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Chapter 1
Medical Terminology
Term | Definition |
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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 |