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medical terms
chapter 3 Davi-Ellen Chambers
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| aden/o | gland |
| amni/o | amnion (sac that surrounds the embryo) |
| angi/o | vessel (blood) |
| arteri/o | artery |
| arthr/o | joint |
| ather/o | fatty plaque |
| axill/o | armpit |
| bronch/o | bronchial tube |
| bronchi/o | bronchial tube |
| carcin/o | cancer, cancerous |
| cardi/o | heart |
| chem/o | drug, chemical |
| cholecyst/o | gallbladder |
| chron/o | time |
| col/o | colon |
| crani/o | skull |
| cry/o | cold |
| cyst/o | urinary bladder |
| electr/o | electricity |
| encephal/o | brain |
| erythr/o | red |
| esophag/o | esophagus |
| hem/o | blood |
| hemat/o | blood |
| hepat/o | liver |
| hyster/o | uterus |
| inguin/o | groin |
| isch/o | to hold back |
| lapar/o | abdomen |
| laryng/o | larynx (voice box) |
| leuk/o | white |
| mamm/o | breast |
| mast/o | breast |
| men/o | menstruation |
| mening/o | meninges (membranes covering brain and spinal cord) |
| my/o | muscle |
| myel/o | bone marrow, spinal cord |
| necr/o | death |
| nephr/o | kidney |
| neur/o | nerve |
| oophor/o | ovary |
| oste/o | bone |
| ot/o | ear |
| pelv/o | hip bone |
| peritone/o | peritoneum |
| phleb/o | vein |
| pneumon/o | lung |
| pulmon/o | lung |
| radi/o | x-ray; radius (lateral lower arm bone) |
| ren/o | kidney |
| rhin/o | nose |
| salping/o | fallopian (uterine) tube; eustachian tube |
| sarc/o | flesh |
| septic/o | infection |
| thorac/o | chest |
| tonsill/o | tonsils |
| trache/o | trachea, windpipe |
| ur/o | urine, urinary tract |
| vascul/o | blood vessel |
| -algia | pain |
| -emia | abnormal blood condition |
| -ia | condition |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -oma | tummor, mass, swelling |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| -pathy | disease condition |
| -rrhea | discharge, flow |
| -rrhagia | excessive flow |
| -rrhage | excessive flow of blood |
| -sclerosis | hardening |
| -uria | abnormal urine condition |
| -ar | pertaining to |
| -ary | pertaining to |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -eal | pertaining to |
| -centesis | surgical condition to remove fluid |
| -ectomy | excision (resection, removal); process of cutting out |
| -gram | record |
| -graphy | process of recording, to record |
| -lysis | breakdown, destruction, separation |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -scopy | process of visual examination |
| -stomy | opening |
| -therapy | treatment |
| -tomy | incision, process of cutting into |
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