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Med Term
Medical words
Term | Definition |
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Anter/o | Front |
Arthr/o | Joint |
Bi/o | Life |
Cardi/o | Heart |
Caud/o | Tail |
Cephal/o | Head |
Col/o, Colon/o | Large intestine; colon |
Cost/o | Rib |
Cyt/o | Cell |
Dist/o | Away from the point of origin; far; distant |
Dors/o | Back of the body |
Enter/o | Intestine (Usually the small intestine) |
Gastr/o | Stomach |
Glyc/o | Sugar; glucose |
Hepta/o | Liver |
Hist/o | Tissue |
Infer/o | Below |
Later/o | Side |
Lip/o | Fat |
Log/o | Study |
Medi/o | Middle |
My/o | Muscle |
Neur/o | Nerve |
Path/o | Disease |
Poster/o | Back (of the body); behind |
Proxim/o | near the point of origin; near; close |
Sarc/o | Flesh; connective tissue |
Super/o | Above |
Thorac/o | Chest |
Ventr/o | Belly side of the body; ventral aspect |
Viscer/o | Internal Organs |
A-, An- | Not; without |
Ante- | Before |
Anti- | Against |
Bi- | 2; Both |
Brady- | Slow |
Endo- | In; within |
Epi- | On, over, upon |
Hyper- | above; above normal; excessive |
Hypo- | below; below normal; deficient |
Inter- | Between |
Intra- | Within; into |
Peri- | Around; surrounding |
Sub- | Below; under |
Supra- | Above |
Tachy- | Fast |
Trans- | Across |
-Ac, -Al, -Ar, -Ary, -Iac, -Ial, -Ic, -Ical, -Ior | Pertaining to |
-Algia | Pain |
-Cyte | Cell |
-Ectomy | Surgical removal; excision |
-Emia | Blood condition |
-Gen | Substance that produce |
-Ia | Condition |
-Ine | A substance (noun) pertaining to (adjective) |
-Itis | Inflammation |
-Logist | Specialist (One who studies) |
-Logy | Study of |
-Megaly | Enlargement |
-Oma | Tumor; mass |
-osis | Abnormal condition |
-Pathy | Disease |
-Plasty | Surgical Repair |
-Stomy | Surgical opening |
-Tomy | Process of cutting; incision |
-um | Structure; tissue; thing |