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med term word parts
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| azot/o | nitrogenous waste |
| bacteri/o | bacteria |
| cyst/o | bladder |
| glomerul/o | glomerulus |
| glycose/o | sugar,glucose |
| keten/o | ketones |
| lith/o | stone |
| meat/o | meatus |
| nephr/o | kidney |
| noct/i | night |
| olig/o | scanty |
| pyel/o | renal pelvis |
| ren/o | kidney |
| ur/o | urine |
| ureter/o | ureter |
| urethr/o | urethra |
| urin/o | urine |
| -lith | stone |
| -ptosis | drooping |
| -uria | urine condition |
| colp/o | vagina |
| episi/o | vulva |
| gynec/o | woman/female |
| hyster/o | uterus |
| mamm/o | breast |
| salping/o | uterine tubes, fallopian tubes |
| perine/o | perineum |
| nat/o | birth |
| oopphor/o | ovary |
| vas/o | vas deferens |
| andr/o | male |
| crypt/o | hidden |
| balan/o | glans penis |
| orch/o | testes |
| vesicul/o | seminal vesticle |
| varic/o | dilated vein |
| testicul/o | testes |
| -arche | beginning |
| -salphinx | uterine tube |
| -tocia | labor, childbirth |
| -gravida | pregnancy |
| -spermia | condition of sperm |
| concuss/o | to shake violently |
| cerebell/o | cerebellum |
| cerebr/o | cerebrum |
| encephala/o | brain |
| gli/o | glue |
| mening/o | meninges |
| myel/o | spinal cord |
| neur/o | nerve |
| astr/o | star |
| poli/o | gray matter |
| pont/o | pons |
| radicul/o | nerve root |
| thalam/o | thalamus |
| vertricul/o | vertricle |
| medull/o | medulla oblongata |
| ethesi/o | senstation, feeling |
| -paresis | weakness |
| -taxia | muscle coordination |
| alges/o | sense of pain |
| ton/o | tone |
| dur/o | dura mater |
| clon/o | rapid contracting and relaxing |
| centr/o | center |
| meningi/o | meninges |
| ment/o | mind |
| angi- | vessel |
| anther- | aorta |
| cardi | heart |
| atri | atrium |
| isch | to hold back |
| phleb | vein |
| sphygm | pulse |
| steth | chest |
| thromb | clot |
| valvul | valve |
| vascul | blood vessel |
| vas | vessel, duct |
| ven | vein |
| ventricul | ventricle |
| aort | aorta |
| arteri | artery |
| coron | heart |
| valv | valve |
| -ule | small |
| -ole | small |
| -manometer | instrument to measure presure |
| -tension | pressure |
| varic | dilated vein |
| myocardi | heart muscle |
| thromb | clot |
| agglutin | clumping |
| chrom | color |
| coagul | clotting |
| erythro | red |
| fibrin | fibers, fibrous |
| hemat | blood |
| phag | eat, swallow |
| leuk | white |
| morph | shape |
| sanguin | blood |
| eosin | rosy red |
| thym | thymus |
| adenoid | adenoids |
| tonsill | tonsills |
| tox | poison |
| splen | spleen |
| lymphaden | lymph node |
| lymphangi | lymph vessel |
| -cytosis | more than normal number of cells |
| -globin | protein |
| -poiesis | formation |
| -penia | abnormal decrease |
| -stasis | standing still |
| bar | weight |
| appendo | appendix |
| chloecyst | gallbladder |
| cec | cecum |
| hepat | liver |
| lingu | tongue |
| gastr | stomach |
| proct | anus and rectum |
| pharyng | throat, pharynx |
| cholangi | bile duct |
| sialaden | salivary gland |
| or | mouth |
| odont | tooth |
| choledoch | common bile duct |
| gingiv | gums |
| gloss | tongue |
| colon | colon |
| enter | small intestine |
| labi | lip |
| -tripsy | surgical crushing |
| -pepsia | digestion |
| -prandial | pertaining to a meal |
| -phagia | eat, swallow |
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Mallorykm
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