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Medical terminology
The Human Body
Term | Definition |
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acu- | needle |
-algia | pain |
anomal/o | irregular |
anthrop/o | man, human being |
antr/o | antrum |
aque/o | water |
axi/o | axis |
bar/o | weight, pressure |
bio,bi/o | life, living |
blast/o, -blast | early embryonic stage, immature |
calor/i | heat |
carcin/o | cancer |
cata- | down,downward |
caud/o | tail |
chem/o | Chemical, Chemistry |
chron/o | time, timing |
-coma | deep sleep |
corpor/o | body |
cry/o | cold |
cyt/o, - cyte | cell |
dors/o | back |
duct/o | to lead |
dynam/o | power, strength |
-dynia | pain |
equi- | equality, equal |
eti/o | cause |
fil/i, fil/o | thread |
-form | specified shape, form |
-genesis | production, formation |
ger/o, geront/o | aged, old age |
gymn/o | naked |
-hexia | condition |
hist/o | tissue |
hydr/o | water, hydrogen |
iatr/o | treatment, physician |
-ician | specialist |
ion/o | ion |
kary/o | nucleus |
kel/o | tumor, fibrous growth |
-labile | unstable, perishable |
later/o | side |
-logist | specialist |
-logy | study of |
-lucent | light-admitting |
lumin/o | light |
ly/o | dissolve, loosen |
medi/o | middle |
medic/o | heal, healing |
mer/o | part |
meso- | middle |
morph/o | shape, form |
nom/o | custom, law |
nomen- | name |
nos/o | disease |
nucle/o | nucleus |
nutri/o | to nourish |
-oma | tumor, mass |
onc/o | tumor, mass |
organ/o | organ |
path/o | disease |
pharmac/o | drugs |
physi/o | nature |
-plasm | formation, growth |
-poiesis | formation |
prote/o | protein |
psamm/o | sand, sand-like material |
-puncture | to pierce a surface |
pyr/o | fire, fever, heat |
pyret/o | fever |
sanit/a | health |
scirrh/o | hard |
somat/o | body |
-some | body |
spectr/o | image, spectrum |
system/o | system |
techn/o | art, skill |
temp/o, tempor/o | time, the temples |
the/o | a god |
-therapy, therapeut/o | treatment |
-tumescence, tumesc/o | swelling |
-type, typ/o | class, representative form |
ventr/o | belly, front of the body |
-verse | turn |
vir/o | virus |
viscer/o | internal organs |
vit/o | life |
zyg/o | union, junction |