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Chapter 1
Medical Terminology
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| aden/o | gland |
| arthr/o | joint |
| bi/o | life |
| carcin/o | cancerous / cancer |
| cardi/o | heart |
| cephal/o | head |
| cerebr/o | cerebrum |
| cis/o | to cut |
| crin/o | to secrete |
| cyst/o | urinary bladder / sac / cyst |
| cyt/o | cell |
| derm/o | skin |
| dermat/o | skin |
| electr/o | electricity |
| encephala/o | brain |
| enter/o | intestines |
| erythr/o | red |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| glyc/o | sugar |
| gnos/o | knowledge |
| gynec/o | women / female |
| hemat/o | blood |
| hem/o | blood |
| hepat/o | liver |
| iatr/o | treatment / physician |
| leuk/o | white |
| log/o | study of |
| nephr/o | kidney |
| neur/o | nerve |
| onc/o | tumor |
| ophthalm/o | eye |
| oste/o | bone |
| path/o | disease |
| ped/o | child |
| psych/o | mind |
| radi/o | x-rays |
| ren/o | kidney |
| rhin/o | nose |
| sarc/o | flesh |
| sect/o | to cut |
| thromb/o | clot / clotting |
| ur/o | urinary tract / urine |
| -ac | pertaining to |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -algia | pain |
| -cyte | cell |
| -ectomy | excision / removal |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -genic | pertaining to |
| -globin | protein |
| -gram | record |
| -ic -ical | pertaining to |
| -ion | process |
| -ist | specialist |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -logy | process of study |
| -oma | tumor / mass / swelling |
| -opsy | process of viewing |
| -osis | condition / usually abnormal |
| -pathy | disease condition |
| -scope | instrument to visually examine |
| -scopy | process of visually viewing |
| -sis | state of condition |
| -tomy | process of cutting / incision |
| -y | process / condition |
| -dia | complete / through |
| endo- | within |
| epi- | above / upon |
| ex- exo- | out / outside of / outward |
| hyper- | excessive / above / more than normal |
| in- | into / in |
| peri- | surrounding around |
| pro- | before / forward |
| re- | back / backward / again |
| retro- | behind |
| sub- | below / under |
| trans- | across / through |
| a- an- | no / not / without |
| aut- auto- | self / own |
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