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term unit 10
med term unit 10
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| adren/o | adrenal gland |
| aer/o | air, with oxygen |
| bacill/o | bacillus |
| bi/o | life |
| cocc/i | round shaped bacteria |
| cortic/o | cortex |
| dermat/o | skin |
| drom/o | running, a series |
| endocrin/o | endocrine |
| erg/o | work |
| gen/o | forming, generating |
| gluc/o | glucose |
| glyc/o | glycogen, sweet, (sugar) |
| gnos/o | to know of, knowledge of |
| immun/o | immune |
| lys/o | destruction |
| malari/o | malaria |
| myc/o | fungus |
| pharmac/o | drugs |
| py/o | pus |
| sept/o, seps/o | poisoned, toxic |
| staphyl/o | growing in bunches |
| strept/o | twisted chains |
| test/o, orchid/o, orchi/o | testis |
| thyr/o, thyroid/o | thyroid gland |
| a-,an- | without, lack of |
| anti- | against |
| dia- | through |
| diplo- | two, double |
| endo- | inside |
| exo- | outward |
| hyper- | above |
| hypo- | below |
| mal- | bad, poor |
| poly- | too many |
| pro- | before, in front of |
| syn-, sym- | joined, fused |
| -crine | secrete |
| -ism | theory, condition |
| -ist | specialist |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -ity | ability |
| -logy | study of |
| -lysis | destruction |
| -megaly | enlarged |
| -oid | resembling |
| -osis | condition |
| -pathy | disease |
| -rrhea | flow, discharge |
| -therapy | treatment |
| antigen | foreign invader |
| antibody | immune protein |
| thym/o | thymus gland |
| pancreat/o | pancreas |
| oophor/o | ovary |
| test/o, testicu/o | testis |
| pituitr/o | pituitary gland |
| parathyroid/o | parathyroids |