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LOM 1&2
Melissa's LOM 1&2
Term | Meaning |
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aden/o | gland |
arthr/o | joint |
bi/o | life |
carcin/o | cancerous |
cardi/o | heart |
cephal/o | head |
cerebr/o | brain |
cis/o | to cut |
crin/o | secrete |
cyst/o | urinary bladder |
cyt/o | cell |
derm/o | skin |
electr/o | electricity |
encephal/o | brain |
enter/o | intestines |
erythr/o | red |
gastr/o | stomach |
gnos/o | knowledge |
nephr/o | kidney |
gynec/o | woman |
hem/o | blood |
hemat/o | blood |
hepat/o | liver |
iatr/o | treatment |
leuk/o | white |
neur/o | nerve |
onc/o | tumor |
ophthalm/o | eye |
oste/o | bone |
path/o | disease |
ped/o | child |
psych/o | mind |
radi/o | x-rays |
ren/o | kidney |
rhin/o | nose |
sarc/o | flesh |
sect/o | to cut |
thromb/o | clot |
endo- | within |
ur/o | urine |
-ac | pertaining to |
-al | pertaining to |
-algia | pain |
-cyte | cell |
-emia | blood condition |
-genic | pertaining to producing, produced by, or produced in |
-gram | record |
-ic | pertaining to |
-ical | pertaining to |
-ion | process |
-ist | specialist |
-itis | inflammation |
-logy | study of |
-oma | tumor, mass, swelling |
-opsy | viewing with a microscope |
-osis | condition, usually abnormal |
-pathy | disease condition |
-scope | instrument for viewing |
-sis | state of |
-y | process, condition |
a- | no, not, without |
an- | no, not, without |
auto- | self |
dia- | complete, through |
epi- | above, upon |
ex- | out |
hyper- | excessive, above, more than normal |
hypo- | deficient |
-tomy | process of cutting, incision |
in- | into, in |
peri- | surrounding, around |
re- | back, backward, again |
exo- | out |
retro- | behind |
sub- | below, under |
trans- | across, through |
pro- | before, forward |
-ectomy | excision, removal |
abdomin/o | abdomen |
adip/o | fat |
anter/o | front |
bol/o | to cast (throw) |
cervic/o | neck (of the body or of the uterus) |
chondr/o | cartilage (type of connective tissue) |
chrom/o | color |
coccyg/o | coccyx (tailbone) |
crani/o | skull |
cyt/o | cell |
dist/o | far, distant |
dors/o | back portion of the body |
hist/o | tissue |
ili/o | ilium (part of the pelvic bone) |
inguin/o | groin |
kary/o | nucleus |
later/o | side |
lumb/o | lower back |
medi/o | middle |
nucle/o | nucleus |
pelv/o | hip, pelvic cavity |
poster/o | back, behind |
proxim/o | nearest |
sacr/o | sacrum |
sarc/o | flesh |
spin/o | backbone, the spine |
thel/o | nipple |
thorac/o | chest |
trache/o | trachea, windpipe |
umbilic/o | navel, umbilicus |
ventr/o | ventral, belly side of the body |
vertebr/o | vertebrae, backbones |
viscer/o | the viscera (internal organs) |
ana- | up |
cata- | down |
epi- | above |
hypo- | below |
inter- | between |
meta- | change |
-eal | pertaining to |
-iac | pertaining to |
-ior | pertaining to |
-plasm | formation |
-type | picture, classification |
-somes | bodies |
-ism | process |
-ose | pertaining to, full of |