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Medical Terminology
Study this for Exam #1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Brady | slow |
| Endo | inside or within |
| tachy | fast or irregularly fast |
| peri | surrounding or around |
| card/cardi | pertaining to the heart |
| my | pertaining to muscle |
| path | disease |
| cyte | cell |
| ia | state of being |
| itis | inflammation |
| ology | discipline of study |
| pathy | disease or disorder |
| a/an | without or absence of |
| ab | away from |
| ana | up |
| anti | against |
| bi/bin | two |
| contra | against |
| dis | to undo; free from |
| ecto | outside |
| epi | upon |
| erythr | red |
| exo | outside |
| extra | outside |
| glyc | sweet |
| hyper | above |
| hypo | below |
| im | not |
| infra | under; below |
| macro | large |
| mal | bad |
| meso | middle |
| meta | after |
| micro | small |
| mut | change |
| neo | new |
| para | beside |
| pseudo | false |
| re | back |
| syn | together |
| trans | through, across, beyond |
| carcin | cancer |
| carp | wrist |
| col | colon |
| cut | skin |
| derm | skin |
| dors | back |
| encephal | brain |
| enter | intestines |
| gangli | a swelling |
| gastr | stomach |
| germ | to bud or sprout |
| hema | blood |
| hepat | liver |
| humor | fluid |
| hyster | uterus |
| leuko | white |
| lip | fat |
| melan | black |
| morph | shape |
| myo | muscle |
| necr | death |
| neur | nerve |
| oss | bone |
| pector | chest |
| phag | to eat |
| phleb | vein |
| pino | to drink |
| psych | mind |
| pylor | gatekeeper |
| pyr | fever |
| somat | body |
| systole | contraction |
| thromb | clot |
| blast | budding |
| cidal | killing |
| crit | to separate |
| ectomy | excision |
| emia | blood condition |
| Gen | substance that produces or causes |
| genic | producing or causing |
| glia | glue |
| gram | something written |
| ism | state of |
| lyte | dissolvable |
| lytic | destroy, reduce |
| mania | madness or insane desire |
| magaly | enlargement |
| odia | smell |
| oma | tumor |
| opia | vision |
| opsy | to view |
| orrhea | flow, excessive discharge |
| orrhexis | rupture |
| osis | abnormal increase in prodction |
| otomy | cut into |
| oxia | oxygen |
| sclerosis | hardening |
| scopy | visual examination |
| sepsis | infection |
| stasis | control or stop |
| tomy | cutting |
| tropic | influencing |
| arthro | joint |
| arteriol | small vein |
| brachi | arm |
| cephal | brain |
| chondr | cartilage |
| colo | large intestine |
| cysto | bladder |
| dento | teeth |
| encephalo | brain |
| femor | femur/upper leg bone |
| gingivia | gums |
| glossa/lingue | tongue |
| masto/mammo | breasts |
| nephra/rene | kidney |
| oophor | ovary |
| orchi | testis |
| procto | anus/rectum |
| rina | nose |
| salpingo | uterine tubes |