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medical terminology
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| -al | pertaining to |
| -cyte | cell |
| -elle | small |
| -gen | producing, formation, causing |
| -genesis | origin, cause |
| -genic | pertaining to, producing, formation, causing |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -logist | one who studies |
| -logy | study of |
| -oid | resembling |
| -oma | abnormal swelling, tumor |
| -osis | condition of |
| -plasia | shape, formation |
| -plasm | something shaped (plasm is sometimes used as a word root) |
| -sarcoma | malignant tumor |
| -sis | state of |
| -some | body |
| -stasis | standing still (stasis is sometimes used as a word root) |
| -um | pertaining to |
| bi | two |
| dia | through |
| dys | difficult, painful, abnormal |
| hyper- | above |
| hypo- | below |
| meta | after, change |
| neo | new |
| pro- | before |
| uni | one |
| -ad | toward |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -cyte | cell |
| -dia | through,complete |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -ior | pertaining to |
| -genesis | origin, cause |
| -genic | producing, originating, causing |
| -logist | one who studies and treats |
| -logy | study of |
| -oid | resembling |
| -oma | tumor |
| -osis | abnormal condition, increase |
| -ous | pertaining to |
| -pathy | disease |
| chlor/o | green |
| cyan/o | blue |
| erythr/o | red |
| leuk/o | white |
| melan/o | black, dark |
| xanth/o | yellow |
| abdomen/o | abdomen |
| alveol/o | alveolus |
| angi/o | vessel |
| arteri/o | artery |
| arthr/o | joint |
| bronch/o | bronchus |
| cardi/o | heart |
| cephal/o | head |
| cerebr/o | cerebrum |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| col/o | colon |
| cost/o | rib |
| crani/o | skull |
| derm/o | skin |
| encephal/o | brain |
| enter/o | small intestine |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| hemat/o | blood |
| hepat/o | liver |
| mast/o | breast |
| my/o | muscle |
| myel/o | spinal cord |
| nas/o | nose |
| nephr/o | kidney |
| neur/o | nerve |
| ophthalm/o | eye |
| oste/o | bone |
| ot/o | ear |
| phleb/o | vein |
| pneum/o | lung |
| psych/o | mind |
| pulmon/o | lung |
| renal/o | kidney |
| thorac/o | chest |
| vas/o | vessel |
| hemi | half |
| -pepsia | digestion |
| adip/o | fat |
| aut/o | self |
| bi/o | life |
| coni/o | dust |
| crypt/o | hidden |
| cutane/o | skin |
| derm/o | skin |
| dermat/o | skin |
| heter/o | other |
| hidr/o | sweat |
| kerat/o | horney tissue, hard, cornea |
| lip/o | fat |
| melan/o | black |
| myc/o | fungus |
| necr/o | death |
| onych/o | nail |
| pachy/o | thick |
| pil/o | hair |
| rhytid/o | wrinkles |
| scler/o | hardening, sclera |
| seb/o | sebum, sebaceous |
| squam/o | scale |
| staphyl/o | grape-like clusters |
| steat/o | fat |
| strept/o | twisted chains |
| sudor/o | sweat |
| trich/o | hair |
| ungu/o | nail |
| xen/o | foreign, strange |
| xer/o | dry |
| superficial | pertaining to the surface of the body or near the surface |
| deep | away from the surface and toward the inside of the body |
| anterior | pertaining to the front of the body or toward the belly of the body |
| posterior | pertaining to the back of the body |
| ventral | of or pertaining to a position toward the belly of the body. Also frontward or anterior |
| dorsal | pertaining to the back or posterior |
| medial | toward the midline of the body |
| lateral | toward the side of the body, away from the midline of the body |
| superior | above or upward toward the head |
| inferior | below or downward toward the tail or feet |
| cranial | pertaining to the head |
| caudal | pertaining to the tail |
| distal | away from or farthest from the trunk of the body or farthest from the point of origin of a body part |
| proximal | toward or near to the point of origin |
| supine | lying on the back, facing up |
| prone | lying face down |
| supinate | turning palms of the hands upward or forward, or raising the medial side of the foot |
| pronate | turning palms of the hands downward, or turning the foot so that the inner sole bears the weight |
| plantar | pertaining to the sole, or bottom, of the foot |
| dorsum | back, or, posterior, surface |
| aponeurorrhaphy | suture of an aponeurosis |
| arthrocentesis | surgical puncture of a joint to aspirate |
| arthroclasia | breaking of a joint for procedural purposes |
| arthrodesis | surgical fixation of a joint |
| arthroplasty | surgical repair of a joint |
| bursectomy | excision of a bursa |
| carpectomy | excision of carpal bone |
| chondrectomy | excision of a cartilage |
| chondroplasty | surgical repair of a cartilage |
| costectomy | excision of a rib |
| cranioplasty | surgical repair of the skull |
| craniotomy | incision of the skull |
| diskectomy | excision of an intervertebral disk |
| laminectomy | excision of a lamina |
| maxillectomy | excision of the maxilla |
| meniscectomy | excision of the meniscus |
| myorrhaphy | suture of a muscle |
| ostectomy | excision of bone |
| osteoclasis | surgical breaking of a bone to correct a deformity |
| patellectomy | excision of the patella |
| phalangectomy | excision of a finger or toe bone |
| rachiotomy | incision into the vertebral column |
| spondylosyndesis | fusing together of the vertebrae |
| synovectomy | excision of the synovial membrane |
| tarsectomy | excision of tarsal bones |
| tenomyoplasty | surgical repair of the tendon and muscle |
| tenorrhaphy | suture of a tendon |
| vertebroplasty | surgical repair of vertebra |
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