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Medical Words CTS
For Communications at CTS
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| aden/o | Gland |
| carcin/o | Cancer |
| cardi/o | Heart |
| chem/o | Chemical |
| cis/o | Cut |
| dermat/o | Skin |
| enter/o | Intestines |
| gastr/o | Stomach |
| gynec/o | Female reproductive |
| hemat/o | Blood |
| hydr/o | Water |
| immun/o | Immune |
| laryng/o | Throat |
| morph/o | Form/structure |
| nephr/o | Kidney |
| neur/o | Nerve |
| ophthalm/o | Eye |
| ot/o | Ear |
| path/o | Disease |
| pulmon/o | Lung |
| rhin/o | Nose |
| ur/o | Male Reproductive/Urinary |
| a- | Without/Not/Absence |
| an- | Without/Less |
| ante- | Before |
| anti- | Against |
| auto- | Self |
| brady- | Slow |
| dys- | Difficult/Pain/Trouble |
| endo- | Within/Inner |
| epi- | Upon/Over/Above |
| eu- | Good/Normal |
| hetero- | Different |
| homo- | Same |
| hyper- | High/Excessive |
| hypo- | Low/Beneath/Under |
| infra- | Below |
| inter- | Between |
| intra- | Within |
| macro- | Large |
| micro- | Small |
| neo- | New |
| pan- | All/Entire |
| para- | Beside/Near |
| per- | Through |
| peri- | Around/About |
| post- | After/Behind |
| pre- | Before |
| pseudo- | False/Pretend |
| retro- | Behind/Backward |
| sub- | Under/Below |
| super- | Above |
| supra- | Over/Above |
| tachy- | Fast/Rapid |
| trans- | Across |
| ultra- | Excess/Beyond |
| bi- | Two |
| hemi- | Half |
| mono- | Alone/Single |
| multi- | Many/Multiple |
| nulli- | None |
| poly- | Much/Many |
| quad- | Four |
| semi- | Half |
| tri- | Three |
| uni- | Single/One |
| -algia | Painful |
| -cele | Hernia |
| -cise | Cut out |
| -cyte | Cell |
| -dynia | Pain |
| -ectasis | Dilation |
| -gen | From (came from) |
| -genesis | Beginning/Creation |
| -genic | Originating from |
| -ia | Pertaining to |
| -iasis | Condition/Formation/Presence of |
| -ism | Condition/Disease |
| -itis | Inflammation |
| -logist | Specialist |
| -logy | Study of |
| -lysis | Destruction/Separation/Rupture |
| -malacia | Softening |
| -megaly | Enlargement |
| -oma | Tumour/Mass |
| -osis | Disease/Condition |
| -pathy | Disease/Disorder |
| -plasia | Formation/Development |
| -plasm | Structural substance |
| -ptosis | Falling/Drooping |
| -rrhage | Flow (blood/fluid) |
| -rrhea | Flowing/Discharge |
| -rrhexis | Rupture |
| -sclerosis | Hardening |
| -stenosis | Narrowing |
| -therapy | Treatment |
| -trophy | Nourishment/Development |
| -centesis | Surgical puncture to remove fluid (aspiration) |
| -ectomy | Surgical removal of a body part (excision) |
| -ostomy | Surgically create an opening |
| -otomy | Act of cutting/Incision |
| -pexy | Fixation |
| -plasty | Surgical repair |
| -rrhaphy | Surgical suturing |
| -gram | Record/Picture |
| -graph | Instrument used to record data |
| -graphy | Process of recording |
| -meter | Instrument used to measure or count |
| -metry | Process of measuring |
| -scope | Instrument for viewing |
| -scopy | Process of viewing |
| abdomin/o | abdomen |
| adip/o | fat |
| anter/o | front |
| brachi/o | upper arm/arm |
| caud/o | tail/towards lower body |
| cephal/o | head/towards upper body |
| cervic/o | neck |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| crani/o | cranium/brain |
| crur/o | leg/thigh |
| cyt/o | cell |
| dist/o | far/away (from a point of the body) |
| dors/o | back-side of the body |
| epitheli/o | skin |
| glute/o | buttocks |
| hist/o | tissue |
| infer/o | lower/below |
| later/o | to one side |
| medi/o | middle/median |
| muscul/o | muscular |
| neur/o | nerve |
| organ/o | organic |
| oste/o | bone |
| pelv/o | pelvis |
| peritone/o | peritoneum |
| pleur/o | around the lung |
| poster/o | at the back |
| proxim/o | near (to a point of the body) |
| pub/o | pubic |
| somat/o | body |
| spin/o | spine |
| super/o | above/excessive |
| system/o | system |
| thorac/o | chest/thorax |
| ventr/o | front-side of the body |
| vertebr/o | vertebral/spinal |
| viscer/o | organs |
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