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Medical terms
Terms 1
| Term | Meaning |
|---|---|
| morph- | form |
| path- | feeling / suffering |
| ped, pedo- | Child / Children |
| pend- | to hang |
| phon- | sound |
| port- | to carry |
| scrib-, script- | to write |
| tract- | to pull / drag / or draw |
| acr/o | extremity |
| bas/o | base |
| cardi/o | heart |
| cyan/o | blue |
| enter/o | intestine |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| pharmac/o | drug |
| physi/o | nature |
| splen/o | spleen |
| top/o | place |
| megal- | enlarged |
| itis | inflammation |
| dermat- | skin |
| plast- | surgical repair |
| cerebr- | brain |
| path- | disease |
| -ectomy | surgical removal |
| enter- | intestines (usually small) |
| -osis | any condition |
| -otomy | cut into |
| aden- | gland |
| angi- | vessel |
| -oma | tumor |
| nephr- | kidney |
| hepat- | liver |
| arthr- | joint |
| blephar- | eyelid |
| -ologist | specialist |
| rhin- | nose |
| gingiv- | gum |
| -malacia | soft |
| -ology | the 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 / below |
| -scop- | observe |
| hyster- | uterus |
| -ostomy | create an opening |
| para- | beside / beyond |
| -lysis | loosening / destruction |
| cervic- | neck |
| chondr- | cartilage |
| cyan- | blue |
| hem(at) | blood |
| ost- | bone |
| psycho- | mind |
| lip- | fat |
| my- | muscle |
| lith- | stone |
| ophthalm-, opt- | eye |
| proct- | anus |
| cost- | rib |
| -gram | record |
| acro- | extremities |
| rhexis | break / burst |
| carcin- | cancer |
| -penia | decrease |
| gen- | original / production |
| burso- | sac |
| retro- | backwards |
| trip- | rub / friction |
| srept- | 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 |
| -iasis | condition |
| trans- | through / across |
| brady- | slow |
| -ectasis | expansion |
| cyt- | cell |
| odont- | tooth |
| leuk- | white |
| -esthesia | sensation |
| cantho- | angle at the end of the eyelid |
| steno- | narrow / contracted |
| cheil- | lip |
| -cele | hernia |
| benign | mild / not cancerous |
| semen | seed |
| celio- | abdomen |
| erythro- | red |
| vaso- | vessel |
| melan- | black |
| cauda- | tail |
| lingua- | tongue |
| myring- | eardrum |
| spondyl- | spinal column |
| ovar- | egg |
| -centesis | puncture |
| Acute | Sudden onset, short duration |
| Chronic | Slow Onset, Long Duration |