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med term
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Aneurysm | widen blood vessel |
| Arther/o | artery |
| Cardi/o | heart |
| Arther/o | fatty plague |
| Phleb/o | vein |
| Ven/o | vein |
| Thromb/o | blood clot |
| Vas/o | vessel/ duct |
| Vascul/o | vessel |
| Cadia | heart condition |
| Gram | recording |
| Graph | instrument of recording |
| Graphy | process of recording |
| Stenosis | narrowing |
| Brady | sllow |
| Endo | in or within |
| Epi | above or upon |
| Peri | around |
| Embol/o | embolus |
| Erthtr/o | red |
| Hem/o | blood |
| Hemat/0 | blood |
| Leuk/o | white |
| Myel/o | bone marrow, spinal cord |
| Anden/o | gland |
| Immune/o | immunity, immune, safe |
| Lymph/o | lymph |
| Lymphaden/o | lymph gland |
| Spleen/o | spleen |
| Thym/o | thymus gland |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -phage | swallowing, eating |
| -phylaxis | protection |
| -poiesis | formation, production |
| -stasis | standing still |
| Macro | large |
| Micro | small |
| Mono | one |
| dent/o | teeth |
| odont/o | teeth |
| gingiv/o | gum |
| gloss/0 | tongue |
| lingu/o | tongue |
| or/o | mouth |
| stomat/o | mouth |
| ptyal/o | saliva |
| sial/o | saliva, saliva gland |
| esophag/o | esophagus |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| pharyng/o | pharynx (throat) |
| pylor/o | pylorus (sphincter in lower portion of stomach that opens to duodenum) |
| duoden/o | duodenum (first of small intestines) |
| enter/o | intestines (usually small intestines) |
| jejun/o | jeunum (second part of small intestines) |
| ile/o | ileum (third part of small intestines) |
| an/o | anus |
| append/o | appendix |
| appendic/o | appendix |
| col/o | colon |
| colon/o | colon |
| proct/o | anus, rectum |
| rect/o | rectum |
| sigmoid/o | sigmoid colon |
| cholangi/o | bile vessel |
| chol/e | bile, gall |
| cholecyst/o | gallbladder |
| choledoch/o | bile duct |
| hepat/o | liver |
| pancreat/o | pancreas |
| -algia | pain |
| -dynia | pain |
| -emesis | vomiting |
| -iasis | abnormal condition (produced by something specific) |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -orexia | appetite |
| -osis | abnormal condition (blood cells) |
| -pepsia | digestion |
| -phagia | swallowing, eating |
| -prandial | meal |
| -rrhea | discharge, flow |
| endo- | in ,within |
| hypo- | under, below, deficient |
| cirrh | yellow |
| dys- | bad; painful; difficult |
| -y | condition; process |
| -eal | pertaining to |
| -oid | resembling |
| lith/o | stone, calculus |
| -tripsy | cruching |
| extra- | outside |
| corpor | body |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| polyp | small growth |
| cyst/o | bladder |
| vesic/o | bladder |
| glomerul/o | glomerulus |
| meat/o | opening, meatus |
| nephr/o | kidney |
| ren/o | kidney |
| pyel/o | renal pelvis |
| ur/o | urine, urinary tract |
| urin/o | urine, urinary tract |
| ureter/o | ureter |
| urethr/o | urethra |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -pexy | fixation (of an organ) |
| -lysis | separation; destruction; loosening |
| -ptosis | prolapse, downward displacement |
| poly- | many, much |
| supra- | above; excessive; superior |
| amni/o | amnion (amniotic sac) |
| cervic/o | neck; cervix uteri (neck of uterus) |
| colp/o | vagina |
| vagin/o | vagina |
| galact/o | milk |
| lact/o | milk |
| gynec/o | woman, female |
| hyster/o | uterus (womb) |
| uter/o | uterus (womb) |
| mamm/o | breast |
| mast/o | breast |
| men/o | menses, menstruation |
| metr/o | uterus (womb); measure |
| nat/o | birth |
| oophor/o | ovary |
| overi/o | overy |
| perine/o | perineum |
| salping/o | tube (usually fallopian) |
| vulv/o | vulva |
| episi/o | vulva |
| andr/o | male |
| balan/o | glans penis |
| gonad/o | gonads, sex glands |
| olig/o | scanty |
| orch/o | testis (plural testes) |
| orchi/o | testis (plural testes) |
| orchid/o | testis (plural testes) |
| test/o | testis (plural testes) |
| prostat/o | prostate gland |
| spermat/o | spermatozoa, sperm cells |
| sperm/i* | sperm cells |
| sperm/o | sperm cells |
| varic/o | dilated vein |
| vas/o | vessel; vas deferens; duct |
| vesicul/o | seminal vesicle |
| -arche | beginning |
| -cyesis | pregnancy |
| -gravida | pregnant women |
| -para | to bear (offspring) |
| -salpinx | tube (usually fallopian) |
| -tocia | childbirth, labor |
| adrenal/o | adrenal glands |
| adren/o | adrenal glands |
| calc/o | calcium |
| gluc/o | sugar, sweetness |
| glyc/o | sugar, sweetness |
| parathyroid/o | parathyroid glands |
| pituitar/o | pituitary gland |
| toxic/o | poison |
| -crine | to secrete |
| -ism | condition |
| -toxic | poison |
| cerebr/o | cerebrum |
| encephal/o | brain |
| gli/o | glue; neuroglial tissue |
| mening/o | meninges (membranes covering brain and spinal cord) |
| meningi/o | meninges (membranes covering brain and spinal cord) |
| myel/o | bone marrow; spinal cord |
| neur/o | nerve |
| -lepsy | seizure |
| -phasia | speech |
| hemi- | one half |
| quadri- | four |
| fasci/o | band, fascia |
| fibr/o | fiber, fibrous tissue |
| leiomy/o | smooth muscle (visceral) |
| lumb/o | loins (lower back) |
| muscul/o | muscle |
| my/o | muscle |
| ten/o | tendon |
| tend/o | tendon |
| tendin/o | tendon |
| carp/o | carpus (wrist bone) |
| cost/o | ribs |
| crani/o | cranium (skull) |
| humer/o | humerus (upper arm bone) |
| metacarp/o | metacarpus (hand bones) |
| phalang/o | phalanges (bones of fingers and toes) |
| spondyl/o | vertebra (backbone) |
| vertebr/o | vertebra (backbone) |
| stern/o | sternum (breastbone) |
| calcane/o | calcaneum (heel bone) |
| femor/o | femur (thigh bone) |
| fibul/o | fibula (smaller, outer bone of lower leg) |
| patell/o | patella (kneecap) |
| pelv/i | pelvis |
| pelv/o | pelvis |
| radi/o | radiation, x-ray; radius (lower arm bone, thumb side) |
| tibi/o | tibia (larger bone of lower leg) |
| ankyl/o | stiffness; bent, crooked |
| lamin/o | lamina (part of vertebral arch) |
| -clasia | to break; surgical fracture |
| -clast | to break |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -sarcoma | malignant tumor of connective tissue |
| choroid/o | choroid |
| conjunctiv/o | conjunctiva |
| corne/o | cornea |
| cor/o | pupil |
| core/o | pupil |
| pupill/o | pupil |
| dacry/o | tear; lacrimal apparatus (duct, sac, or gland) |
| dipl/o | double |
| irid/o | iris |
| kerat/o | horny tissue; hard; cornea |
| ocul/o | eye |
| ophthalm/o | eye |
| opt/o | eye, vision |
| retin/o | retina |
| acous/o | hearing |
| audi/o | hearing |
| audit/o | hearing |
| myring/o | tympanic membrane (eardrum) |
| tympan/o | tympanic membrane (eardrum) |
| ot/o | ear |
| -acusis | hearing |
| -cusis | hearing |
| -opia | vision |
| -opsia | vision |
| -ptosis | prolapse, downward displacement |
| exo- | outside, outward |
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