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medical terms
for medical class
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| -la | condition |
| meta- | change, beyond |
| -ation | process, condition |
| -centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid |
| -lysis | separation, breakdown, destruction |
| -logy | study of |
| -eal | pertaining to |
| -scopy | process of visually examination |
| -section | to cut |
| -scope | instrument to visually examine |
| -rrhea | flow, discharge |
| -sclerosis | hardening |
| angi/o | vessel |
| -thesis | to put, place (state of) |
| -plasty | surgical repair/ correction |
| -pnea | breathing |
| -phagia | to eat, swallow |
| -rrhagia | excessive discharge or blood |
| -lc | pertaining to |
| -rrhage | excessive discharge or blood |
| thyroid/o | thyroid gland |
| -cyte | cell |
| -meter | to measure |
| ather/o | plaque (a yellow, fatty material) |
| pharyng/o | pharynx (throat) |
| -cision | process of cutting |
| pneumon/o | lung |
| axill/o | armpit |
| opthalm/o | eye |
| electr/o | electricity |
| arteri/o | artery |
| abdomin/o | abdomen |
| anter/o | front |
| an/o | anus |
| chron/o | time |
| col/o | colon (large intestine or bowel) |
| coccyg/o | coccyx, tailbone |
| poster/o | back, behind |
| -tomy | incision (cutting into) |
| pulmon/o | lung |
| spin/o | spine (backbone) |
| uter/o | uterus |
| -uria | condition of urine |
| -tic | pertaining to |
| -um | structure |
| -vascular | pertaining to blood vessels |
| -trophy | nourishment; developement |
| cost/o | ribs |
| amni/o | amnion (sac of fluid surrounding embryo) |
| -algia | pain |
| -al | pertaining to |
| aut- | self |
| cervic/o | neck of the body, or neck (cervix) of uterous |
| -ectomy | cutting out; excision; removal |
| -tension | pressure |
| -pathy | disease condition |
| cerebr/o | cerebrum, largest part of the brain |
| larar/o | abdomen (area between chest & hip) |
| encephala/o | brain |
| -phasia | to speak |
| cephal/o | head |
| carcin/o | cancer, cancerous |
| lumb/o | loin (waist) |
| -lapse | to fall, slide |
| lymph/o | lymph (clear fluid tissue spaces and blood vessels) |
| gnos/o | knowlege |
| glyc/o | sugar |
| leuk/o | white |
| neur/o | nerve |
| isch/o | to hold back |
| arthr/o | joint |
| -le | pertaining to |
| norm/o | rule, order |
| ur/o | urine; urinary tract |
| ana- | up, apart |
| troph/o | development,nourishment |
| thromb/o | clotting |
| tri- | three |
| myel/o | spinal cord; in other terms means bone marrow |
| men/o | menses (menstruation); month |
| gen/o | to produce, to begin |
| enter/o | intestines (often the small intestines) |
| -ary | pertaining to |
| crani/o | skull |
| path/o | disease |
| urethr/o | urethra (tube leading from bladder, to out) |
| trache/o | trachea (windpipe) |
| mal- | bad, painful, difficult, abnormal |
| vertebr/o | vertebra (backbone) |
| para- | beside, near, along the side of |
| -itis | inflammation |
| hypo- | below, less than normal, under |
| gynec/o | female |
| mediastin/o | mediastinum (spaces between lungs) |
| -logist | specialist in the study of |
| hepat/o | liver |
| sacr/o | sacrum (5 fused bones in lower back) |
| -ine | pertaining to |
| hyster/o | uterous |
| rhin/o | nose |
| -morterm | death |
| -gen | to produce |
| brady- | slow |
| thorac/o | chest |
| erythr/o | red |
| pelv/o | pelvis (bones of the hip) |
| peritone/o | peritoneum (membranes surrounding abdomen) |
| -therapy | treatment |
| -stasis | to stand, place, stop, control |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| cholecyst/o | gallbladder |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| psych/o | mind |
| epitheli/o | skin, surface tissue |
| -sis | state of |
| son/o | sound |
| cis/o | to cut |
| uni- | one |
| bi/o | life |
| cry/o | cold |
| dermat/o | skin |
| -ar | pertaining to |
| my/o | muscle |
| chem/o | drug, also chemical |
| plas/o | formation, growth developement |
| oste/o | bone |
| necr/o | death (of cells) |
| dur/o | dura matter (outermost membrane brain/spine) |
| cardi/o | heart |
| -gram | record |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -y | process, condition |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -mission | to send |
| -globin | protein |
| cyt/o | cell |
| septic/o | pertaining to infection |
| nat/i | birth |
| hem/o | blood |
| bi- | two, both |
| laryng/o | larynx (voice box) |
| salping/o | fallopian tube |
| ultra- | beyond |
| sarc/o | flesh |
| mening/o | meninges (membranes around brain/ spinal cord) |
| intra- | within |
| -oma | tumor or mass |
| poly- | many, much |
| epi- | above, upon |
| tonsill/o | tonsil |
| inguin/o | groin |
| cyst/o | urinary bladder |
| phleb/o | vein |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| derm/o | skin |
| -ous | pertaining to |
| bronch/o | bronchial tubes |
| onc/o | tumar |
| carp/o | carpals (wrist bone) |
| cutane/o | skin |
| oophor/o | ovary |
| dys- | bad, painful, difficult, abnormal |
| ante- | before, forward |
| -plasm | formation |
| tachy- | fast |
| pre- | before |
| in- | in, into |
| hyper- | excess, more than normal |
| pro- | before, forward |
| top/o | to put, place, position |
| -crine | secretion |
| aden/o | gland |
| -dipsia | thirst |
| anti- | against |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| neo- | new |
| -lor | pertaining to |
| -opsy | to view |
| con- | with, together |
| -ism | condition, process |
| pros- | before, forward |
| radi/o | x-ray |
| -partum | birth |
| a- | no, not |
| ren/o | kidney |
| inter- | between |
| hemi- | half |
| nephr/o | kidney |
| retro- | behind |
| syn- | with, together |
| pleur/o | pleura |
| peri- | surrounding |
| endo- | within |
| esophagi/o | esophagus |
| sub- | below |
| later/o | side |
| ex- | out |
| mast/o | breast |
| vascul/o | blood vessel |
| ab- | away from |
| hemat/o | blood |
| trans- | across |
| mamm/o | breast |
| scapul/o | scapula (shoulder blade) |
| ven/o | vein |
| an- | no, not |
| -ist | specialist |
| dia- | complete, throrough |
| exo- | outside |
| ot/o | ear |
| -stomy | opening |
| ec- | out, outside |
| ad- | toward, near |
| quadri- | four |
| extra- | outside of |
| re- | back |
| post- |
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