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Medical Terms Chap 1
Medical Terminology - Prefixes
Term | Definition |
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Cardio | Heart |
Aden/o | Gland |
Arthr/o | Joint |
Bi/o | Life |
Carcin/o | Cancerous, Cancer |
Cardi/o | Heart |
Cephal/o | Head |
Cerebr/o | Cerebrum - largest part of brain |
Cis/o | To cut |
Crin/o | To secrete (to form and give off) |
CYST/O | Urinary Bladder |
CYT | Cell |
Derm/o | Skin |
Dermat/o | Skin |
Electro | Electricity |
Encepha/lo | Brain |
Enter/o | Intestines |
Erythr/o | Red |
Gastro/o | Stomach |
Glyc/o | Sugar |
Gnos/o | Knowledge |
Gynec/o | Woman Female |
Hemat/o | Blood |
Hem/o | Blood |
Hepat/o | Liver |
Iatr/o | Treatment, Physician |
Leuko/o | White |
Log/o | Study of |
Nephr/o | Kidney |
Neur/o | Neurology |
Onc/o | Tumor |
Ophthalm/o | Eye |
Oste/o | Bone |
Path/o | Disease |
Ped/o | Child |
Psych/o | Mind - Psychology |
Radi/o | Radiology |
Ren/o | Kidney |
Rhin/o | Nose |
Sarc/o | Flesh |
Sect/o | To cut |
Thromb/o | Clot, Clotting |
Ur/o | Urinary Tract, Urine |
A- An | No, not without - an emia - is a decreased number of erythrocytes within the red blood cells. |
Aut, Auto | Self own - Aut - opsy -viewing by oneself |
Dia- | complete ,through - dia- nosis |
Endo- | Within - endo - crinologist |
Epi- | above, upon - epi - gastric |
Hyper - | excessive above more than - Hyper- thyroidism |
Hypo- | deficient, below - Hypo - gastric |
In- | into, in- In-cision |
Peri- | surrounding, around - Per- cardium |
Pro- | before, forward |
Ex-,Exo | out, outside of, outward - Ex- cision |
Re- | back, backward, again - Re-section |
Retro- | behind - Retro-cardiac |
Sub- | below, under - Sub- hepatic |
Trans - | across, through - Trans - hepatic |