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Latin Medical Terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| A or an | without/ has not |
| angio | vessel |
| anti | against |
| auto | self |
| bi | two |
| bio(s) | life |
| brady | slow |
| card(ia) | heart |
| chezia | defecation |
| cide/cidal | to kill |
| co | together |
| cyto/cyte | cell |
| derm | skin |
| di | two |
| diliation | widening/ stretching |
| ectomy | removal/ excision |
| edema | swelling |
| emesis | vomit |
| emia/emic | blood condition |
| endo | inside |
| erythro | red |
| esis | condition / or state of |
| eu | true |
| exo | outside |
| gastro | stomach |
| gen(ic) | substance that produces |
| graph | description/ instrument |
| hemo/ hemato | blood |
| hepato | liver |
| hetero | different |
| homo | same or human |
| hydro/hydrate | water |
| hyper | above |
| hypo | beneath |
| in | not |
| inter | beneath |
| inter | between |
| itis | inflammation |
| lymph | clear water, referring to lymph system |
| lysis | cutting/ breaking down |
| macro | large |
| micro | small |
| milli | thousand |
| mono | one |
| multi | many |
| necr | dead |
| neo | new |
| nephro | kidney |
| neuro | nerve |
| non | not |
| ology | study of |
| oma | tumor / mass of |
| onc(o) | tumor / cancer |
| ose | sugar / full of / pertaining to |
| osis | state / condition, usually abnormal |
| oste/ osteo | bone |
| peri | around / surrounding |
| phagos/ phage | to eat |
| phobi(a/c) | fears/ dislikes/ hates |
| photo/ phos | light |
| physic(o) | function/ nature |
| plasm | formation / structure |
| plasty | surgical repair |
| pnea | breathing / resperation |
| pneu (mo) | air / lung |
| poly | many |
| post | after |
| pre | before |
| pro | before or front of |
| psycho | mind |
| pulmon(o) | lung |
| radi(o) | x- rays/ radioactivity |
| re | back, again/ backward |
| ren(o) | kidney |
| retro | behind/ backward |
| rrhage | bursting/ forth |
| rrhea | flow / discharge |
| scelerosis | hardnening |
| scopy | visual examination |
| sect | cut |
| semi | half/ partial |
| sepsis | rot/ poisoning from bacterial action |
| som(a/e) | body |
| sperm | seed |
| stasis | standing |
| stenosis | tightening / constriction |
| sub | below |
| sy(m/n/s) | together/ with |
| synthesis | put together/ make |
| tachy | fast / swift |
| tele/telo | far / end |
| therapy | treatment |
| therm | heat |
| tomy | the process of cutting |
| toxic(o) | poison |
| trans | across |
| tri | three |
| type | classification / picture |
| un | not |
| un(i) | one |
| uria | urine |
| visc(ero) | internal organs |
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