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Chapter 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Arthr/o | joint |
| Cardi/o | heart |
| enter/o | Small intestine |
| hepat/o | Liver |
| neur/o | nerve |
| hem/o hemat/o | blood |
| my/o muscul/o | muscle |
| angi/o vas/o vascul/o | Vessel (Most common refers to blood vessel, but can also refer to other types of vessels as well) |
| derm/o dermat/o cutane/o | Skin |
| pneum/o pulmon/o pneumon/o | Lung |
| gen/o | creation/cause |
| hydr/o | water |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| morph/o | change |
| myc/o | fungus |
| necr/o | death |
| orth/o | Staight |
| path/o | suffering,disease |
| phag/o | eat |
| plas/o | formation |
| py/o | pus |
| scler/o | hard |
| sten/o | narrowing |
| troph/o | nourishment, development |
| xen/o | foreign |
| -ac -al -ar -ary -eal -ic -tic -ous | Pertaining to |
| -ia -ism | condition |
| -ium | tissue,structure |
| -y | condition, procedure |
| -icle -ole -ule -ula | small |
| -iatrics -iartry | medical science |
| -iatrist | specialist in medicine of |
| -ist | specialist |
| -logist | special in the study of |
| -logy | study of |
| -algia -dynia | pain |
| -cele | hernia |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -iasis | presence of |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -lysis | loosen break down |
| -malacia | abnormal softening |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -oid | resembling |
| -oma | tumor |
| -osis | condition |
| -pathy | disease |
| -penia | deficency |
| -ptosis | drooping |
| -rrhagia -rrhage | excessive flow |
| -rrhea | flow |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -spasm | involuntary contraction |
| -centesis | punture |
| -gram | written record |
| -graph | instrument used to produce |
| -meter | instrument used to measure |
| -metry | process of measuring |
| -scope | instrument used to look |
| -scopy | process if looking |
| -desis | binding, fixation |
| -ectomy | removal |
| -pexy | surgical fixation |
| -plasty | reconstruction |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| -stomy | creation of an opening |
| -tomy | incision |
| a- an- | not |
| anti- contra- | against |
| de- | down,away from |
| ante- pre- | before |
| pro- | before, on behalf of |
| brady- | fast |
| post- | after |
| re- | again |