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medical terminology
CPC book Terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| hidro | sweat, perspiration |
| kerato | keratin, horny layer of skin |
| melano | dark, black, melanin |
| onycho | nail |
| sebo | sebum, sebaceous gland |
| tricho | hair |
| ergo | work |
| kino, kinesio | movement |
| tono | tone, pressure |
| phreno | diaphram |
| phrenico | phrenic nerve |
| pneumo, pneumato | air, gas, respiration, lung |
| septo | septum, partition, dividing wall |
| spiro | breathing |
| ventriculo | cavity, ventricle |
| chole, cholo | bile, gall |
| cholangio, | bile duct |
| cholecycsto | gallbladder |
| choledocho | common bile duct |
| labio | lip |
| sialo | saliva, salivary gland, salvivary duct |
| procto | rectum and anus |
| calico, cali | calyx |
| glomerulo | glomerulus |
| pyelo | renal pelvis |
| urino | urine |
| vesico | urinary bladder |
| epididymo | epididymis |
| orchio, orchido | testis |
| oscheo | scrotum |
| semino | semen |
| spermo, spermato | sperm, spermatozoa |
| testo | testis, testicle |
| vaso | vas deferens, ductus deferens; also vessel, duct |
| vesiculo | seminal vesicle |
| colpo | vagina |
| episio | vulva |
| hystero | uterus |
| masto | breast, mammary gland |
| meno, mens | menstruation |
| metro, metri | uterus |
| oo | ovum, egg cell |
| oophoro | ovary |
| ovo, ovulo | ovum, egg cell |
| salpingo | oviduct, tube |
| adrenocortico | adrenal cortex |
| hypophyso | pituitary gland, hypophysis |
| insulo | pancreatic islets |
| pituitaro | pituitary gland, hypophysis |
| cortico | cerebral cortex, outer portion |
| ganglio, gangliono | ganglion |
| glio | neuroglia cells |
| medullo | medulla oblongata, medulla (inner section), middle, soft, marrow |
| meningo, meningeo | meninges |
| narco | stupor, numbness, sleep |
| radiculo | spinal nerve root |
| cochleo | cochlea of inner ear |
| corneo | cornea |
| dacryocysto | lacrimal sac |
| lacrimo | tear, lacrimal apparatus |
| myringo | tympanic membrane |
| phako, phaco | lens |
| retino | retina |
| salpingo | tube, eustachian tube |
| sclero | sclera |
| tympano | tympanic cavity (middle ear), tympanic membrane |
| ec-, ecto- | outside, out |
| meso- | middle |
| dextro | right |
| infra | below |
| ante- | before; forward |
| post- | after, behind |
| -gram | a record of data |
| -graph | instrument for recording data |
| graphy | act of recording data |
| -meter | instrument for measuring |
| -scope | instrument for viewing or examining |
| -scopy | examination of |
| -centesis | puncture tap |
| -desis | binding, fusion |
| -pexy | surgical fixation |
| -plasty | plastic repair, plastic surgery, reconstruction |
| -rraphy | surgical repair, suture |
| -stomy | surgical creation of an opening |
| -tome | instrument for incising (cutting) |
| -tomy | incision, cutting |
| -tripsy | crushing |
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