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medical terminology
AIHS
| Part | Meaning |
|---|---|
| aden | gland |
| arthro | joint |
| carcin | cancer |
| cardi | heart |
| cephal | head |
| cerebr | brain |
| crin | to secrete |
| cyst | bladder |
| cyt | cell |
| derm or dermat | skin |
| gynec | woman |
| hem or hemat | blood |
| hepat | liver |
| leuk | white |
| em | blood |
| oma | tumor |
| itis | inflammation |
| ology | study of |
| ic | pertaining to |
| al | pertaining to |
| ologist | one who studies |
| endo | within |
| scopy | process of visual exam |
| gen | to produce |
| sis | condition of |
| ia | condition of |
| nephr or ren | kidney |
| neur | nerve |
| onc | tumor |
| opthalm | eye |
| oste | bone |
| Word Root | core of the word |
| suffix | end of the word |
| prefix | begining of the word |
| combining vowel | between two words |
| cytoplasm | fluid inside cell |
| nucleus | structure within cell |
| chromosomes | nucleus of the cell |
| genes | determine hereditary |
| DNA | regulates activities of cell |
| epithelial tissue | covering of external surface |
| apex | tip, summit |
| prone | lying face down |
| supine | lying face up |
| distal | that part farthest from the source |
| proximal | the part closest to the source |
| inferior | referring to the lower away-from-the head end |
| trans | through across |
| inter | between |
| intra | within |
| retro | backward |
| intra | within |
| contra | against |
| peri | about, around, surrounding |
| sub | under, below |
| dors/o | back |
| end/o | inside |
| later/o | side |
| somat/o | body |
| viscer/o | internal organ |
| cyt/o | cell |
| ex- | out, away from |
| path/o | disease |
| dys- | bad, labored |
| ect- | out, outside |
| epi- | above, upon |
| hemi- | half |
| in- | not, into |
| infra | beneath |
| para | beside |
| super- | above, in the upper part |
| supra | above, over |
| -algia | pain |
| -emesis | vomiting |
| -ia, iasis | condition, formation |
| -malacia | softening |
| -osis | condition |
| -ptosis | prolapse, downward |
| -rrhage, rrhagia | bursting forth, excessive flow |
| -trophy | development, growth |
| -adip/o | fat |
| corne/o | horny |
| cutane/o, cut/o | skin |
| fasci/o | sheet, band |
| hidr/o | sweat |
| kerat/o | horny |
| macul/o | spot |
| melan/o | black |
| myc/o | fungus |
| onych/o | nail |
| pil/o | hair |
| seb/o | sebum |
| squam/o | scale |
| sud/o, sudor/o | sweat |
| trich/o | hair |
| articul/o | joint |
| burs/o | sac |
| carp/o | wrist |
| caud/o | tail |
| cephal/o | head |
| cervic/o | neck |
| cheir/o | clavicle |
| cost/o | rib |
| dactyl/o | finger, toe |
| digit/o | finger, toe |
| ili/o | illium |
| ischi/o | hip |
| ligament/o | ligament |
| lumb/o | loin, lower back |
| maxill/o | upperjaw, bone |
| muscul/o | muscle |
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