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NCCT Med Term
Term | Definition |
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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 |