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Chapters 1-4
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| ADEN/O | GLAND |
| ARTHR/O | JOINT |
| CARCIN/O | CANCEROUS/CANCER |
| CARDI/O | HEART |
| CEPHAL/O | HEAD |
| CYST/O | URINARY BLADDER |
| CYTE | CELL |
| DERMAT/O | SKIN |
| DERM/O | SKIN |
| ENCEPHAL/O | BRAIN |
| GASTR/O | STOMACH |
| GLYC/O | SUGAR |
| HEMAT/O or HEM/O | BLOOD |
| HEPAT/O | LIVER |
| ONC/O | TUMOR |
| PATH/O | DISEASE |
| PSYCH/O | MIND |
| REN/O | KIDNEY |
| RHIN/O | NOSE |
| SECT/O | TO CUT |
| THROMB/O | CLOT, CLOTTING |
| UR/O | URINARY TRACT, URINE |
| ADBOMIN/O | ABDOMEN |
| ADIP/O | FAT |
| ADIPOSE | FAT TISSUE |
| CHONDR/O | CARTILAGE |
| COCCYX | TAIL-BONE |
| INTER- | BETWEEN |
| INTRA- | WITHIN |
| LARYNX | VOICEBOX |
| MAMM/O | BREAST |
| MY/O | MUSCLE |
| NEUR/O | NERVE |
| PATH/O | DISEASE |
| PHLEB/O | VEIN |
| PNEUMON/O | LUNGS |
| PULMON/O | LUNGS |
| VEN/O | VEIN |
| -GRAPH | INSTRUMENT OF RECORDING |
| -GRAPHY | PROCESS OF RECORDING |
| -MEGALY | ENLARGMENT |
| -OMA | TUMOR,MASS |
| -PTOSIS | DROOPING, FALLING, PROLAPSE |
| -RRHEA | FLOW,DISCHARGE |
| -SCLEROSIS | HARDENING |
| -STOMY | OPENING TO FORM A MOUTH |
| -ia | CONDITION OF |
| -ist | SPECIALIST |
| PHARYNX | THROAT |
| ARTHR/ITIS | INFLAMMATION OF JOINT |
| COST/O | RIB |
| CUTANE/O | SKIN |
| GLOSS/O | TONGUE |
| -PNEA | BREATHING |
| EU- | GOOD |
| DYS- | PAINFUL OR DIFFICULT |
| ANTI | AGAINST |
| BI- | TWO OR BOTH |
| BRADY | SLOW |
| MAL- | BAD |
| MICRO- | SMALL |
| PERI- | SURROUNDING |
| PRE- | BEFORE , IN FRONT OF |
| TACHY | FAST |
| UMBILICAL | BELLY BUTTON |
| ANTERIOR/VENTRAL | FRONT |
| POSTERIOR/DORSAL | BACK |
| EPI | ABOVE , UPON |
| HYPER- | EXCESSIVE,ABOVE,MORE THAN NORMAL |
| HYPO- | BELOW, DEFICIENT, UNDER, LESS THAN NORMAL |
| RE- | AGAIN, BACK, BACKWARD |
| A- , AN- | WITHOUT COMBINING VOWEL ( O ) |
| -ALGIA | PAIN |
| -AC, -AL, -IC, -ICAL | PERTAINING TO |
| -ECTOMY | EXCISION , REMOVAL " CUT OUT" |
| -GRAM | PICTURE/RECORD |
| -EMIA | BLOOD CONDITION |
| -ITIS | INFLAMMATION OR INFECTION |
| -LOGY | THE STUDY OF |
| -OSIS | ABNORMAL CONDITION |
| -PATHY | DISEASE CONDITION |
| -SCOPE | INSTRUMENT TO VISUALLY EXAMINE |
| -SCOPY | PROCESS OF VISUALLY EXAMINING |
| -TOMY | PROCESS OF CUTTING, INCISION |
| NUCLEUS | CONTROLS THE OPERATIONS OF THE CELL |
| LUMBAR | LOWER BACK |
| OPSY | TO VIEW |
| -SIS | STATE OF |