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DE MED-TERM Words
First day word parts
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| adeno | a gland |
| uro | urin/urinary tract |
| radio | x-rays |
| hemato | blood |
| gyneco | woman/female |
| sugar | glyco |
| red | erythro |
| electro | electricity |
| dermo | skin |
| cerebro/encephalo | cerebrum/brain (largest part of the brain) |
| heart | cardi |
| life | bio |
| psycho | mind |
| pedo | child |
| crino | to secrete (to form and give off) |
| carcino | cancer |
| joint | arthro |
| tumor | onco |
| nerve | neuro |
| flesh | sarco |
| nose | rhino |
| stomach | gastro |
| intestine | entero |
| cell | cyto |
| patho | disease |
| bone | oseto |
| logo | study of |
| liver | hepato |
| to cut | secto |
| bladdar | vesico |
| treatment | iatro |
| kidney | nephro |
| knowledge | gnoso |
| eye | ophthalmo |
| clot, clotting | thrombo |
| ac | pertaining to |
| al | pertaining to |
| algia | pain |
| cyte | cell |
| ectomy | excision,removal |
| emia | blood condition |
| genic | produced by or in |
| globin | protein |
| gram | record |
| ic,ical | pertaining to |
| ion | process |
| ist | specialist |
| itis | inflammation |
| logy | process of study |
| oma | tumor, mass, swelling |
| opsy | process of viewing |
| osis | condition, usually abnormal |
| pathy | disease condition |
| scope | instrument to visually examine |
| scopy | process of visually examining |
| sis | state of, condition |
| tomy | process of cutting, incision |
| y | process, condition |
| a-,an- | no,not,without |
| aut-,auto | self, own |
| dia | complete, through |
| end-,endo | within |
| epi- | above, upon |
| ex-,exo- | out,outside of,outward |
| hyper | excessive, above, more than normal |
| hypo | deficient, under, below, less than normal |
| in | into, in |
| peri- | surrounding, around |
| pro- | before, forward |
| cephalo | head |
| encephalo | brain |
| reno | kidney |
| re- | back,backward,again |
| retro | behind |
| sub- | below.under |
| trans- | across,through |
| abomino | abdomen |
| adipo | fat |
| antero | front |
| bolo | to cast/throw |
| cervico | neck of the body/uterus |
| chondro | cartilage |
| chromo | color |
| coccygo | coccyx (tailbone) |
| cranio | skull |
| disto | far, distant |
| dorso | back portion of the body |
| histo,histio | tissue |
| ilio | illium (pelvic bone) |
| inguino | groin |
| karyo | nucleus |
| latero | side |
| lumbo | lower back |
| medio | middle |
| nucleo | nucleus |
| pelvi | pelvis |
| postero | back, behind |
| proximo | nearest |
| sacro | sacrum |
| spino | spine, backbone |
| thelo,thelio | nipple |
| thoraco | chest |
| tracheo | trachea, windpipe |
| umbilico | umbilicus, navel |
| ventro | belly side of the body |
| vertebro | vertebrae, backbones |
| viscero | internal organs |
| ana | up |
| cata | down |
| epi | above |
| hypo | below |
| inter | between |
| meta | change |
| eal | pertaining to |
| iac | pertaining to |
| ior | pertaining to |
| ism | process, condition |
| ose | pertaining to, full of formation |
| plasm | formation |
| somes | bodies |
| type | pictire, classification |