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MT Ch 12
Medical Terminology Chapter 12
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| alges/o | sense of pain |
| astr/o | star |
| centr/o | center |
| cerebell/o | cerebellum |
| cerebr/o | cerebrum |
| clon/o | rapid contracting and relaxing |
| concuss/o | to shake violently |
| dur/o | dura mater |
| encephal/o | brain |
| esthesi/o | sensation, feeling |
| gli/o | glue |
| medull/o | medulla oblongata |
| mening/o | meninges |
| meningi/o | meninges |
| ment/o | mind |
| myel/o | spinal cord |
| neur/o | nerve |
| peripher/o | away from center |
| poli/o | gray matter |
| pont/o | pons |
| radicul/o | nerve root |
| thalam/o | thalamus |
| thec/o | sheath (meninges) |
| tom/o | to cut |
| ton/o | tone |
| ventricul/o | ventricle |
| angi/o | vessel |
| arteri/o | artery |
| cephal/o | head |
| crani/o | skull |
| cyt/o | cell |
| electr/o | electricity |
| hemat/o | blood |
| hem/o | blood |
| hydr/o | water |
| isch/o | to hold back |
| later/o | side |
| lumb/o | low back |
| my/o | muscle |
| scler/o | hard |
| spin/o | spine |
| vascul/o | blood vessel |
| vertebr/o | vertebra |
| -paresis | weakness |
| -phasia | speech |
| -taxia | muscle coordination |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -algia | pain |
| -ar | pertaining to |
| -ary | pertaining to |
| -asthenia | weakness |
| -cele | protrusion |
| -eal | pertaining to |
| -ectomy | surgical removal |
| -gram | record |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -ia | condition, state |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -ine | pertaining to |
| -ion | action |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -logy | study of |
| -nic | pertaining to |
| -oma | tumor, mass |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| -otomy | cutting into |
| -pathy | disease |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| -tic | pertaining to |
| -trophic | pertaining to development |
| a- | without |
| an- | without |
| anti- | against |
| bi- | two |
| de- | without |
| dys- | abnormal, difficult |
| endo- | within |
| epi- | above |
| hemi- | half |
| hyper- | excessive |
| intra- | within |
| mono- | one |
| para- | abnormal, two like parts of a pair |
| poly- | many |
| quadri- | four |
| semi- | partial |
| sub- | under |
| un- | not |
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