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Medical terms
Terms 1
Term | Meaning |
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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 |