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Chapter 1 &2
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Aden/o | gland |
| Arthr/o | joint |
| bi/o | life |
| carcin/o | cancerous,cancer |
| cardi/o | heart |
| cephal/o | head |
| cis/o | to cut |
| crin/o | to secrete |
| cyst/o | urinary bladder |
| cerebr/o | cerebrum largest part of the brain |
| cyt/o | cell |
| dermo/o or dermat/o | skin |
| electr/o | electricity |
| encephal/o | brain |
| enter/o | intestines |
| erythr/o | red |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| gnos/o | knowledge |
| glyc/o | sugar |
| hemat/o or hemo | blood |
| gynec/o | woman,female |
| hepat/o | liver |
| iatr/o | treatment,physician |
| leuk/o | white |
| log/o | study of |
| nephro/p | kidney |
| neur/o | nerve |
| onc/o | tumor |
| ophthalm/o | eye |
| oste/o | bone |
| path/o | disease |
| ped/o | child |
| psych/o | mind |
| radi/o | x-rays |
| ren/o | kidney |
| rhin/o | nose |
| sarc/o | flesh |
| sect/o | to cut |
| thromb/o | clot,clotting |
| ur/o | urinary tract,urine |
| -ac -al -eal -iac -ior -ic -ical | pertaining to |
| -algia | pain |
| -cyte | cell |
| -ectomy | excision,removal |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -genic | produced by or in |
| -globin | protein |
| -gram | record |
| -ion | process |
| -ist | specialist |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -logy | process of study |
| -oma | tumor,mass,swelling |
| -opsy | process of viewing |
| -osis | condition,usually abnormal |
| -pathy | disease condition |
| -scope | instrument to visually examine |
| -scopy | process of visually examining(with an endoscope) |
| -sis | state of;condition |
| -tomy | process of cutting |
| -y | process,condition |
| a- an- | no,not,without |
| aut- auto | self,own |
| dia- | through,complete |
| end- endo- | within |
| epi- | above,upon |
| ex- | out |
| exo- | outside of,outward |
| hyper- | excessive,above,more |
| hypo- | deficient,below,under,less |
| in- | into,in |
| peri- | surrounding,around |
| pro- | before,foward |
| re- | back,backward,again |
| retro- | behind |
| sub- | below,under |
| trans- | across,through |
| abdomin/o | abdomen |
| adip/o | fat |
| anter/o | front |
| bol/o | to cast(throw) |
| cervic/o | neck(of the body or uterus) |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| chromo/o | color |
| coccyg/o | coccyx(tailbone) |
| crani/o | skull |
| dist/o | far,distant |
| dors/o | back portion of the body |
| hist/o | tissue |
| ili/o | ilium(of the pelvic bone) |
| inguin/o | groin |
| kary/o | nucleus |
| later/o | side |
| lumb/o | lower back |
| medi/o | middle |
| nucle/o | nucleus |
| pelv/i | pelvis |
| poster/o | back,behind |
| proxim/o | nearest |
| sacr/o | sacrum |
| sarc/o | flesh |
| spin/o | spine,backone |
| thel/o | nipple |
| thorac/o | chest |
| trache/o | trachea,windpipe |
| umbilic/o | navel,umbilicus |
| ventr/o | belly side of the body |
| verterbr/o | verterbra(e),backbones |
| visver/o | internal organs |
| ana- | up |
| cata- | down |
| inter- | between |
| meta- | change |
| -ism | process,condition |
| -ose | pertaining to,full of |
| -plasm | formation |
| -somes | bodies |
| -type | picture,classification |
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