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Medical Terminology
Identify what each term means
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| pharyng/o | Throat |
| nephr/o | Kidney |
| oste/o | Bone |
| carcin/o | Cancer |
| encephal/o | Brain |
| cephal/o | Head |
| cerebr/o | Cerebrum |
| phaso/o | Speech |
| laryng/o | Larnxy |
| Angio/o | Blood Vessle |
| arthr/o | Joint |
| cardi/o | Heart |
| derm/o | Skin |
| dermat/o | Skin |
| enter/o | Small Intestine |
| gastr/o | Stomach |
| gen/o | Generation |
| hem/o | Blood |
| hemat/o | Blood |
| hepat/o | Liver |
| hydr/o | Water |
| morph/o | Change |
| muscul/o | Muscle |
| my/o | Muscle |
| myc/o | Fungus |
| necr/o | Death |
| neur/o | Nerve |
| orth/o | Straight |
| path/o | Disease |
| phag/o | Eat, Devour |
| plas/o | Formation |
| pneumon/o | Lung |
| pneum/o | Lung |
| pulmon/o | Lung |
| py/o | Pus |
| scler/o | Hardening |
| sten/o | Narrowing |
| troph/o | Nourish, Develope |
| vas/o | Blood Vessel |
| vascul/o | Blood Vessel |
| xen/o | Forgien |
| xer/o | Dry |
| bacill/i | Rod Shaped |
| strept/o | Chian |
| cyan/o | Blue |
| leuk/o | White |
| erythr/o | Red |
| xanth/o | Yellow |
| melan/o | Black |
| arther/o | Plaque, Fatty Substance |
| chondr/o | Cartilage |
| cry/o | Cold |
| crypt/o | Hidden |
| cyst/o | Bladder |
| dors/o | Back |
| gluc/o | Glucose |
| glyc/o | Glycose |
| idi/o | Unknown |
| pseud/o | False |
| spher/o | Round |
| shaphyl/o | Grapelike- Cluster |
| a- | Not |
| ab- | Away |
| ad- | Toward |
| an- | Not |
| ante- | Before |
| anti- | Against |
| bi- | Two |
| brady- | Slow |
| circum- | Around |
| con- | With, Together |
| contra- | Against |
| de- | Down, Away From |
| dia- | Through |
| dys- | Bad, Difficult, Pain |
| e- | out |
| ec- | out |
| ecto- | outside |
| en- | in, inside |
| endo- | in, inside |
| epi- | upon |
| eu- | good |
| ex- | out |
| exo- | outside |
| extra- | outside |
| hemi- | half |
| hyper- | over |
| hypo- | under |
| inter- | between |
| intra- | in, inside |
| macro- | large |
| micro- | small |
| mono- | one |
| multi- | many |
| oligo- | scanty, few |
| pan- | all |
| peri- | around |
| poly- | many |
| post- | after |
| pre- | before |
| pro- | before, on behalf of |
| re- | again |
| semi- | half |
| sub- | beneath |
| sym- | with, together |
| syn- | with, together |
| tachy- | fast |
| trans- | through |
| uni- | one |
| para- | around |
| mal- | bad |
| homo- | same |
| hetero- | different |
| -ac | pertaining to |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -algia | pain |
| -ar | pertaining to |
| -ary | pertaining to |
| -cele | hernia |
| -centesis | puncture |
| -desis | binding |
| -dynia | pain |
| -eal | pertaining to |
| -ectomy | removal |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -gram | written record |
| -graph | instrument used to produce a record |
| -graphy | the process of recording |
| -ia | condition |
| -iasis | presence of |
| -iatrics | medical science |
| -iatrist | specialist in the medicine of |
| -iatry | medical science |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -icle | small |
| -ism | condition |
| -lith | stone |
| -emesis | vomiting |
| -uria | urine |
| -stenosis | narrowing |
| -stasis | stop, constant |
| -pnea | breath |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -plasia | formation |
| -phasia | speaking |
| -phage | eat, devour |
| -phagia | eat, devour |
| -phagy | eat, devour |
| -edema | swelling |
| -cyte | cell |
| -cide | kill, destroy |
| -cidal | kill, destroy |
| -ist | specialist |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -ium | tissue, structure |
| -logist | specialist in the study of |
| -logy | study of |
| -lysis | loosen, break down |
| -malacia | softening |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -meter | instrument used to measure |
| -metry | process of measuring |
| -oid | resembling |
| -ole | small |
| -oma | tumor |
| -osis | condition |
| -ous | pertaining to |
| -pathy | disease |
| -penia | deficiency |
| -pexy | surgical fixation |
| -plasty | reconstruction |
| -ptosis | drooping |
| -rrhage | excessive flow |
| -rrhagia | excessive flow |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| -rrhea | discharge, flow |
| -rrhexis | ruputure |
| -scope | instrument used to look |
| -scopy | process of looking |
| -spasm | involuntary contraction |
| -stomy | creation of an opening |
| -tic | pertaining to |
| -tomy | incision |
| -ula | small |
| -y | condition, process |
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