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MT Weeks 1-13
Term | Definition |
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-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 |