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Medical Terminology
Module 1, 2, 3a
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| abdomin/o | abdomen |
| aden/o | gland |
| adren/o | adrenal gland |
| adrenal/o | adrenal gland |
| alb/o | white |
| albin/o | white |
| an/o | anus |
| angi/o | vessel |
| aort/o | aorta |
| append/o | appendix |
| appendic/o | appendix |
| arteri/o | artery |
| anteriol/o | arteriole: small artery |
| arthr/o | joint |
| atel/o | imperfect: incomplete |
| ather/o | fatty substance |
| aut- , auto- | self, own |
| axill/o | armpit |
| bacteri/o | bacteria |
| bi/o | life |
| bucc/o | cheek |
| carcin/o | cancer, cancerous |
| cardi/o | heart |
| caus/o | burn; burning |
| cauter/o | burn; heat |
| cec/o | cecum |
| cephal/o | head |
| cerebr/o | largest part of the brain |
| chem/o | drug; chemical |
| chol/e | gall; bile |
| cholangi/o | bile vessel |
| cholecyst/o | gallbladder |
| chrom/o | colour |
| chron/o | time |
| cirrh/o | yellow |
| cis/o | to cut |
| col/o; colon/o | colon |
| coron/o | heart |
| cortic/o | cortex; outer membrane of organ |
| crin/o | to secrete |
| cry/o | cold (temperatures) |
| cyan/o | blue |
| cyst/o | urinary bladder; a sac or cyst |
| dent/i | tooth |
| derm/o; dermat/o | skin |
| dips/o | thirst |
| dors/o | dorsal (back side of the body) |
| duoden/o | duodenum |
| electr/o | electricity |
| encephal/o | brain |
| enter/o | intestines; usually small |
| eosin/o | rosy pinkish colour |
| erythr/o | red (blood cell) |
| esophag/o | esophagus (food tube) |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| gingiv/o | gum |
| glauc/o | grey |
| gloss/o | tongue |
| gluc/o; glyc/o; glycos/o | sugar |
| gnos/o | knowledge |
| gonad/o | sex organs |
| gynec/o | woman |
| hem/o; hemat/o | blood |
| hepat/o | liver |
| herni/o | hernia |
| hom/o | similar |
| home/o | sameness; unchanging; consistant |
| hydr/o | water |
| iatr/o | treatment; physician |
| ile/o | ileum |
| immun/o | safe; protection |
| inguin/o | groin |
| is/o | alike; equal |
| jejun/o | jejunum |
| klept/o | to steal |
| labi/o | lip |
| lapar/o | abdominal wall; abdomen |
| later/o | side |
| lei/o | smooth |
| lept/o | thin |
| lingu/o | tongue |
| lip/o | fat |
| lith/o | stone |
| log/o | study of |
| lymph/o | lymph |
| medi/o | middle |
| melan/o | black |
| muc/o | mucus |
| necr/o | death; of cells or whole body |
| nephr/o | kidney |
| neur/o | nerve |
| odont/o | tooth |
| olig/o | few; scant |
| onc/o | tumor |
| ophthalm/o | eye |
| or/o | mouth |
| orth/o | normal; straight; correct |
| oste/o | bone |
| palat/o | palate |
| pancreat/o | pancreas |
| parathyroid/o | parathyroid |
| path/o | desease |
| ped/o | child |
| peritone/o | double-layer membrane in the abdomen |
| phag/o | eating |
| pharmac/o | drug; chemical |
| pharyng/o | throat |
| phleb/o | vein |
| phon/o | voice |
| phot/o | light |
| physi/o | nature |
| poikil/o | irregulare |
| polyp/o | small growth |
| poster/o | back of the body, behind |
| proct/o | anus and rectum |
| psych/o | mind |
| py/o | pus |
| pylor/o | pylorus |
| radi/o | radiation; x-ray |
| rect/o | rectum |
| ren/o | kidney |
| rhin/o | nose |
| sarc/o | fleshy; connective tissue |
| sect/o | to cut |
| sigmoid/o | sigmoid (colon) |
| somat/o | body |
| son/o | sound |
| spher/o | round |
| sphygm/o | pulse |
| spir/o | coiled |
| splen/o | spleen |
| sten/o | narrow; contracted |
| stom/o; stomat/o | mouth |
| tax/o | order; arrangement; coordination |
| tele/o | design; purpose |
| therm/o | heat |
| thromb/o | clot; clotting |
| thyr/o; thyroid/o | thyroid |
| tonsil/o | tonsils |
| tox/o; toxic/o | poison |
| ur/o | urinary tract; urine |
| vas/o | vessel; vein |
| ven/o | vein |
| ventr/o | belly side of the body |
| venul/o | venule; small vein |
| viscer/o | internal organs |
| xanth/o | yellow |
| -ac; -al; -ic; -ical; | pertaining to |
| -algia | pain |
| -arche | beginning |
| -asthenia | weakness |
| -blast | formative cell |
| -cele | hernia |
| -centisis | puncture to remove fluid |
| -cidal | to kill; to destroy |
| -clasis | to break |
| -coccus | berry-shaped bacterium |
| -crine | to secrete |
| -crit | to seperate |
| -cyte | cell |
| -cytosis | abnormal cell increase |
| -derma | skin |
| -desis | fixation; to bind |
| -dilation | widening |
| -dynia | pain |
| -ectasis | widening |
| -ectomy | removal |
| -emesis | vomiting |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -esis | condition |
| -esthesia | sensation |
| -gen | substance that forms or produces |
| -genic | producing; forming |
| -genesis | condition of forming; producing |
| -globin; -globulin | protien |
| -gram | record or tracing |
| -graph | recording instrument |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -ia | condition |
| -iasis | abnormal condition |
| -iatrist | doer; one who; practitioner |
| -id; oid | resembling |
| -ion | process |
| -ism | condition of |
| -ist | specialist |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -um; -ium | structure; tissue |
| -ize | act of |
| -logy | process of study |
| -lysis | to break down; to loosen |
| -lytic | loosening; breaking down |
| -malacia | softening |
| -mania | obsessive preoccupation |
| -megaly | elargement |
| -meter | instrument to measure |
| --ole | little; small (artery) |
| -oma | tumor, swelling, mass |
| -opia | vision |
| -opsy | process of viewing |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| -paresis | slight paralysis |
| -partum | birth |
| -pathy | disease condition |
| -penia | deficiency |
| -pexy | to put in place |
| -phagia | eating; swallowing |
| -phasia | speech |
| -phobia | fear of |
| -phonia | voice; sound |
| -plasia | development; formation |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -pnea | breathing |
| -ptosis | drooping; falling |
| -ptysis | spitting |
| -rrhage; -rrhagia | bursting forth (of blood) |
| -rrhaphy | suture or repair |
| -rrhea | discharge |
| -sclerosis | hardening |
| -scope | instrument to visually examine |
| -scopy | process of visually examining |
| -sis | state of |
| -spasm | involuntary contraction |
| -stasis | control; stoppage |
| -staxis | bursting forth |
| -stenosis | narrowing; contracting |
| -stomy | creation of an opening |
| -therapy | treatment |
| -thorax | chest |
| -tomy | process of cutting |
| -tresia | opening |
| -tripsy | to surgically crush |
| -trophy | nourishment; development |
| -ule | little; small (vein) |
| -uria | urine condition |
| -us | thing |
| -y | process; condition |
| a-; an- | no, not, without |
| dia- | complete; through |
| endo- | within |
| epi- | above; upon |
| ex-; exo- | out; outside of |
| hyper- | excessive; more that normal |
| hypo- | deficient; less than normal |
| in- | in; into |
| peri- | around; surrounding |
| pro- | before; forward |
| para- | beside; near; abnormal |
| re- | back, backward |
| retro- | behind |
| sub- | below, under |
| trans- | across |
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