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Medical Terminology
Module 4
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| carp/o | wrist bones |
| cib/o | meals |
| cost/o | rib |
| dactyl/o | fingers; toes |
| duct/o | to lead; carry |
| flex/o | to bend |
| furc/o | forking; branching |
| immune/o | protection |
| morph/o | shape; form |
| mort/o | death |
| nat/i | birth |
| nect/o | to bind; connect |
| norm/o | rule; order |
| ox/o | oxygen |
| seps/o | infection |
| somn/o | sleep |
| top/o | place; position ; location |
| -blast | immature |
| -drome | to run |
| -fusion | coming together ; to pour |
| -lapse | to slide ; fall ; sag |
| -mission | to send |
| -or | one who |
| -oxia | oxygen |
| -phoria | to bear; carry; feelings (mental state) |
| -physis | to grow |
| intra- | within; in |
| intro- | within; into |
| en- , em- (before b, m, p) | in, into |
| eso- | within; inward |
| ex- , exo- , extra- | out; away from |
| ante- | before; in front of |
| pre- , pro- | before; in front of |
| post- | after; behind |
| dorsi- | back |
| super- , supra- | above, over; in excess of |
| sub- , sup- | under, below |
| infra- | beneath; under |
| de- | down; loss; lack of |
| ab- | away from |
| ad- | towards |
| circum- | around |
| per- | through |
| inter- | between |
| contra- | against; opposite |
| dextro- | right |
| sinistro- | left |
| tele- | distance |
| ultra- | beyond; excess |
| brachy- | short |
| hemi- , semi- | one half |
| multi- | many; much |
| poly- | many; much |
| pan- | all |
| pachy- | thick |
| platy- | flat |
| schizo- | split; divided |
| in- , im- | no; not; into; within |
| counter- | against |
| con- , co- (before another vowel) , com- (before b, m, p) | together; with |
| syn- , sym- (before b,m,p) | together with |
| auto- | self |
| dis- | seperate |
| dys- | painful; difficult |
| eu- | normal; true |
| hetero- | different |
| neo- | new |
| noct- | night |
| psuedo- | false |
| tachy- | fast |
| para- | beside; near; abnormal |
| pub/o | anterior portion of the hipbone |
| mal- | bad |
| ec- ecto- | out; outside |