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Module 1

Medical Terminology from Exploring Medical Language

TermDefinition
-plasm growth, substance, formation
hypo- below, incomplete, deficient, under
proxim/o near (the point of attachment of a body part)
lei/o smooth
eti/o cause (of disease)
-logist one who studies and treats (specialist, physician)
-oma tumor, swelling
dist/o away (from the point of attachment of a body part)
-genic producing, originating, causing
hyper- above, excessive
iatr/o physician, medicine (also means treatment)
-plasia condition of formation, development, growth
meta- after, beyond, change
-osis abnormal condition (means increase when used with blood cell word roots)
-stasis control, stop, standing
pro- before
-gen substance or agent that produces or causes
sarc/o flesh, connective tissue
dys- painful, abnormal, difficult, labored
dia- through, complete
rhabd/o rod-shaped, striated
-sis state of
cephal/o head (upward)
-ad toward
-ior pertaining to
-sarcoma malignant tumor
ventr/o belly (front)
-pathy disease
-logy study of
neo- new
epitheli/o epithelium
erythr/o red
cyan/o blue
cyt/o cell
chrom/o color
chlor/o green
cancer/o, carcin/o cancer
aden/o gland
fibr/o fiber
bi- two
uni- one
hist/o tissue
kary/o nucleus
leuk/o white
lip/o fat
melan/o black
my/o muscle
onc/o tumor, mass
path/o disease
organ/o organ
neur/o nerve
xanth/o yellow
somat/o body
viscer/o internal organs
system/o system
-al, -ic, -ous pertaining to
-cyte cell
anter/o front
infer/o below
caud/o tail (downward)
dors/o back
super/o above
later/o side
poster/o back, behind
medi/o middle
-megaly enlargement
-oid resembling
gno/o knowledge
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