching |
| centesis | puncture and aspiration of |
| cyte | cell |
| ectasis | dilation,stretching |
| ectomy | excision,removal of |
| emia | blood condition |
| genesis | development,production,creation |
| genic | producing,causing |
| gram | record |
| graph | a diagram,a recording instrument |
| graphy | making a recording |
| iasis | condition of |
| ism | a condition |
| itis | inflammation |
| logy | the study of |
| lysis | destruction of,decomposition |
| megaly | enlargement |
| meter | measuring instrument |
| metry | measurement |
| oma | tumor |
| osis | condition |
| pathy | disease |
| penia | lack,deficiency |
| phasia | speaking |
| phobia | an exaggerated fear |
| plasty | surgical reshaping or repair |
| plegia | paralysis |
| ptosis | falling,sagging,dropping,down |
| rrhage,rrhagia | excessive flow |
| rrhaphy | stitching,suturing |
| rrhea | profuse flow,discharge |
| scope | examination instrument |
| scopy | examination using a scope |
| stasis | maintenance,maintaining a constant level |
| stomy,ostomy | creation of an opening |
| tomy,otomy | incision,cutting into |
| uria | condition of the urine |
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