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Chapter 1 MED TERM
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Hematology | study of blood |
| Electrocardiogram | record electrical activity of the heart |
| Gastritis | inflammation of the heart |
| Gastroenerology | study of the small intestines and stomach |
| Hypogastric | pertaining to below the stomach |
| Epigastric | pertaining to above the stomach |
| Aden/o | gland |
| Arthr/o | joint |
| Bi/o | life |
| Carcin/o | cancerous, cancer |
| Cardi/o | heart |
| Cephal/o | head |
| Cerebr/o | cerebrum |
| Crin/o | to secrete |
| Cyst/o | urinary bladder |
| Cis/o | to cut |
| Cyt/o | cell |
| Derm/o or Dermat/o | skin |
| Electr/o | electricity |
| Encephal/p | brain |
| Enter/o | intestines |
| Erythr/o | red |
| Gastr/o | stomach |
| Glyc/o | sugar |
| Gnos/o | knowledge |
| Gynec/o | woman, female |
| Hemat/o or Hem/o | blood |
| Hepat/o | liver |
| Iatr/o | treatment, physician |
| Leuk/o | white |
| Log/o | study of |
| Nephr/o | kidney |
| Neur/o | nerve |
| Onc/o | tumor |
| Ophthalm/o | eye |
| Oste/o | bone |
| Path/o | disease |
| Ped/o | child |
| Psych/o | mind |
| Radi/o | x-rays |
| Ren/o | kidney |
| Rhin/o | nose |
| Sarc/o | flesh |
| Sect/o | to cut |
| Thromb/o | clot, clotting |
| Ur/o | urinary tract, urine |
| -ac | pertaining to |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -algia | pain |
| -cyte | cell |
| -ectomy | excision, removal |
| -emia | blood conditon |
| -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 conditon |
| -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 |
| auto- | self, own |
| dia- | complete, throught |
| endo- | within |
| epi- | above |
| ex-, exo- | out, outside of |
| hyper- | excessive, above, more than normal |
| hypo- | under, below, less than normal |
| in- | into, in |
| peri- | surrounding, around |
| pro- | before, forward |
| re- | back, backward, agaim |
| retro- | behind |
| sub- | below, under |
| trans- | across, through |