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Chapter 1
Medical Terminology Chapter 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| aden/o | gland |
| arthr/o | joint |
| bi/o | life |
| carcin/o | cancer |
| cardi/o | heart |
| cephal/o | head |
| cerebr/o | cerebrum |
| cyt/o | cell |
| derm/o | skin |
| dermat/o | skin |
| electr/o | electricity |
| encephal/o | brain |
| enter/o | intestines |
| erythr/o | red |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| gnos/o | knowledge |
| gynec/o | female |
| hem/o | blood |
| hemat/o | blood |
| hepat/o | liver |
| lapar/o | abdomen |
| leuk/o | white |
| nephr/o | kidney |
| neur/o | nerve |
| onc/o | tumor |
| ophthalm/o | eye |
| oste/o | bone |
| path/o | disease |
| psych/o | mind |
| ren/o | kidney |
| rhin/o | nose |
| sacr/o | flesh |
| thromb/o | clot |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -algia | pain |
| -cyte | cell |
| -ectomy | cutting out; removal |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -globin | protein |
| -gram | record |
| -ia | condition |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -ism | condition |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -ologist | specialist in the study of |
| -ology | study of |
| -oma | tumor |
| -opsy | to view |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| -scope | instrument to visually examine |
| -scopy | process of visual examination |
| -sis | state of |
| -tomy | process of cutting into; incision |
| a-, an- | no, not |
| aut- | self |
| dia- | complete; through |
| dys- | bad, painful, difficult, abnormal |
| endo- | within |
| exo- | outside |
| hyper- | more than normal |
| hypo- | less than normal |
| peri- | surrounding |
| pro- | before; forward |
| re- | back |
| retro- | behind |
| sub- | below; under |
| trans- | across; through |
| cyst/o | urinary bladder |
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