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Chapter 1
medical terminology
Term | Definition |
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-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 |