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Med term Def

Med Term Definitions

TermDefinition
angi/o pertaining to blood or lymph vessels
aort/o aorta
arteri/o artery
ather/o plaque, fatty substance
card/o, cardi/o heart
coron/o crown, coronary
hem/o, hemat/o blood, pertaining to the blood
phleb/o, ven/o vein
thromb/o clot
ech/o sound
radi/o radiation, x-rays
cholecyst/o gallbladder
col/o, colon/o colon, large intestine
proct/o anus and rectum
enter/o small intestine
esophag/o esophagus
gastr/o stomach
hepat/o liver
sigmoid/o sigmoid colon
aden/o gland
adren/o adrenal glands
gonad/o sex gland
pancreat/o pancreas
thyr/o, thyroid/o thyroid gland
carcin/o cancerous
onc/o Tumor
cutane/o, derm/o, dermat/o skin
hidr/o sweat
seb/o sebum
ungu/o nail
xer/o dry
splen/o spleen
fasci/o fascia, fibrous band
my/o muscle
ten/o, tend/o, tendin/o tendon
sl, sublingual Placed under the tongue
encephal/o brain
mening/o meninges, membranes
neur/i, neur/o nerve, nerve tissue
colp/o, vagin/o vagina
hyster/o, uter/o, metr/o, metri/o, metr/i uterus
men/o menstruation, menses
ov/o egg
oophor/o, ovari/o ovary
orch/o, orchid/o testicles, testis, testes
salping/o (do not add tubes at the end) uterine, fallopian, auditory, eustachian
bronch/o, bronchi/o bronchial tube, bronchus
laryng/o larynx, throat
pharyng/o Pharynx, throat
pleur/o pleura, side of the body
pneum/o, pneumon/o lung, air
pulm/o, pulmon/o lung
trache/o trachea, windpipe
ankyl/o crooked, bent, stiff
arthr/o joint
chondr/o cartilage
cost/o rib
crani/o skull
oss/e, oss/i, ost/o, oste/o bone
spondyl/o vertebrae, vertebral column, back bone
myel/o spinal cord, bone marrow
thorac/o chest
kerat/o horny, hard, cornea
scler/o sclera, white of eye, hard
myring/o tympanic membrane, eardrum
optic/o, opt/o eye, vision
ot/o ear, hearing
retin/o retina
tympan/o tympanic membrane, eardrum
lith/o stone, calculus
cyst/o urinary bladder, cyst, sac of fluid
nephr/o, ren/o kidney
pyel/o renal pelvis, bowl of kidney
ureter/o ureter
urethr/o urethra
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