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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 |