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Common Med Term
Most used Med Term
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a | without |
| ab | away from |
| algia | pain |
| allo | pertaining to another person |
| angio | blood vessel |
| ante | before |
| anti, contra | against |
| arthro | atrium |
| auto | self |
| balan/o | glans penis |
| bariatric | obesity |
| bi, di | two |
| blepharo | eyelid |
| brady | slow |
| bucco | cheek |
| -cele | hernia |
| -centesis | puncture |
| cerebro | brain |
| chlor/o | green |
| chole | gallbladder |
| choledoco | bile duct |
| chondro | cartilage |
| cordo | umbilical |
| cryo | freeze |
| culpo | vagina |
| cutaneous | skin |
| cyan/o | blue |
| cysto | bladder |
| dacry | lacrimial (tear sac) |
| -desis | fusion |
| dia | through |
| dips/o | thirst |
| -dynia | pain |
| dys | difficult, painful |
| -ectasis | stretching |
| ecto, ectro | outward |
| -ectomy | removal |
| -edema | swelling |
| -emesis | vomiting |
| -emia | blood condition |
| en, endo | inside |
| encephal/o | brain |
| enter/o | intestine |
| entro | inward |
| epi | above |
| erythr/o | red |
| eu | normal |
| exo | away from |
| -genic | pertaining to |
| hemo | blood |
| hemi | half |
| hepato | liver |
| hetero | different |
| homo | same |
| hyper | excessive |
| hypo | under |
| -iasis | condition |
| idio | unknown |
| infra | below |
| inguino | groin |
| inter | between |
| intra | within |
| -itis | inflammation |
| kal | potassium |
| kypho | hump |
| laparo | abdominal wall |
| -lepsy | seizure |
| leuko | white |
| litho | stone |
| lordo | bent backward |
| -lysis | destruction |
| macro | large |
| mal | mad |
| -malacia | softening |
| -mania | excessive |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| melan/o | black |
| menin | membrane surrounding brain and spinal cord |
| meno | normal |
| micro | small |
| uni | one |
| poly | many |
| myelo | spinal cord or bone marrow |
| myo | muscle |
| myring | ear |
| nephro | kidney |
| -oid | resembling |
| oligo | few |
| -oma | tumor |
| oopher | ovary |
| orchi | testes |
| -orraphy | strengthening by suture |
| -oscopy | visually examinging |
| osteo | bone |
| -ostomy | artificial opening |
| -otomy | incision |
| pachi | thickening |
| para | beside or abnormal |
| -pathy | disease |
| -penia | deficiency |
| per | through |
| peri | around |
| -pexy | fixation |
| phaco | lens |
| phleb | vein |
| -plasty | repair |
| pleura | lung |
| porosis | loss of bone density |
| post | after |
| preservation | storing |
| primi | first |
| pruitus | itchy skin |
| -ptosis | sagging |
| pulmo | lung |
| tetra | four |
| quadri | four |
| renal | kidney |
| retro | behind |
| rhaphy | repair |
| rhino | nose |
| pleural | chest |
| -rrhagia | excessive discharge |
| -rrhea | menstruation discharge |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| salpingo | fallopian tubes |
| -sclerosis | hardening |
| scolio | curved spine |
| -scope | viewing |
| septo | septum |
| sialo | salivary glands |
| somno | sleep |
| spir/o | breath |
| spondyl/o | vertebrae |
| -stasis | controlling or stopping |
| supra | beyond |
| tachy | fast |
| thecal | spine |
| thorac | chest |
| thrombo | blood clot |
| -tome | cutting instrument |
| trans | across |
| trich/o | hair |
| -tripsy | crushing |
| tympano | eardrum |
| uria | urine |
| xantho | yellow |
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