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Chapter 4
Chapter 4 Medical Terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Carp/o | Wrist Bones |
| Cib/o | Meals |
| Cis/o | To cut |
| Cost/o | Rib |
| Cutane/o | Skin |
| Dactyl/o | Fingers, Toes |
| Duct/o | to lead, carry |
| Flex/o | to bend |
| furc/o | forking, branching |
| gloss/o | tounge |
| glyc/o | sugar |
| immun/o | protection |
| morph/o | shape,form |
| mort/o | death |
| nat/i | birth |
| nect/o | to bind, tie, connect |
| norm/o | rule, order |
| ox/o | oxygen |
| pub/o | pubis |
| seps/o | infection |
| somn/o | sleep |
| son/o | sound |
| the/o | to put, place |
| thel/o theli/o | nipple |
| thyr/o | thyroid gland |
| top/o | place, position, location |
| tox/o | poison |
| trache/o | windpipe |
| urethr/o | urethra |
| -blast | embryonic immature |
| -crine | to secrete |
| -drome | to run |
| -fusion | coming together |
| -gen | substance that produces |
| -lapse | to slide, fall, sag |
| -lysis | breakdown, destruction, seperation |
| -meter | to measure |
| -mission | to send |
| -or | one who |
| -oxia | oxygen |
| -partum | birth, labor |
| -phoria | to bear, carry, feeling mental state |
| -physis | to grow |
| -plasia | development, growth, formation |
| -plasm | structure or formation |
| -pnea | breathing |
| -ptosis | falling, drooping, prolapse |
| -rrhea | flow, discharge, |
| -stasis | stopping, controlling |
| -trophy | development, nourishment |
| a-, an- | no, not, without |
| ab- | away from |
| ad- | toward |
| ana- | up, apart |
| ante- | before, forward |
| anti- | against |
| auto- | self, own |
| bi- | two |
| brady- | slow |
| cata- | down |
| con- | with, together |
| contra- | against, opposite |
| de- | down, lack of |
| dia- | complete, through |
| dys- | bad, painful, difficult, abnormal |
| ec-, ecto- | out, outside |
| endo- | in, within |
| epi- | upon, on, above |
| eu- | good, normal |
| ex- | out, outside, away from |
| hemi- | half |
| hyper- | excessive, above |
| hypo- | deficient, under |
| in- | not (insomniac |
| in- | into, within (incision |
| infra- | beneath, under |
| inter- | between |
| intra- | in, within, into |
| macro- | large |
| mal- | bad |
| meta- | beyond, change |
| micro- | small |
| neo- | new |
| pan- | all |
| para- | abnormal, beside, near |
| per- | through |
| peri- | surrounding |
| poly- | many, much |
| post- | after, behind |
| pre- | before, in front of |
| pro- | before, forward |
| pros- | before, forward |
| re- | back, again |
| retro- | behind, backward |
| sub- | under |
| supra- | above, upper |
| syn, sym- | together, with |
| tachy- | fast |
| trans- | across, through |
| ultra- | beyond, excess |
| uni- | one |