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Medical Terminology
basic medical terminology
Question | Answer |
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-al | pertaining to |
-algia | pain |
-cyte | cell |
-ectomy | cutting out removal, excision |
-emia | blood condition |
-globin | protein |
-gram | record |
aden/0 | gland |
arthr/o | joint |
bi/o | life |
carcin/o | cancer, cancerous |
cardi/o | heart |
cephal/o | head |
cerebr/o | cerebrum, largest part of the brain |
a-, an- | no, not |
aut- | self |
dia- | complete, through |
dys- | bad,painful, difficult, abnormal |
endo- | within |
exo- | outside |
cyst/o | urinary bladder |
cyt/o | cell |
derm/o | skin |
electr/o | electricity |
-ia | condition |
-ic | pertaining to |
-ism | condition, process |
-itis | inflammation |
-logist | specialist, in the study of |
-logy | study of |
-oma | tumor, mass |
hyper- | excessive, more than normal, too much |
hypo- | below less than normal |
peri- | surrounding |
pro- | before, forward |
re- | back |
retro- | behind |
sub- | below, under |
trans- | across through |
encephal/o | brain |
enter/o | intestines (often small) |
erythr/ | red |
gastr/o | stomach |
gnos/o | knowledge |
gynec/o | woman |
hem/o | blood |
hepat/o | liver |
lapar/o | abdomen |
nephr/o | kidney |
neur/o | nerve |
onc/o | tumor |
opthalm/o | eye |
oste/o | bone |
-opsy | process of viewing |
-osis | abnormal condition |
-scope | instrument to view |
-scopy | process of visual examination |
-sis | state of |
-tomy | process of cutting into |
path/o | disease |
psych/o | mind |
ren/o | kidney |
rhin/o | nose |
sarc/o | flesh |
thromb/o | clotting |