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Chapter 1
medical terminology
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| -iatry | treatment |
| -logy | study |
| athr/o | joint |
| cephal/o | head |
| col/0 | colon |
| cutane/o | skin |
| fibr/o | fiber |
| litho/o | stone |
| gynec/o | woman |
| -tomy | incision |
| vascul/o | vessel |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| oligo- | few or deficient |
| para- | alongside of abnormal |
| peri- | around |
| -ectasis | expansion or dilation |
| -ia | condition |
| -eal | pertaining to |
| cardi/o | heart |
| peri- | around |
| -stomy | creation of an opening |
| hyper- | excessive |
| -emia | blood condition |
| troph/o | nourishment, development |
| toxic/o | poison |
| tox/o | poison |
| sten/o | narrow |
| scler/o | hard |
| psych/o |