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Common Medical Words
common medical word parts
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| a(n) | absence of |
| acou, acu | hear |
| aden(o) | gland |
| aer(o) | air |
| alg | pain |
| andr(o) | man |
| angi(o) | vessel |
| ankyl(o) | crooked, curved |
| ante | before |
| anter(i) | front, forward |
| anti | against |
| arteri(o) | artery |
| arthr(o) | joint |
| articul | joint |
| ather(o) | fatty |
| audi(o) | hearing |
| aur(i) | ear |
| aut(o) | self |
| bi, bis | double, twice, two |
| brachy | slow |
| brady | slow |
| bucc(o) | cheek |
| carcin(o) | cancer |
| cardi(o) | heart |
| cephal(o) | head |
| cervic | neck |
| chol(e) | bile, referring to gallbladder |
| chondr(o) | cartilage |
| circum | around, about |
| contra | against, counter |
| cost(o) | rib |
| crani(o) | skull |
| cry(o) | cold |
| cut | skin |
| cyan(o) | blue |
| cyst(o) | bladder |
| cyt(o) | cell |
| dactyl(o) | finger, toe |
| dent | tooth |
| derm(ato) | skin |
| dipl(o) | double |
| dors | back |
| dys | bad, faulty, abnormal |
| ectomy | excision (removal by cutting) |
| emia | blood |
| encephal(o) | brain |
| end(o) | inside |
| enter(o) | intestine |
| epi | outer, superficial, upon, on top |
| erythr(o) | red |
| eu | normal |
| extra | outside |
| gastr(o) | stomach |
| gen | become, originate |
| gloss(o) | tongue |
| glyc(o) | sweet, referring to glucose |
| gram, graph | write, record |
| gyn | woman |
| hem(ato) | blood |
| hemi | half |
| hepat(o) | liver |
| hist(o) | tissue |
| hydr(o) | water |
| hyper | excessive, high |
| hypo | deficient, low |
| hyster(o) | uterus |
| iatr(o) | doctor |
| infra | beneath |
| inter | among, between |
| intra | inside |
| itis | inflammation |
| lact(o) | milk |
| lapar(o) | flank, abdomen |
| latero | side |
| leuk(o) | white |
| lingu(o) | tongue |
| lip(o) | fat |
| lys(is) | dissolve |
| mal | bad, abnormal |
| malac | soft |
| mamm(o) | breast |
| mast(o) | breast |
| megal(o) | large |
| melan(o) | black |
| mening(o) | membranes |
| my(o) | muscle |
| myc(o) | fungus |
| myel(o) | marrow |
| nas(o) | nose |
| necr(o) | death |
| nephr(o) | kidney |
| neur(o) | nerve |
| nutri | nourish |
| ocul(o) | eye |
| odyn(o) | pain |
| oma | tumor |
| onc(o) | tumor |
| oophor(o) | ovaries |
| ophthalm(o) | eye |
| opia | vision |
| opsy | examination |
| orchi(o) | testes |
| osis | condition |
| osse(o) | bone |
| oste(o) | bone |
| ot(o) | ear |
| path(o) | disease |
| ped(o) | child |
| penia | deficient, deficiency |
| peps, pept | digest |
| peri | around |
| phag(o) | eat, destroy |
| pharmaco | drug |
| pharyng(o) | throat |
| phleb(o) | vein |
| phob(ia) | fear |
| plasty | repair |
| pleg(ia) | paralysis |
| pnea | breathing |
| pneum(ato) | breath, air |
| pneumon(o) | lung |
| pod(o) | foot |
| poie | make, produce |
| poly | much, many |
| post | after |
| poster(i) | back, behind |
| presby | elder |
| proct(o) | anus |
| psued(o) | false |
| pysch(o) | mind |
| pulmon(o) | lung |
| pyel(o) | pelvis, kidney |
| pyr(o) | fever, fire |
| rachi(o) | spine |
| ren(o) | kidneys |
| rhag | break, burst |
| rhe | flow |
| rhin(o) | nose |
| cerebr(o) | brain |
| scler(o) | hard |
| scope | instrument |
| scopy | examination |
| somat(o) | body |
| spondyl(o) | vertebra |
| steat(o) | fat |
| sten(o) | narrow, compressed |
| steth(o) | chest |
| stom | mouth, opening |
| supra | above |
| tachy | fast, quick |
| therap | treatment |
| therm(o) | heat |
| thromb(o) | chest, clot, lump |
| tomy | incision (operation by cutting) |
| tox(i) | poison |
| uria | urine |
| vas(o) | vessel |
| ven(o) | vein |
| vesic(o) | bladder |
| xer(o) | dry |
| corpor | body |
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