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Med Term
Medical words
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |