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MED101 Chapter 2
Combining Terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| aer(o) | air; gas |
| ather(o) | plaque; fatty substance (inside of a blood vessel) |
| blast(o) | immature cells |
| calc(o), calci(o) | calcium |
| chondrio, chondro | cartilage, grainy, gritty |
| chyl(o) | chyle, a digestive juice |
| chym(o) | chime, semifluid production of chime in the stomach |
| cyst(o), cysti | bladder, cyst, cystic duct |
| cyt(o) | cell |
| ethm(o) | ethmoid bone |
| gluc(o) | glucose |
| glyc(o) | sugars |
| hydr(o) | hydrogen, water |
| ket(o), keton(o) | ketone, acetone |
| lip(o) | fat (outside of a blood vessel) |
| nucle(o) | nucleus |
| plasma, plasmo | formative; plasma |
| salping(o) | tube |
| sider(o) | iron |
| somat(o) | body |
| squam(o) | scale; squamous (meaning scaly) |
| syring(o) | tube |
| algesi(o), algi(o), alg(o) | pain |
| cry(o) | cold |
| dips(o) | thirst |
| esthesi(o) | sensation, perception |
| kin(o), kine | movement |
| kinesi(o), kines(o) | motion |
| phon(o) | sound; voice; speech |
| phot(o) | light |
| son(o) | sound |
| therm(o) | heat |
| acanth(o) | spiny; thorny |
| andr(o) | masculine |
| chlor(o) | chlorine, green |
| chrom(o), chromate(o) | color |
| crypt(o) | hidden; obscure |
| cyan(o) | blue |
| eosin(o) | red |
| erythr(o) | red; redness |
| granul(o) | granular |
| gyn(o), gyne, gynec(o) | women |
| home(o), hom(o) | same; constant |
| ichthy(o) | dry; scaly; fishy |
| idi(o) | distinct; unknown |
| immune(o) | safe; immune |
| leuk(o) | white |
| macr(o) | large; long |
| meg(a), megal(o) | large; million |
| melan(o) | black; dark |
| micr(o) | small; tiny |
| mio | smaller; less |
| morph(o) | structure; shape |
| norm(o) | normal |
| physi(o) | physical; natural |
| pseud(o) | false |
| scler(o) | hardness; hardening |
| scolio | crooked; bent |
| sphere(o) | round; spherical |
| staphyl(o) | grapelike clusters |
| sten(o) | narrowness |
| strpt(o) | twisted chains; streptococci |
| terat(o) | monster (as a malformed fetus) |
| zanth(o) | yellow |
| bacill(i) | bacilli; bacteria |
| bacteri(o) | bacteria |
| carcin(o) | cancer |
| kyph(o) | humpback |
| onch(o), onc(o) | tumor |
| pachy | thick |
| path(o) | disease |
| pyr(o) | fever; fire; heat |
| schist(o) | split |
| schiz(o) | split; division |
| spasm(o) | spasm |
| anteri(o) | front |
| dextr(o) | right, towards the right |
| dors(o) | back |
| gonio | angle |
| later(o) | lateral, to one side |
| medi(o) | middle; medial plane |
| mes(o) | middle; median |
| orth(o) | straight; normal |
| top(o) | place; topical |
| crin(o) | secrete |
| gen(o) | producing; being born |
| hypn(o) | sleep |
| log(o) | speech, words, thought |
| narc(o) | sleep; numbness |
| phago | eating, devouring, swallowing |
| somn(o), somni | sleep |
| spir(o) | breath, breathe |
| actin(o) | light |
| amyl(o) | starch |
| bar(o) | weight; pressure |
| bas(o), basi(o) | base |
| bio- | life |
| chem(o) | chemical |
| chrono | time |
| coni(o) | dust |
| cycl(o) | circle; cycle |
| dyna, dynam(o) | force; energy |
| echo | reflected sound |
| electr(o) | electricity |
| eti(o) | cause |
| fibr(o) | fiber |
| fluor(o) | light, luminous; fluorine |
| fungi | fungus |
| galact(o) | milk |
| ger(o), geront(o) | old age |
| lact(o), lacti | milk |
| lith(o) | stone |
| lys(o) | dissolution, destruction |
| necr(o) | death, dying |
| noct(o) | night |
| nyct(o) | night |
| pharmaco | drugs; medicine |
| phyt(o) | plant |
| py(o) | pus |
| radio | radiation, x-ray; radius |
| stere(o) | three-dimensional |
| tel(o), tele(o) | distant, end; complete |
| ton(o) | tension, pressure |
| toxi, toxic(o), tox(o) | poison, toxin |
| troph(o) | food, nutrition |