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Medical Term M1 L2
Lesson 2
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| abdomin/o | abdomen |
| aden/o | glands |
| fat | |
| anter/o | before, front |
| carcin/o | cancer |
| caud/o | lower part of body, tail |
| cephal/o | head |
| cervic/o | neck or cervix |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| chrom/o | color |
| coccyg/o | coccyx, tailbone |
| crani/o | skull |
| cyt/o | cell |
| dem/o, dem/i | population |
| dist/o | distant, far |
| dors/o | back of the body |
| embry/o | fertilized ovum |
| eti/o | cause |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| hist/o | tissue |
| home/o | constant |
| idi/o | peculiar to individual |
| ili/o | ilium |
| inguin/o | groin |
| kary/o | nucleus |
| laryng/o | larynx |
| later/o | side |
| . lip/o | fat, lipid |
| log/o | word |
| lumb/o | lumbar, lower back |
| medi/o | middle |
| nephr/o | kidney |
| neur/o | nerve |
| nucle/o | nucleus |
| path/o | disease |
| pelv/i, pelv/o | pelvis |
| peritone/o | peritoneum |
| plas/i, plas/o | formation |
| poster/o | behind, towards back |
| proxim/o | nearest |
| sacr/o | sacrum |
| sarc/o | flesh |
| spin/o | spine |
| thel/o, theli/o | nipple |
| thorac/o | chest, pleural cavity |
| trache/o | trachea |
| umbilic/o | umbilicus |
| ventr/o | front of body belly side |
| vertebr/o | vertebra |
| viscer/o | internal organs |
| tel/o | complete |
| ana- | backward |
| ex-, exo- | out of, outside, away from |
| bi- | life, living |
| cata- | down |
| en-, end-, endo-, intra- | inside, within |
| epi- | above, on, over |
| hypo- | decreased, defficient |
| inter- | between |
| meta- | alter, beyond, change |
| pan | all |
| retro | behind, backward |
| -oma | tumor, mass |
| -algia | pain, painful condition |
| -crine | secrete |
| -cyte | cell |
| -eal | pertaining to |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -er, -or | one who, one that does |
| -genic | produced by |
| -ine | pertaining to |
| -ism | condition |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -malacia | abnormal softening |
| -metry | measure |
| -opsy | process of viewing |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| -ose | carbohydrate, sugar |
| -pathy | disease |
| -plasia | formation, development, growth |
| -plasm | plasma |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -sclerosis | abnormal hardening |
| -somes | body |
| -stasis, -static | maintenance, steady, stop |
| -tomy | incision |
| -trophy | development |
| -type | class, grouping |
| -uria | urine condition |