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Medical terminology in Anatomy & Physiology
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| gastr/o | stomach (digestive) |
| enter/o | small intestine (digestive) |
| hepat/o | liver (digestive) |
| nephr/o, ren/o | kidney(urinary) |
| ur/o, urin/o | urine (urinary) |
| cyst/o | bladder(urinary) |
| Cardi/o | heart (cardiovascular) |
| Arteri/o | artery (cardiovascular) |
| Ven/o | vein (cardiovascular) |
| Pulmon/o | lungs (respiratory) |
| pharyng/o | throat (respiratory) |
| Pneum/o | air, lungs (respiratory) |
| derm/o, dermat/o, cutane/o | skin (integumentary) |
| seb/o | oil (integumentary) |
| Melan/o | black, really dark (integumentary |
| Gynec/o | women (female reproductive) |
| Hyster/o | uterus (female reproductive) |
| Mamm/o | breast (female reproductive) |
| vagin/o | vagina (female reproductive) |
| orchi/o, orchid/o | testis, testicle (male reproductive) |
| Prostat/o | prostate(male reproductive) |
| Aden/o | gland (endocrine) |
| crin/o | secretion (endocrine) |
| gylc/o | sugar (endocrine) |
| encephal/o | brain (nervous) |
| neur/o | nerves (nervous) |
| Psych/o | mind (nervous) |
| cephal/o | head (nervous) |
| carp/o | wrist (musculoskeletal) |
| cost/o | rib (musculoskeletal) |
| my/o | muscle (musculoskeletal) |
| oste/o | bone(musculoskeletal) |
| arthr/o | joint (musculoskeletal) |
| spleen/o | spleen (immune/lymphatic) |
| Lymph/o | lymph node (immune/lymphatic) |
| immun/o | protection (immune/lymphatic) |
| osis (suffix) | condition |
| onco | cancer |
| leuko | white blood cell |
| -algia | nerve |
| carcin/o | cancerous |
| -gram | to record |
| -itis | inflamation of |
| -opsy | to view living tissue |
| -oma | tumor or mass |
| -scopy | process of viewing |
| -logy | study of |
| cerebr/al | pertaining to the brain/head |
| electro | electricity |
| -ac, -ai, -ic, -ical | pertaining to |
| -ectomy | surgical removal |
| -tomy | removal of |
| -sis | condition of |
| hyper- | above or excessive |
| peri- | surrounding |
| epi- | above |
| trans- | through |
| hypo- | below |
| dia- | through |
| -cyte | cell |
| hematoma | mass of blood |
| erythrocyte | red blood cell |
| leukocyte | white blood cell |
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KGittens
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