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Medical Terminology
STUDY
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| GASTR- | STOMACH |
| CARDI- | HEART |
| MEGAL- | ENLARGEMENT |
| -ITIS | INFLAMMATION |
| DERMAT- DERM- | SKIN |
| PLAST- | PLASTIC/SURGICAL REPAIR |
| CEREBR- | BRAIN |
| PATH- | DISEASE |
| -ECTOMY | SURGICAL REMOVAL |
| ENTER- | INTESTINES |
| -OSIS | CONDITION |
| -OTOMY | CUT INTO |
| ADEN- | GLAND |
| ANGI- | VESSEL |
| OMA | TUMOR |
| NEPHR | KIDNEY |
| HEPAT | LIVER |
| ARTHR | JOINTS |
| BLEPHAR | EYELID |
| OLOGIST | SPECIALIST IN THE STUDY OF |
| RHIN | NOSE |
| GINGIV | GUM |
| MALACIA | SOFTNESS |
| OLOGY | STUDY OF |
| SPASM | INVOLUNTARY CONTRACTION |
| ALGIA | PAIN |
| CRANI | SKULL |
| END | INSIDE, WITHIN |
| HEMI | HALF |
| OID | LIKE |
| HYPER | ABOVE, MORE THAN NORMAL |
| CYST | SAC CONTAINING FLUID |
| CHOLE | BILE |
| HYPO | UNDER |
| SCOP | OBSERVE |
| HYSTER | UTERUS |
| OSTOMY | CREATE AN OPENING |
| PARA | BESIDE, BEYOND |
| LYSIS | LOOSENING, DESTRUTION |
| CERVIC | NECK |
| CHONDR | CARTILAGE |
| CYAN | BLUE |
| HEM(AT) | BLOOD |
| OST | BONE |
| PSYCHO | MIND |
| LIP | FAT |
| MY | MUSCLE |
| LITH | STONE |
| OPTHALM OPT | EYE |
| PROCT | ANUS |
| COST | RIB |
| GRAM | RECORD |
| ACRO | EXTREMITIES |
| RHEXIS | BREAK, BURST |
| CARCIN | CANCER |
| PENIA | DECREASE |
| GEN | ORIGINAL, PRODUCTION |
| BURSO | SAC |
| RETR(O) | BACKWARDS |
| TRIP | RUB, FRICTION |
| STREPT | TWIST |
| DESIS | BINDING |
| MANI | MADNESS |
| GLOSSO | TONGUE |
| TROPHY | DEVELOPMENT |
| SUPRA | ABOVE |
| PTOSIS | FALLING |
| DYN | PAIN |
| MAST | BREAST |
| RRHAPHY | SUTURE |
| DENT | TEETH |
| CEPHAL | HEAD |
| AUTO | SELF |
| EPI | UPON |
| HYDRO | WATER |
| LOBO | SECTION |
| EMESIS | VOMITING |
| CONTRA | AGAINST, COUNTER |
| IASIS | CONDITION |
| TRANS | THROUGH,ACROSS |
| BRADY | SLOW |
| ECTASIS | EXPANSION |
| CYT | CELL |
| ODONT | TOOTH |
| LEUK | WHITE |
| ESTHESIA | SENSATION |
| CANTHO | ANGLE AT THE END OF THE EYE |
| STENO | NARROW, CONTRACTION |
| CHEIL | LIP |
| CELE | HERNIA |
| BENIGN | MILD, NOT CANCEROUS |
| SEMEN | SEED |
| CELIO | ABDOMAN |
| ERYTHRO | RED |
| VASO | VESSEL |
| MELAN | BLACK |
| CAUDA | TAIL |
| LINGUA | TONGUE |
| MYRING | EARDRUM |
| SPONDYL | SPINAL COLUM |
| OVAR | EGG |
| CENTASIS | PUNCTURE |
| OTO | EAR |
| BILI | BILE |
| SQUAM | SCALE |
| MENING | MEMBRANE |
| CEC | BLIND PASSGE |
| MACUL | SPOT |
| PEXY | SUSPENSION |
| ONCO | TUMOR |
| OR | MOUTH |
| SUB | UNDER |
| SPIRO | COIL |
| LACRIM | TEAR |
| VISCERO | ORGAN |
| LACT | MILK |
| ONYCH | NAIL, CLAW |
| THORAC | CHEST |
| PYLE | GATE |
| VESIC | BLADDER |
| SPHENIC | WEDGE |
| MYEL | SPINAL CORD |
| ANTI | AGAINST |
| MYCO | FUNGUS |
| HALLUX | GREAT TOE |
| PHYSIO- | NATURE |
| BUCC(O)- | CHEEK |
| PALPEBR- | EYELID |
| PLASIA- | DEVELOPMENT |
| RUG- | WRINKLE, FOLD, CREASE |
| AUR- | EAR |
| ACOUST(I)- | HEARING |
| COLP(O)- | HALLOW, VAGINA |
| PHON- | VOICES, SOUNDS |
| LEIO- | SMOOTH |
| COR | HEART |
| REN- | KIDNEY |
| ORCHI- | TESTIS |
| ENCEPHAL- | BRAIN |
| THALAM- | INNER CHAMBER |
| PLEXUS | BRAID |
| CILIA | EYELASH |
| DENDR- | TREE, BRANCHIN |
| PHLEB- | VEIN |
| PILO- | HAIR |
| HISTO- | TISSUE |
| STOMA- | MOUTH |
| TYMPAN- | EARDRUM |
| UMBILIC- | NAVAL |
| SALPINGO | TUBE |
| HELIO- | SUN |
| ASTR- | STAR-SHAPED |
| -ASTHESIA | WEAKNESS |
| FASCIA | SHEET, BAND |
| ISO- | EQUAL |
| TARSO- | ANKLE |
| -TOPE | PLACE |
| POD- | FOOT |
| MALIGN- | BAD |
| ADNEXA- | TIES |
| OCUL- | EYE |
| LAPAR- | ABDOMINAL WALL |
| DACRY- | TEAR |
| MENT- | MIND |
| PART- | LABOR, BRING FORTH |
| SCLER(A)- | HARD |
| SOMATO | BODY |
| TRACHEL | NECK |
| SINUS | HALLOW SPACE |
| HYPNO | SLEEP |
| SEPT | WALL, FENCE |
| SCIRR(H)- | HARD; RELATING TO A TUMOR |
| ANTR- | CAVITY |
| -CRINE | TO SECRETE |
| DURA | HARD; MEMBRANES COVERING BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD |