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Med Term - Chapter 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Bio | Life |
| Carcino | Cancer |
| cardio | heart |
| chemo | chemical |
| ciso | to cut |
| dermato | skin |
| entero | small intestine |
| gastro | stomach |
| gyneco | female |
| hemato | blood |
| hemo | blood |
| immuno | immunity, protection |
| laryngo | larynx |
| nephro | kidney |
| neuro | nerve |
| opthalmo | eye |
| oto | ear |
| patho | disease |
| pulmuno | lung |
| pnumo | lung |
| rhino | nose |
| hepato | liver |
| pharyngo | pharynx, throat |
| phasia | speech |
| oxo | oxygen |
| emo | blood |
| gono | seed |
| pnea | breathing |
| trophy | developement |
| emia | blood condition |
| glyco | sugar |
| venous | vein |
| nato | born |
| esthes | sensation |
| plego | paralysis |
| cyesis | pregnancy |
| cysto | urinary, bladder |
| erythro | red |
| litho | stones |
| arthro | joint |
| chondro | cartilage |
| blepharo | eyelid |
| acouso | hearing |
| myo | muscles |
| -oma | cancer, tumor, mass, fluid |
| -therapy | treatment |
| -ion | process |
| -logy | study of |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -algia | pain |
| -cele | protrusion |
| -gen | that which produces |
| -genic | producing |
| -ia | condition of |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -iasis | abnormal condition |
| -ism | state of |
| -rrhea | discharge |
| -um | structure |
| -cyte | cell |
| -dynia | pain |
| -ectasis | widening, dialation |
| -logist | someone who specializes in study of |
| -logy | study of |
| -lytic | pertaining to destruction |
| -lysis | destruction |
| -malacia | -cond. of abnormal softening |
| -opsy | view of |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| -pathy | disease |
| -plasm | formation |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -ptosis | drooping |
| -rrhage | excessive or abnormal flow |
| -rrhagia | condition of abnormal flow |
| -rrhea | discharge |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -sclerosis | hardening |
| -stenosis | narrowing |
| -trophy | development |
| -ac, -ic, -iac | pertaining to |
| -al, -ile, -eal | pertaining to |
| -an, -ine | pertaining to |
| -ar, -ior | pertaining to |
| -ary, -ory | pertaining to |
| -tic, -atic | pertaining to |
| -nic | pertaining to |
| -ose, -ous | pertaining to |
| -centesis | puncture, to withdraw fluid |
| -stenosis | narrowing (surgical) |
| -ectomy | cutting out |
| -tomy | process of cutting |
| -stomy | process of creating a new opening |
| stoma | mouth |
| -tome | instrument used to cut |
| -pexy | surgical fixation |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -rrhaphy | to suture |
| -gram | record |
| -graph | instrument used to make a recording |
| -graphy | process of making recording |
| -meter | instrument for measuring |
| -metry | process of measuring |
| -scope | instrument used to view |
| -scopic | pertaining to viewing |
| -scopy | process of viewing |
| in- | in |
| a-, an-, de-, un- | without, no, not |
| anti- | against |
| auto- | self |
| brady- | slow |
| dys- | painful, difficult, abnormal |
| de- | taken away |
| un- | never had |
| endo- | inner, within |
| epi- | above, upon |
| eu- | normal |
| ex- | outward |
| extra- | outside of |
| hetero- | different |
| homo- | same |
| hyper- | excessive |
| hypo- | insufficient, below normal |
| in- | in, not |
| inter- | between |
| intra- | within |
| macro- | large |
| micro- | small |
| neo- | new |
| para- | beside, abnormal, like parts of pair |
| per- | through |
| peri- | around, surrounding |
| post- | after, behind |
| pre- | before |
| pro- | before |
| pseudo- | false, fake |
| re- | again |
| retro- | backward, behind |
| sub- | under |
| tachy- | fast |
| trans- | across |
| ultra- | beyond |
| un- | not |
| bi- | two |
| hemi- | half |
| mono- | one |
| multi- | many |
| nulli- | none |
| pan- | all |
| poly- | many |
| quadri- | four |
| tetra- | four |
| tri- | three |
| semi- | partial |
| one vertebra | two vertebrae |
| one thorax | two thoraces |
| one appendix | two appendices |
| one metastasis | two metastases |
| one sarcoma | two sarcomata |
| one phalanx | two phalanges |
| one ganglion | two ganglia |
| one nucleus | two nuclei |
| one ovum | two ova |
| one biopsy | two biopsies |
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