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NCCT Med Term
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| ipsi | same |
| -tripsy | crushing |
| meso(o) | middle |
| meta | after, behind |
| -crine | to secrete |
| para | alongside of |
| isch(o) | restriction/restraint |
| -genic | producing, formative |
| -osis | abnormal, diseased |
| oto | ear |
| mero | part |
| -malacia | softening |
| -stasis | stop, stand |
| juxta | near, alongside |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| ex | out of, away from |
| pauci | few |
| onycho | fingernail, toenail |
| odyn(o) | pain |
| de | away |
| oxy | sharp, acute |
| heter | the other |
| scoto | darkness |
| proct(o) | anus, rectum |
| acous(io) | hearing |
| -version | turning |
| myelo | spinal cord |
| faci | face |
| om(o) | shoulder |
| dacryo | tear |
| rhod | red color |
| vesic(o) | bladder |
| myc | fungus |
| extra | outside |
| varic(o) | swollen/twisted vein |
| filli | hair like |
| prim | first, most important |
| sinistr(o) | left, left side |
| tort(i) | twisted |
| clast | break |
| kyph | humped |
| -tic | pertaining to |
| -pleio | more, multiple |
| log(o) | speech |
| brachy | short, little |
| psor | itching |
| dys | painful; lack of |
| -ium | tissue, structure |
| osseo | bony |
| porphyr(o) | purple color |
| plexy | stroke, seizure |
| adip | fat, fatty tissue |
| tetan | rigid, tense |
| ec | out |
| stheno | strength, force/power |
| myx(o) | mucus |
| com | with |
| hidr | sweat |
| neo | new |
| pyel(o) | pelvis |
| -dipsia | thirst |
| -tomy | cutting, incising |
| ungui | nail |
| -gnosis | knowledge |
| xen(o) | foreign, different |
| karyo | nucleus |
| genu | knee |
| lytic | dissolution |
| idio | self |
| -penia | deficiency |
| -cide | killing |
| parvo | small |
| oxo | oxygen |
| -ptosis | falling, drooping |
| fossa | hollow, depressed area |
| mon(o) | single |
| phren(o) | the mind |
| sarco | muscular, fleshlike |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| front | forehead |
| melos | extremity |
| lept | light, slender |
| reticul | net |
| -oesophageal | gullet |
| aux(o) | increase |
| -algia | pain |
| -paresis | slight paralysis |
| -ac, -acal | pertaining to |
| spadias | slit, fissure |
| -ptysis | spitting |
| myring(o) | eardrum |
| lith | stone |
| eosin | red |
| -stomy | creation of an opening |
| phaco | lens shaped |
| lysis | destruction, separation |
| -dynia | pain |
| oid | resemblance to |
| rhachi | spine |
| iso | same |
| -py(o) | pus |
| koil | hollow, depressed area |
| home(o) | similar |
| -rrhaphy | surgical sutrure |
| -phago, -phagia | eating, devouring |
| schist(o)/schiz(o) | split, cleft, division |
| blast(o) | germ, bud |
| -trophy | nourishment |
| squamos(o) | scales, scaly |
| -plasia | formation, development |
| pan | all |
| capill | hair |
| lei(o) | smooth |
| stenosis | narrowing |
| -ism | condition, disease |
| laryng | layrnx |
| -ics | knowledge, treatment |
| -rrhoea | flowing, discharge |
| ileo | ileum |
| dif | apart, separate |
| -ite | nature of, resembling |
| -emia | blood condition |
| sito- | food, grain |
| -gram | record or picture |
| -acusis | hearing |
| -ase | enzyme |
| aer | air, gas |
| cata | down, under |
| -y | condition, process |
| -aemia | blood condition |
| aden | gland |
| -icle | small |
| cyst(o) | bladder |
| sten(o) | narrow |
| metro | uterus |
| amph | both sides |
| -pexy | fixation by stitching |
| -asthenia | weakness |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -tensive | pressure |
| sail(o) | saliva, salivary gland |
| ot(o) | ear |
| -ad | toward |
| alb- | white |
| xer(o) | dry |
| papul(o) | small elevation, swelling |
| zo(o) | animal, animal life |
| -pathy | disease, disorder |
| polio | gray color |
| eu | true, good |
| angi(o) | blood vessel |
| toco | childbirth |
| -ismus | spasm, contraction |