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med term unit 3
Term | Definition |
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aden/o | gland |
ather/o | fatty |
carcin/o | cancer |
cephal/o | head |
cerebr/o | cerebrum |
emes/o | vomitting |
emet/o | vomitting |
encephal/o | brain, inside the head |
epitheli/o | epithelial |
fibr/o | fibrous |
hist/o | tissue |
lei/o | smooth |
lip/o | fat |
lymph/o | lymphatic |
melan/o | black |
mening/o | meninges |
my/o | muscle |
myel/o | spinal cord |
nat/o | birth |
ne/o | new |
neur/o | nerve |
onc/o | tumor |
oste/o | bone |
papill/o | small elevation of tissue |
pariet/o | wall |
periton/o | peritoneum |
pleur/o | lung lining or membrane |
psych/o | mind |
rhabd/o | rod shaped |
spin/o | spinal |
viscer/o | organ |
anti- | against |
dys- | difficult, painful |
hydro- | water |
hyper- | above, increased |
hypo- | below, decreased |
neo- | new |
-algia | pain |
-blast | embryonic or immature |
-cele | hernia |
-ectomy | excision |
-genesis | generate, develop |
-iatrist | specialist, physician |
-malacia | softening |
-oid | like, resembling |
-oma | tumor |
-ous | adjective-material, condition |
-pathy | disease |
-plasia | development |
-plasm | growth of tissue |
-tomy | incision or cut |
-trophy | development |
-tropic | affecting |