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Medical Terminology
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| eponym | word formed by including the name of the person who discovered or invented what is being described |
| acronym | word made up of the first letters of each of the words that make up a phrase |
| root word | foundation or subject of the term. |
| prefix | beginning of the term |
| suffix | end of the term |
| Cutane/o, dermat/o, and derm/o | skin |
| enter/o | small intestine |
| hemat/o | blood |
| path/o | suffering or disease |
| -algia | pain |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| muscle | my/o and muscul/o |
| Brady | slow |
| tachy | fast |
| Hyper | over |
| hypo | under |
| Cardi/o | heart |
| Neur/o | nerve |
| Hepat/o | liver |
| Pneumon/o | lung |
| Myc/o | Fungus |
| Narrowing | Sten/o |
| Morph/o | Change |
| hydr/o | Water |
| troph/o | Nourishment, development |
| xen/o | Foreign |
| arthr/o | joint |
| necr/o | death |
| py | pus |
| ante-. | Before |
| Few | oligo- |
| a- and an | not |
| e-, ec-, and ex | out |
| En- and endo- | in, inside |
| Circum- and peri- | around |
| contra- | against |
| poly- | many |
| syn- | with, together |
| anti | against |
| trans | across |
| nephr | kidney |
| tomy | incision |
| Study of | logy |
| graph | Instrument used to produce a record |
| emia | Blood condition |
| Tumor | oma |
| cranio | skull |
| itis | inflammation |
| dys | bad |
| rrhea | flow |
| Ichthy/o | scaly |
| onych/o | nail |
| Adip/o, lip/o | fat |
| Seb/o | oil |
| leuko | white |
| xantho | yellow |
| xero | dry |
| pachy | thick |
| erythro | red |
| hidro | sweat |
| poiesis | formation |
| phag | eat |
| dynia | pain |
| Dermatodynia | skin pain |
| Dermatolysis | loose skin |
| lysis | loose |
| Hypermelanosis | excessive melanin in the skin |
| hyper | over |
| cyan | blue |
| rhyti | wrinkle |
| rrhea | discharge |
| megaly | enlarged |
| tricho | hair |
| Urticaria | swollen, raised itchy areas of the skin |
| Albinism | lack of pigment in skin that causes the patient to look white |
| onychectomy | Removal of a nail |
| Dermatitis | skin inflammation |
| onychopathy | Nail disease |
| Onychomalacia | softening of the nail |
| Tars/o | ankle |
| Lumb/o | loin, lower back |
| burs/o | the small fluid-filled sac found near the body’s joints |
| Ankyl/o | stiff, bent |
| carp | wrist |
| cranio | head, skull |
| cervico | neck |
| brady | slow |
| kinesia | movement |
| cost | rib |
| myo | muscle |
| spasm | involuntary contraction |
| grapho | write |
| scler | hardening |
| osis | condition |
| poly | many |
| dactyl | finger |
| arthro | joint |
| graph | recording |
| centesis | puncture |
| carp | wrist |
| itis | inflammation |
| lysis | loss |
| osteo | bone |
| trophy | nourishment |
| dys | bad |
| chondr | cartilage |
| oma | tumor |
| pathy | disease |
| spondlyo | vertebra |
| plasia | structure |
| myo | muscle |
| carcin | cancer |
| cele | hernia |
| ectomy | removal |
| Paresis | slight or partial paralysis |
| Esthesi/o | feeling, sensation |
| Gnosi/o | know |
| Myel/o | spinal cord or bone marrow. |
| psych/o | mind |
| schizo | divide |
| phren | mind |
| ambul | walk |
| hypno | sleep |
| tic | pertaining to |
| gnosis | knowledge |
| encephalo | brain |
| neuro | nerve |
| phas | speech |
| ia | condition |
| algia | pain |
| syn | with, together |
| phobia | excessive fear |
| hydro | water |
| cele | hernia |
| a | not |
| y | condition |
| oma | tumor |
| esthestic | feeling, sensation |
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