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Medical Terminology
Medical Terminology Basics
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| arthr/o | joint |
| cardi/o | heart |
| enter/o | small intestine |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| hepat/o | liver |
| neur/o | nerve |
| hem/o | blood |
| hemat/o | blood |
| my/o | muscle |
| muscul/o | muscle |
| angi/o | vessel |
| vas/o | vessel |
| vascul/o | vessel |
| derm/o | skin |
| dermat/o | skin |
| cutane/o | skin |
| pneum/o | lung |
| pulmon/o | lung |
| gen/o | creation, cause |
| hydr/o | water |
| morph/o | change |
| myc/o | fungus |
| necr/o | death |
| orth/o | straight |
| path/o | suffering, disease |
| phag/o | eat |
| plas/o | formation |
| py/o | pus |
| scler/o | hard |
| sten/o | narrowing |
| troph/o | nourishment, development |
| xen/o | foreign |
| -ac -al -ar, -ary, -eal, -ic | pertaining to |
| -tic -ous | pertaining to |
| -ia -ism -ium -y -osis | condition |
| -ium | tissue, structure |
| -y | condition, procedure |
| -icle -ole -ule | small |
| -iatrics -iatry | medical science |
| -iatrist | specialist in medicine |
| -ist | specialist |
| -logist | specialist in the study of |
| -logy | study of |
| -algia -dyna | pain |
| -cele | hernia, bulging |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -iasis | presence of |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -lysis | loosen or breakdown |
| -malacia | abnormal softening |
| -megaly | enlargment |
| -oid | resembling |
| -oma | tumor |
| -osis -pathy | disease |
| -penia | deficiency |
| -ptosis | droopy |
| -rrhage -rrhagia | excessive flow |
| -rrhea | flow |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -spasm | involuntary contraction |
| -centesis | puncture |
| -gram | written record |
| -graph | instrument used to produce a record |
| -graphy | writing procedure |
| -meter | -instrument used to measure |
| -metry | process of measuring |
| -scope | instrument to look |
| -scopy | process of looking |
| -desis | binding |
| -ectomy | removal |
| -pexy | surgical fixation |
| -plasty | reconstruction |
| -rrhapy | suture |
| -stomy | creation of an opening |
| -tomy | incision, cut |
| a- an- | not, without |
| anti- contra- | against |
| de- | down, away from |
| ante- pre- | before |
| pro- | before, on behalf of |
| brady- | slow |
| tachy- | fast |
| post- | after |
| re- | again |
| ab- | away |
| ad- | toward |
| circum- peri- | around |
| dia- trans- | through |
| e- ec- ex- | out |
| ecto- exo- extra- | outside |
| en- endo- intra- | in, inside |
| epi- | upon |
| sub- | beneath |
| inter- | between |
| bi- | two |
| hemi- semi- | half |
| hyper- | over |
| hypo- | under |
| macro- | large |
| micro- | small |
| mon- uni- | one |
| oligo- | few |
| pan- | all |
| poly- multi- | many |
| con- syn- sym- | with, together |
| dys- | bad, difficult. painful |
| eu- | good |
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