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MT Weeks 1-13
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| -itis | inflamation |
| -ectomy | surgical removal of |
| -ology | study of |
| -scopy | visual examination |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| -um | noun ending |
| -al | pertaining to |
| pre- | before |
| post- | after |
| peri- | surrounding |
| cardi/o | heart |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| tonsill/o | tonsils |
| nat/i | birth |
| hepat/o | liver |
| -algia | pain |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| ab- | away from |
| ad- | toward, near |
| anti- | against |
| bi- | twice |
| col/o | colon, bowel, large intestine |
| crani/o | pertaining to the skull |
| cyan/o | blue |
| erythr/o | red |
| laryng/o | larynx |
| my/o | muscle |
| ot/o | ear |
| rhin/o | nose |
| cyt/o | cell |
| -cyte | cell |
| -malacia | abnormal softening |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -sclerosis | abnormal hardening |
| -stenosis | abnormal narrowing |
| hyper- | excessive, increased |
| hypo- | deficient, decreased |
| -ologist | specialist |
| arteri/o | artery |
| neur/o | nerve |
| leuk/o | white |
| dermat/o | skin |
| derm/o | skin |
| ankyl/o | crooked, bent, stiff |
| enter/o | small intestine |
| -lysis | breaking down |
| -pnea | breathing |
| -poiesis | formation |
| endo- | inside, within |
| mal- | bad |
| ambi- | both |
| -oma | tumor |
| gyn- | female |
| myel/o | bone marrow or spinal cord |
| lact/o | milk |
| -emesis | vomit |
| xanth/o | yellow |
| chrom/o | color |
| poli/o | grey |
| phleb/o | vein |
| -centesis | puncture to remove fluid |
| -tripsy | crushing |
| arthr/o | joint |
| ather/o | fatty, lipid |
| cost/o | rib |
| bucc/a | cheek |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| oste/o | bone |
| lord/o | bent backward |
| kyph/o | hump |
| scoli/o | curved |
| sonovi/o, synov/o | synovial fluid or membrane |
| -phoria | to bear, carry, feeling, mental state |
| -pexy | surgical fixation |
| -ory | pertaining to |
| plast- | growth, development, mold |
| -plastic | pertaining to formation |
| metabol/o | change |
| ment/o | mind, chin |
| mobil/o | capable of moving |
| loch/i | childbirth, confinement |
| mamm/o | breast |
| pubert/o | ripe age, adult |
| pub/o | pubis, part of hip bone |
| -y | noun ending |
| cox/o | hip, hip joint |
| consci/o | aware, awareness |
| -gram | record |
| a-/an- | without, lack of |
| an/o | anus, ring |
| -us | noun ending, thing |
| -ago | abnormal condition or disease |
| asthmat/o | gasping, choking |
| brachy- | short |
| brady- | slow |
| tachy- | fast |
| cephal/o | head |
| -ceps | head |
| graphy- | the process of producing a record or picture |
| heter/o | other, different |
| kinesi/o | movement |
| -kinesia | movement |
| -kinesis | motion |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -rrhage, -rrhagia | abnormal bleeding, excessive fluid discharge |
| -rrhaphy | to suture |
| -rrhea | abnormal flow |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -plegia | paralysis, stroke |
| electr/o | electricity |
| -otomy | surgical incision |
| thromb/o | clot |
| thora/o, thorac/o | chest |
| abdomin/o | abdomen |
| -able | capable of, able to |
| acr/o | extremities, top, extreme point |
| ambul/o | walk |
| -one | hormone |
| or/o | mouth, oral cavity |
| varic/o | varicose veins, swollen or dialated vein |
| ven/o | vein |
| arter/o, arteri/o | artery |
| carp/o | wrist bones |
| vascul/o | blood vessel |
| hemangi/o | blood vessel |
| -ism | condition, state of |
| mega- | large, great |
| pan- | all, entire, every |
| carcin/o | cancerous |
| cervic/o | neck, cervix |
| -blast | embryonic, immature |
| -cide | causing death |
| immune/o | immune, protection, safe |
| -lytic | to reduce, destroy |
| neo- | new |
| onc/o | tumor |
| phag/o | eat, swallow |
| -plasm | formative material of cells |
| sacr/o | flesh, connective tissue |
| spleen/o | spleen |
| -edema | swelling |
| -pathy | disease |
| -ole | little or small |
| alveol/o | alveoli |
| para- | near |
| trache/o | trachea |
| atel/o | incomplete |
| bronch/o | bronchial tube |
| bronchi/o | bronchial tube |
| ecstasis | stretching, enlargement |
| pneum/o, -pneumono/o | lungs |
| pleur/o | pleura |
| phon/o | sound, voice |
| pharyng/o | pharynx, throat |
| pulm/o | lung |
| pulmon/o | lung |
| laryng/o | larynx, voicebox |
| nas/o | nose |
| sinus/o | sinuses |
| epiglott/o | epiglottis |
| cholecyst/o | gallbladder |
| pancreat/o | pancreas |
| esophag/o | esophagus |
| cec/o | cecum |
| chol/o | bile |
| -cele | hernia |
| proct/o | anus and rectum |
| -pepsia | digestion |
| peps/i | digestion |
| peristals/o | constrict around |
| cheil/o | lips of the mouth |
| dent/i, dent/o | tooth, teeth |
| rect/o | rectum, straight |
| retr/o | behind |
| metabol/o | change |
| cholecyst/o | gallbladder |
| pancreat/o | pancreas |
| esophag/o | esophagus |
| cec/o | cecum |
| chol/o | bile |
| -cele | hernia |
| proct/o | anus and rectum |
| -pepsia | digestion |
| peps/i | digestion |
| peristals/o | constrict around |
| cheil/o | lips of the mouth |
| dent/i, dent/o | tooth, teeth |
| rect/o | rectum, straight |
| retr/o | behind |
| metabol/o | change |
| dys- | bad, difficult, painful |
| mal- | bad, poor, evil |
| -lithiasis | presence of stones |
| pyr/o | fever, fire |
| hidr/o | sweat glands |
| cutane/o | skin |
| seb/o | sebaceous glands |
| pil/i, pil/o | hair |
| onych/o | nails |
| ungu/o | nails |
| myc/o | fungus |
| xer/o | dry |
| pedicul/o | louse |
| rhytid/o | wrinkle |
| crypt/o | hidden |
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