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Medical Terminology
Root words and stuff
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| coron | heart |
| cut | skin |
| cholecyst | gall bladder |
| bucc | cheek |
| audi | hearing; sound |
| mamm | breast |
| carp | wrist bone |
| conjunctiv | conjunctiva |
| cyt | cell |
| adip | fat |
| dent | tooth |
| burs | joint |
| chol | bile; gall bladder |
| cost | rib |
| carcin | cancer |
| ather | fat; fatty plaque |
| crani | cranium; skull |
| arteri | artery |
| bronch | bronchus |
| cholangi | bile duct |
| kerat | cornea |
| lip | fat |
| enter | intestines |
| hemat | blood |
| hepat | liver |
| mamm | breast |
| lingua | tongue |
| gastr | stomach |
| gingiv | gums |
| encephal | brain |
| immune | protection |
| lacrim | tears |
| gloss | tongue |
| kinesi | movement |
| gonad | sex glands |
| men | menses; menstruation |
| hidr | sweat |
| hydr | water; fluid |
| fibul | fibula |
| splen | spleen |
| my | muscle |
| psych | mind or soul |
| pulmon | lungs |
| oste | bone |
| ren | kidney |
| pector | chest |
| phlang | finger and toe bones |
| ven | vein |
| pneum | lungs; air |
| synovi | joint |
| thorac | chest |
| thromb | clot |
| sphygm | pulse |
| vas; vascul | vessel |
| ot | ear |
| nephr | kidney |
| rhin | nose |
| pod; podi | foot |
| schiz | split |
| septi | bacteria |
| andr | male; man |
| cirrh | yellow |
| glauc | silver; gray |
| gyn; gynec | woman |
| ped | children |
| phot | light |
| rheum | watery discharge |
| narc | sleep |
| esthesi | sensation |
| spher | round |
| xanth | yellow |
| cry | cold |
| melan | black |
| morph | form; shape |
| myc | fungus |
| coagul | clotting |
| pachy | thick |
| dips | thirst |
| poly- | many; excessive |
| post- | after |
| pre- | before |
| semi- | half |
| super- | above; over; excess |
| supra- | above |
| sym- | with |
| syn | together; with |
| xero- | dry |
| auto- | self |
| carcin- | cancerous |
| contra- | against |
| infra- | inferior |
| inter- | between |
| intra- | within |
| oligo- | few |
| pan- | all |
| para- | near; beside |
| per- | through |
| peri- | around; surrounding |
| -ism | condition |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -ium | structure of tissue |
| -ectomy | surgical removal; excision |
| -emesis | vomit |
| -emia | blood |
| -malacia | softening |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -metry | process of measuring |
| -algia | pain |
| -blast | germ or bud |
| -crine | to secrete |
| -cyte | cell |
| -cytosis | condition of cells |
| -globin; -globulin | protein |
| -gram | record |
| -lysis; -lytic | breakdown |
| -oma | tumor |
| -iasis | formation or presence of |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| -ostomy | creation of an opening |
| -phobia | abnormal fear |
| -phonia | voice; sound |
| -rrhea | flow; discharge |
| -rhexis | rupture |
| -stasis | stop |
| -stenosis | narrowing |
| -scopy | the process of viewing |
| -pnea | breathing |
| -poiesis | formation |
| -rhage; rhagia | bursting forth |
| -pathy | disease |
| -penia | decreased number |
| -pepsia | digestion |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -ous | pertaining to |
| -spasm | involuntary contraction |
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