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Medical Terminology
Term | Definition |
---|---|
aden- | gland |
ante- | before ; in front of |
anti- | against |
auto- | self |
brady- | slow |
bucc | cheek |
arthr- | joint |
cardio- | heart |
cephalo- | head |
chole- | gallbladder; bile |
chondr- | cartilage |
-cide | causing death |
cost- | rib |
cyst- | bag ; bladder ; sac |
cyte- | cell |
dys- | bad ; difficult ; painful |
-ectomy | surgical removal |
-emisis | vomit |
eu- | normal |
endo- | within |
erythro- | red |
gast- | stomach |
gloss- | tongue |
-gram | tracing, picture, record |
gyn- | female |
hemo-, -emia | blood |
hepat- | liver |
hypo- | decreased, low, under |
hyster- | uterus |
-ia, -iasis | abnormal condition |
inter- | between |
-itis | inflammation of |
latero- | side |
leuko- | white |
lith- | stone |
-logy | study of |
-lysis | destruction, dissolving |
macro-, mega | large |
mast-, mammo- | breast |
micro- | small |
mono-, uni- | one,single |
myo- | muscle |
myco- | fungus |
necro- | death |
neo- | new |
nephro-, ren- | kidney |
-oma | tumor |
-orrhea | flow, discharge |
orch- | testicle |
orth- | normal, straight |
-otomy | cutting into |
pan- | all, complete |
partum | birth |
path- | disease, abnormal |
-penia | lack of, deficiency |
peri- | around |
-phasia | speech |
phleb- | vein |
-plasty | surgical correction |
-plegia | paralysis |
-pnea | breathing |
poly- | much, many |
-ptosis | drooping, sagging |
retro- | backward, behind |
rhin- | nose |
-rrhaphy | suture of, sewing up |
-scopy | observation |
-stasis | stoppage |
-stomy | artificial opening |
tachy- | fast |
thromb- | clot |
-trophy | nutrition, growth |
ultra- | beyond |
-uria | urine |