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Medical Terminology
Chapter 2
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| adip/o; lip/o; steat/o | fat |
| axill/o | armpit |
| bi/o | life |
| cephal/o | head |
| cervic/o | neck |
| cyt/o | cell |
| hist/o; histi/o | tissue |
| path/o | disease |
| viscer/o | internal organs |
| cili/o; pil/o | hair |
| derm/o; dermat/o; cutane/o | skin |
| onych/o; ungu/o | nail |
| arthr/o | joint |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| crani/o | skull |
| cost/o | rib |
| myel/o | bone marrow; spinal cord |
| oste/o | bone |
| pelvi/i | pelvis |
| spin/o | spine; spinal column; backbone |
| vertebr/o; spondyl/o | vertebra |
| my/o; muscul/o | muscle |
| tend/o; tendin/o | tendon |
| blephar/o | eyelid |
| cerebr/o; encephal/o | brain |
| neur/o | nerve |
| ophthalm/o; ocul/o | eye |
| ot/o | ear |
| aden/o | gland |
| adren/o | adrenal gland |
| parathyroid/o | parathyroid gland |
| pituitar/o | pituitary gland |
| thyroid/o | thyroid gland |
| angi/o; vascul/o; vas/o | vessel |
| arteri/o | artery |
| cardi/o | heart |
| hem/o; hemat/o | blood |
| ven/o; phleb/o | vein |
| adenoid/o | adenoids |
| lymph/o | lymph |
| lymphaden/o | lymph glands; lymph nodes |
| lymphangi/o | lymph vessels |
| splen/o | spleen |
| tonsill/o | tonsils |
| alveol/o | air sac; alveolus |
| bronch/o; bronchi/o | small bronchial tubes |
| laryng/o | voice box; larynx |
| nas/o; rhin/o | nose |
| pharyng/o | throat; pharynx |
| phren/o | diaphragm |
| pnuem/o; pneumon/o; pulmon/o | lungs |
| thorac/o | chest |
| trache/o | windpipe; trachea |
| abdomin/o | abdomen |
| cheil/o | lips |
| col/o | large intestine; colon |
| enter/o | small intestine |
| esophag/o | esophagus |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| gloss/o; lingu/o | tongue |
| hepat/o | liver |
| or/o; stomat/o | mouth |
| rect/o | rectum |
| cyst/o | bladder |
| ren/o; nephr/o | kidneys |
| ureter/o | ureters |
| urethr/o | urethra |
| epididym/o | epididymis |
| orchid/o; test/o; testicul/o | testicle; testis |
| phall/o | penis |
| prostat/o | prostate gland |
| vas/o | ducuts (vas) deferens |
| colp/o; vagin/o | vagina |
| gynec/o | female |
| mast/o; mamm/o | breast |
| salping/o | fallopian tubes; uterine tubes |
| uter/o; hyster/o; metr/o | uterus |
| vulv/o | vulva; external genitalia |