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Medical Terminology
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| An | without; lacking |
| Andro | Male |
| Anti | against |
| auto | self |
| contra | against |
| cyto | cell |
| dys | abnormal |
| eu | good |
| Gyno | female |
| Hydro | water |
| Mal | bad; abnormal |
| necro | death |
| neo | new |
| pan/panto | all or everywhere |
| adeno | gland |
| adipo | fat |
| adreno | gland |
| angio | blood vessel |
| arterio | artery |
| arthro | joint |
| carcino | cancer |
| cardio | heart |
| cephalo | head |
| chol | bile |
| coron | heart |
| cranio | brain |
| cutane | skin |
| cysto/cysti | bladder or sac |
| gastro | stomach |
| gloss | tongue |
| Hem-, Hema-, Hemat-, Hemo-, Hemat/o | blood |
| Hepat/o-, Hepatico | liver |
| Hist/o-, Histio- | tissue |
| hystero | uterus |
| lipo | fat |
| lympho | lymph |
| mamm/masto | breast |
| meningo | meninges |
| myo | muscle |
| nephro | kidney |
| neuri/neuro | nerve |
| oculo | eye |
| osseo/osteo | bone |
| Pluer | rib/ pleura |
| pnuema/pneumato | air; lung |
| psuedo | false |
| rhino | nose |
| sacro | muscular; flesh-like |
| sclera/sclero | hardness |
| steno | narrowed; blocked |
| stoma/stomato | mouth |
| thoraco/ thoracico | chest |
| thrombo | blood cot |
| uro | urine |
| varcio | duct; blood vessel |
| vasculo | blood vessel |
| vertbr | vertebra; spine |
| chloro | green |
| chrom/ chromato | color |
| cyano | blue |
| erythro | red |
| leuko | white |
| melano | black |
| abs | away from |
| ad | toward |
| ante | before; forward |
| circum | around |
| ecto/ exo | outer; outside |
| End/o-, Ent-, Enter/o- | Within; Inner |
| epi | upon; outside of |
| infra | below |
| inter | between |
| intra | within |
| meso | middle |
| meta | beyond; change |
| para | alongside; abnormal |
| peri | around |
| post | behind; after |
| pre | before; in front |
| retro | backward; behind |
| sub | under |
| super | above |
| supra | above; upon |
| trans | across; through |
| bi | two |
| brady | slow |
| diplo | double |
| hemi | half |
| hetero | other; different |
| homo | same |
| hyper | above; beyond; excessive |
| Hypo | under; deficient |
| macro | large |
| micro | small |
| mono | one |
| oligo | few; little |
| poly | many; excessive |
| quadri | four |
| semi | half |
| tachy | fast |
| tetra | four |
| tri | three |
| uni | one |
| blast, -blasto, -blastic | bud; germ |
| -cyte, -cytic | cell |
| -ectasis | expansion; dilation |
| -emia | blood condition |
| ites, -itis | inflammation |
| -lysis, -lytic | break down |
| malacia | softening |
| megaly | enlargement |
| oma | tumor |
| osis | condition; usually abnormal |
| pathy | disease |
| penia | deficiency; lack of |
| phagia/ phagy | eating; swallowing |
| phasia | speech |
| plasia, -plastic | growth |
| plegia | paralysis |
| pnea | breathing |
| poiesis | production |
| ptosis | falling; dropping |
| rrhage, rrhagic | bleeding |
| rrhea | flow or discharge |
| sclerosis | hardening |
| stasis | level; unchanging |
| trophy | growth |
| uria | in the urine |
| centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid |
| desis | surgical binding |
| ectomy | cut out; removal |
| gram | record; picture |
| graph | Instrument used to create a record or picture |
| ostomy | opening |
| otomy | incision |
| pexy | surgical fixation |
| plasty | surgical reconstruction |
| scope | for examining |