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Med Terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| adip/o | fat |
| aden/o | gland |
| arteri/o | artery |
| arthr/o | joint |
| ather/o | fatty plaque |
| audi/o | hear |
| bi/o | life |
| carcin/o | cancer |
| cardi/o | heart |
| col/o | large intestine |
| cost/o | rib |
| cyst/o | bladder |
| cry/o | cold |
| dent/o | teeth |
| derm/o | skin |
| dist/o | far |
| encephal/o | brain |
| enter/o | small intestine |
| erythr/o | red |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| gingiv/o | gums |
| gloss/o | tongue |
| lingu/o | tongue |
| hem/o | blood |
| hepat/o | liver |
| home/o | same |
| hydr/o | water |
| hyster/o | uterus |
| leuk/o | white |
| melan/o | black |
| mamm/o | breast |
| mast/o | breast |
| my/o | muscle |
| myel/o | canal |
| nephr/o | kidney |
| ren/o | kidney |
| neur/o | nerve |
| onc/o | tumor |
| oophor/o | ovary |
| oste/o | bone |
| path/o | disease |
| phleb/o | vein |
| vein/o | vein |
| pneum/o | lung |
| pulm/o | lung |
| pyr/o | heat |
| rhin/o | nose |
| nas/o | nose |
| salping/o | fallopian tube |
| scler/o | hard |
| scoli/o | crooked |
| anky;/o | crooked |
| somat/o | body |
| stomat/o | mouth |
| uri/a | urine |
| a- | without |
| an- | without |
| anti- | against |
| contra- | against |
| bi- | two |
| di- | two |
| brady- | slow |
| cep- | head |
| circum- | around |
| dia- | through |
| dys- | bad or difficult |
| endo- | inside |
| intra- | inside |
| epi- | above |
| hyper- | above |
| hypo- | below |
| inter- | between |
| mal- | bad |
| macro- | large |
| micro- | small |
| neo- | new |
| oxi- | oxygen |
| pan- | all |
| para- | beside or abnormal |
| peri- | around |
| pre- | before |
| pro- | before |
| pseudo- | false |
| quad- | four |
| retro- | behind |
| sub- | under |
| sym- | together |
| syn- | together |
| tri- | three |
| uni- | one |
| mono- | one |
| -algia | pain |
| -blast | immature or germ cell "Bob the builder" |
| -crine | secrete |
| -cyte | cell |
| -emia | blood |
| -gen | produce |
| -ic | referring to |
| -ar | referring to |
| -al | referring to |
| -ist | specializes in |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -lysis | dissolve |
| -ology | study of |
| -oma | tumor |
| -osis | condition |
| -phagia | eat |
| -physia | eat |
| --plegia | paralysis |
| -physis | growth |
| -pnea | breathing |
| =poiesis | formation |
| -rrhea | discharge |
| -stasis | standing still |
| -tomy | cutting |
| -trophy | nourishment |
| ana- | up |
| cata | down |
| -ism | the process of |
| bol | to throw |