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CHPT 2
Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| -er, -ist | one who |
| -iatrician | practitioner |
| -logist | one who studies; specialist |
| -ac, -al, -ar, -ic | pertaining to |
| -iatrics, -iatry | medical profession or treatment |
| -logic, -logical | pertaining to the science or study of |
| -logic | study or science of |
| cardi(o) | heart |
| crin(o) | to secrete |
| dermat(o) | skin |
| esthesi(o) | feeling or sensation |
| gastr(o), enter(o) | stomach, intestines |
| ger(a), ger(o), geront(o) | elderly or aged |
| gynec(o) | female |
| immun(o) | immune |
| ne(o), nat(o) | new, birth |
| neur(o), | nerve |
| obstetr(o) | midwife |
| onc(o) | tumor |
| ophthalm(o) | eye |
| orth(o) | straight |
| ped(o) | child, foot |
| oto(o), laryng(o) | ear, larynx |
| path(o) | disease |
| psych(o) | mind |
| radi(o) | radiant energy, radiation, radius |
| rheumat(o) | rheumatism |
| rhin(o) | nose |
| ur(o) | urinary tract, urine |
| bi(o) | life or living |
| dent(e), dent(o), ordont(o) | tooth |
| opt(o), optic(o) | vision |
| or(o) | mouth |
| pharmac(o) | drugs or medicine |
| therapeut(o) | treatment |
| an- | no, not, or without |
| endo- | inside |
| -crine | secrete |