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Med. Terms 1 & 2
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| aden/o | gland |
| arthr/o | joint |
| bi/o | life |
| carcin/o | cancerous, cancer |
| cardi/o | heart |
| cephal/o | head |
| cerebr/o | cerebrum |
| cis/o | to cut |
| crin/o | to secrete (to form and give off) |
| cyst/o | urinary bladder; a sac or a cyst (sac containing fluid) |
| cyt/o | cell |
| derm/o | skin |
| dermat/o | skin |
| encephal/o | brain |
| erythr/o | red |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| glyc/o | sugar |
| gnos/o | knowledge |
| gynec/o | woman, female |
| hemat/o | blood |
| hem/o | blood |
| hepat/o | liver |
| iatr/o | treatment, physician |
| leuk/o | white |
| log/o | study of |
| nephr/o | kidney |
| neur/o | nerve |
| onc/o | tumor (cancerous) |
| ophthalm/o | eye |
| oste/o | bone |
| path/o | disease |
| ped/o | child |
| psych/o | mind |
| radi/o | x-rays |
| ren/o | kidney |
| rhin/o | nose |
| scar/o | flesh |
| sect/o | to cut |
| thromb/o | clot, clotting |
| ur/o | urinary tract, urine |
| -ac | pertaining to |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -algia | pain |
| -cyte | cell |
| -ectomy | excision, removal |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -genic | pertaining to producing, produced by, or produced in |
| -globin | protein |
| -gram | record |
| -ic, -ical | pertaining to |
| -ion | process |
| -ist | specialist |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -logy | process of study |
| -oma | tumor, mass, swelling |
| -opsy | process of viewing |
| -osis | condition, usually abnormal (slight increase in number when used with blood cells) |
| -pathy | disease condition |
| -scope | instrument to visually examine |
| -scopy | process of visually examining |
| -sis | state of; condition |
| -tomy | process of cutting; incision |
| -y | process, condition |
| a- | no, not, without |
| an- | no, not, without |
| aut-, auto- | self, own |
| dia- | complete, through |
| endo- | within |
| epi- | above, upon |
| ex- | out, outside of, outward |
| exo- | out, outside of, outward |
| hyper- | excessive, above, more than normal |
| hypo- | deficient, below, under, less than normal |
| in- | into, in |
| peri- | surrounding, around |
| pro- | before, forward |
| re- | back, backward, again |
| retro- | behind |
| sub- | below, under |
| trans- | across, through |
| abdomin/o | abdomen |
| adip/o | fat |
| anter/o | front |
| cervic/o | neck ( of the body or of the uterus) |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| chrom/o | color |
| coccyg/o | coccyx (tailbone) |
| crani/o | skull |
| dist/o | far, distant |
| dors/o | back portion of the body |
| hist/o | tissue |
| ili/o | ilium (upper part of the hip bone) |
| inguin/o | groin |
| kary/o | nucleus |
| later/o | side |
| lumb/o | lower back |
| medi/o | middle |
| nucle/o | nucleus |
| pelv/i | pelvis |
| poster/o | back, behind |
| proxim/o | nearest |
| sacr/o | sacrum |
| sarc/o | flesh |
| spin/o | spine, backbone |
| thel/o | nipple |
| theli/o | nipple |
| trache/o | trachea, windpipe |
| thorac/o | chest |
| umbilic/o | navel, umbilicus |
| ventr/o | belly side of the body |
| vertebr/o | vertebra(e), backbone(s) |
| viscer/o | internal organs |
| ana- | up |
| cata- | down |
| inter- | between |
| intra- | within |
| meta- | change |
| -eal | pertaining to |
| -iac | pertaining to |
| -ior | pertaining to |
| -ism | process, condition |
| -ose | pertaining to, full of |
| -plasm | formation |
| -somes | bodies |
| -type | picture, classification |
| epi- | above |
| cyt/o | cell |
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