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medical term
abbrviations
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| aer(o) | air; gas |
| ather(o) | plaque; fatty substance(inside of blood vessel) |
| blast(o) | immature cells |
| calc(o),calci(o) | calcium |
| chondrio,chondro | cartilage, grainy, gritty |
| chyl(o) | chyle,a digestive juice |
| chym(o) | chyme,semifluide production of chyme in the stomach |
| cyst(o), cysti | bladder, cyst, cystic duct |
| cyt(o) | cell |
| ethm(o) | ethmoid bone |
| gluc(o) | glucose |
| glycol(o) | sugars |
| hyrd(o) | hydrogen, water |
| ket(o), keton(o) | keton; acetone |
| lip(o) | fat ( outside of the blood vessel) |
| nucle(o) | nucleus |
| plasma, plasmo | formative; plasma |
| salpping(o) | tube |
| sider(o) | iron |
| Somat(o) | body |
| squam(o) | scale; squamous ( meaning scaly ) |
| syringe(o) | tube |
| algesi(o), algi(o), alg(o) | pain |
| cry(o) | cold |
| dips(o) | thrust |
| 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(o), 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 | small; less |
| morph(o) | structure; shape |
| norm(o) | normal |
| physic(o) | physical; natural |
| pseud(o) | false |
| scler(o) | hardness; hardening |
Created by:
brendashaw
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