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medical terminology
medical office suite
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| adeno | gland |
| calculi | stone |
| cele | tumor, cyst; hernia |
| cyto | cell |
| glyco | sweet, sugar |
| homeo,homo | similar, same, like t |
| lingua | tongue |
| lip | fat |
| lith | stone |
| madaro | falling hair |
| psych | mind |
| pyo | pus |
| radi | rays |
| thermic | heat |
| myo | muscle |
| ortho | straighten |
| pedi | foot |
| osteo | bone |
| spondyl | vertebra |
| artho | joint |
| Root: carpo | wrist |
| chondro | cartilage |
| costa | rib |
| cranio | skull |
| dactyl | finger |
| Root: ili | hip |
| Root: manus | hand |
| Root: myel | bone marrow |
| Root: pedicular | lice |
| Root: prurigo | itching |
| Root: psora | itch |
| Root: sarco | flesh |
| Root: sclero | hard |
| Root: squama | scaly |
| Root: tricho | hair |
| Root: chole | bile; gallbaldder |
| Root: colon | large intestine |
| Root: emesis | vomiting |
| Root: entero | intestine |
| Root: gastro | stomach |
| Root: glosso | tongue |
| Root: hepat | liver |
| Root: ile s | ileum |
| Root: laparo | abdomen |
| Root: myxo | mucus |
| Root: procto | anus; rectum |
| Root: pyloro | pylorus; gatekeeper |
| Root: stoma is | opening; mouth |
| Root: viscero | body organs |
| Root: bulbo | bulblike; bukbourethal gland |
| Root: cervo | neck; uterus |
| Root: galacto | milk |
| Root: genito | reproductive system |
| Root: lactin | milk |
| Root: hyster | uterus |
| Root: mast | breast |
| Root: metr | unterus |
| Root: creatinine | a waste material in urine |
| Root: cysto | bladder |
| Root: glomerulo | nephron part; little ball |
| Root: nephro | kidney |
| Root: peritoneo | lining of abdominal organs |
| Root: pyelo | pelvis |
| Root: reni | kidney |
| Root: urethro | urethral |
| Root: uri | urine |
| Root: uric | pertaining to urine |
| Root: uro | urine |
| Root: pector | breast; chest |
| Root: pleura | rib side |
| Root: pneumo | lung |
| Root: ptysis | to split |
| Root: pulmo | lungs |
| Root: rhin | nose |
| Root: tracheo | trachea; windpipe |
| Root: broncho | bronchi, airway |
| Root: cili | hairlike process |
| Root: ectasis | expansion |
| Root: laryngitis | larnyx, voice box |
| Root: naso | nose |
| Root: oro | mouth |
| Root: oxy | oxygen, keen |
| Root: angio | vessel |
| Root: aortal | aorta, main artery |
| Root: arterio | artery |
| Root: cardio | heart |
| Root: emboli | vessel obstruction |
| Root: emia | blood |
| Root: hema, hemo | blood |
| Root: phleb | vein |
| Root: thrombo | blood clot |
| Root: varico | varicose veins |
| Root: vaso | blood vessel |
| Root: vena | vein |
| Root; ventricu | heart cavity |
| Root: natal | born |
| Root: oophoro | ovary |
| Root: orchido | testicle |
| Root: ova, ovi, ovo | egg |
| Root: salping | tube;fallopian |
| Root: sperma spermato | seed |
| Root: vas | duct, vessel |
| Root: audio | sound |
| Root: cerebro | brain |
| Root: encephalo | brain |
| Root: esthesia | sensation |
| Root: medulla | brain middle |
| Root: meningo | membranes; spinal cord |
| Root: neuro | nerves |
| Root: occiput | back of skull |
| Root: oculo | eye |
| Root: ophthalmo | eye |
| Root: oto | ear |
| Root: parietes | parietal; wall part ( brain) |
| Root: pons | bridges |
| Root: tempora | temoral |
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