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U1 Chapter 1 Terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| aden/o- | gland |
| arthr/o- | joint |
| bi/o- | life |
| carcin/o- | cancerous, cancer |
| cephal/o- | head |
| cerebr/o- | cerebrum (largest part of the brain) |
| cis/o- | to cut |
| crin/o- | to secrete (to form and give off) |
| cyst/o | urinary bladder, a sac or cyst |
| cyt/o- | cell |
| derm/o, dermato/o- | skin |
| electr/o- | electricity |
| encephal/o- | brain |
| enter/o- | intestines (usually the small intestine) |
| erythr/o- | red |
| gastr/o- | stomach |
| glyc/o- | sugar |
| gnos/o- | knowledge |
| gynec/o- | woman,female |
| hemat/o-, hem/o- | blood |
| hepat/o- | liver |
| iartr/o- | treatment,physician |
| leuk/o- | white |
| log/o- | study of |
| nephr/o- | kidney |
| neuro/o- | nerve |
| onc/o- | tumor (cancerous) |
| ophthalm/o | eye |
| oste/o- | bone |
| path/o- | disease |
| ped/o- | child |
| psych/o- | mind |
| radi/o- | x-ray |
| ren/o- | kidney |
| rhin/o- | nose |
| sarc/o- | flesh |
| sect/o- | to cut |
| thromb/o- | clot,clotting |
| ur/o- | urinary tract, urine |
| -ac | pertaining to |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -algia | pain |
| -cele | hernia |
| -centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid |
| -coccus | berry shaped bacteria |
| -cyte | cell |
| -dynia | pain |
| -ectomy | excision, removal |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -genesis | condition of producing, forming |
| -genic | pertaining to producing, produced by or in |
| -globin | protein |
| -graph | instrument for recording |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -gram | record |
| -ic, -ical | pertaining to |
| -ion | process |
| -ist | specialist |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -logy | process of study |
| -lysis | breakdown, destruction, separation |
| -malcia | softening |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -oma | tumor, mass, swelling |
| -opsy | process of viewing |
| -osis | condition, usually abnormal |
| -pathy | disease condition |
| -penia | deficiency |
| -phobia | fear |
| -plasia | development, formation, growth |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -ptosis | drooping, sagging, prolapse |
| -sclerosis | hardening |
| -scope | instrument to visually examine |
| -scopy | process of visually examining |
| -sis | state of, condition |
| -stasis | stopping, controlling |
| -stomy | opening to form a mouth (stoma) |
| -tomy | process of cutting, incision |
| -trophy | development, nourishment |
| -y | process, condition |
| a-, an- | no, not, without |
| aut-, auto- | self, own |
| dia- | complete, through |
| endo- | within |
| epi- | above, upon |
| ex-, exo- | out, outside of, outward |
| hyper- | excessive, above, more than normal |
| hypo- | deficient, below, under, less than normal |
| in- | into, in |
| peri- | surrounding, around |
| pro- | before, forward |
| re- | back, backward, again |
| retro- | behind |
| sub- | below, under |
| trans- | across, through |
| cardi/o- | heart |
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