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Medical Terminology
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| abdomin/o | abdomen |
| aden/o | gland |
| adip/o | fat |
| acoust/o | sound, hearing |
| an/o | anus, ring |
| angi/o | blood or lymph vessel |
| ankyl/o | crooked, bent, stiff |
| anter/o | before, front |
| aort/o | aorta |
| append/o | appendix |
| appendic/o | appendix |
| arteri/o | artery |
| ather/o | fatty substance or plaque |
| arthr/o | joint |
| aque/o | water |
| blephar/o | eyelid |
| burs/o | bursa, sac of fluid near a joint |
| caud/o | lower part of body, tail |
| carcin/o | cancerous |
| cephal/o | head |
| cervic/o | neck |
| col/ | colon |
| chol/e | bile, gall |
| cholecyst/o | gallbladder |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| chrom/o | colour |
| chron/o | time |
| colon/o | large intestine, colon |
| cost/o | rib |
| crani/o | skull |
| cyan/o | blue |
| cyt/o | cell |
| dextr/o | right side |
| dors/o | back of the body |
| ech/o | sound wave |
| embol/o | something inserted |
| enter/o | small intestine |
| erythr/o | red |
| esophag/o | esophagus |
| fasci/o | fascia, fibrous band |
| fibr/o | fibrous tissue, fiber |
| gen/o | gene |
| geront/o | old age |
| gynec/o | woman/female |
| hem/o | blood, relating to blood |
| hemat/o | blood, relating to blood |
| hepat/o | liver |
| hist/o | tissue |
| ili/o | ilium, hip bone |
| immun/o | immune, protection, safe |
| irid/o | iris, coloured part of the eye |
| kerat/o | cornea, horny, hard, |
| kines/o | movement |
| kinesi/o | movement |
| kyph/o | bent, hump |
| laryng/o | throat, larynx |
| leuk/o | white |
| ligament/o | ligament |
| lingu/o | tounge |
| lith/o | stone, calculus |
| lord/o | sawyback, curve, bent |
| lumb/o | lower back |
| lymph/o | lymph, lymphatic tissue |
| lymphaden/o | lymph node or gland |
| lymphangi/o | lymph vessel |
| mandibul/o | lower jaw, mandible |
| medi/o | middle |
| melan/o | black |
| mobil/o | capable of moving |
| muscul/o | muscle |
| my/o | muscle |
| myc/o | fungus |
| myel/o | spinal cord or bone marrow |
| myring/o | tympanic membrane, eardrum |
| ne/o | new, strange |
| necr/o | death |
| nephr/o | kidneys |
| neur/o | nerve |
| neutr/o | neutral |
| olig/o | scanty, few |
| onc/o | tumor |
| ophthalm/o | eye, vision |
| opt/o | eye, vision |
| oss/e | bone |
| oss/i | bone |
| ost/o | bone |
| oste/o | bone |
| ot/o | ear, hearing |
| path/o | disease, suffering, feeling, emotion |
| pelv/o | pelvic bone |
| pelv/i | pelvic bone |
| phag/o | eat, swallow |
| phak/o | lens of eye |
| phleb/o | vein |
| phon/o | voice |
| plas/i | development growth, formation |
| plaso/o | development, growth, formation |
| pod/o | foot |
| poli/o | gray |
| poster/o | behind, toward the back |
| presby/o | old age |
| proct/o | anus, rectum |
| py/o | pus |
| pyr/o | fever |
| rect/o | rectum, straight |
| retin/o | retina, net |
| rhin/o | nose |
| sacr/o | sacrum |
| sarc/o | flesh |
| scler/o | sclera, white of eye, hard |
| scoli/o | curved bent |
| sept/o | infection |
| sinistr/o | left side |
| sigmoid/o | sigmoid colon |
| sphlen/o | spleen |
| spondyl/o | vertebrae, vertebral , column, backbone |
| synovi/o | synovial membrane, synovial fluid |
| synov/o | synovial membrane, synovial fluid |
| systol/o | contraction |
| tars/o | tarsus, ankle bone |
| tax/o | coordination, order |
| ten/o | tendon, stretch out, extend, strain |
| tend/o | tendon, stretch out, extend, strain |
| tendin/o | tendon, stretch out, extend, strain |
| therm/o | heat |
| thromb/o | clot |
| ton/o | tone, stretching, tension |
| tort/i | twist, rotate |
| tox/o | poison, poisonous |
| trop/o | turn, change |
| tympan/o | tympanic membrane, eardrum |
| valv/o | valve |
| valvul/o | valve |
| vascul/o | blood vessel |
| ven/o | vein |
| ventr/o | in front, abdomen side |
| vertebr/o | vertebra, backbone |
| vir/o | virus or poison |
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