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Medical Terminology
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| brady | slow |
| anti | against, opposite of |
| leuk/o | white |
| epi | upon, over, above |
| algia | condition of pain |
| ism | condition |
| combining vowel | O |
| ectomy | surgical removel |
| eponyms | terms derived from famous people |
| sub | under, beneath, below |
| gastro | stomach |
| hemi | half |
| neo | new |
| arthr/o | joint |
| trans | across |
| penia | deficiency or abnormal reduction in number |
| stomy | surgical creation |
| oma | tumor |
| constructed terms | terms form from individual word parts |
| logy | study or science of |
| prefix | word part that comes to the beginning |
| suffix | word part that is attached to the end of a word |
| root | provides the main meaning of the word stating |
| scope | viewing instrument |
| hyper | excessive, abnormally high, above |
| epigastric region | region above the stomach |