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Med Term Ch. 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Aden/o | gland |
| Arthr/o | joint |
| bi/o | life |
| carcin/o | cancerous; cancer |
| cardi/o | heart |
| cephal/o | head |
| cerebr/o | cerebrum (largest part of brain) |
| cis/o | to cut |
| crin/o | to secrete |
| cyst/o | urinary bladder; or a sac or a cyst |
| cyt/o | cell |
| derm/o, dermal/o | skin |
| electr/o | electricity |
| encephal/o | brain |
| enter/o | small intestines |
| erythr/o | red |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| glyc/o | sugar |
| gnos/o | knowledge |
| gynec/o | woman, female |
| hem/o, hemat/o | blood |
| hepat/o | liver |
| iatr/o | treatment; physician |
| log/o | study of |
| nephr/o | kidney |
| neur/o | nerve |
| onc/o | tumor (cancerous) |
| 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 |
| thromb/o | clot |
| ur/o | urinary tract; urine |
| -ac | pertaining to |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -algia | pain |
| -cyte | cell |
| -ectomy | excision; removal |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -genic | pertaining to producing; produced by |
| -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 condition |
| -scope | instrument to visually examine |
| -sis | state of; condition |
| -tomy | process of cutting; incision |
| -y | process; condition |
| a-, an- | no, not, without |
| aut-, auto- | self |
| dia- | complete; through |
| endo- | within |
| epi- | above, upon |
| ex-, exo- | out; outside of; outward |
| hyper- | excessive; above; more than normal |
| hypo- | deficient; below; under; less than normal |
| in- | into, in |
| peri- | surrounding, around |
| pro- | before; forward |
| re- | back; backward; again |
| retro- | behind |
| sub- | below; under |
| trans- | across; through |