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Dean Vaughn 9
Medical Terminology Dean Vaughn Lesson 9
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| calc | heel, stone |
| cheir | hand |
| chir | hand |
| cine | move, movement |
| colla | glue, gelatinlike, starch |
| cut | skin |
| digit | finger, toe |
| dors | back, the back of the body |
| dys | bad |
| dys | difficult, painful |
| en | in, within |
| em (used before b, m or p instead of en) | in, within |
| gangli | swelling, knotlike mass |
| gemin | twin, double/paired |
| grad | walk, take steps, a stage in process |
| gran | grain, particle |
| labi | lip/any liplike structure |
| later | side/the side of the body |
| mamm | breast |
| micr | small/small size |
| peps | digest/digestion |
| pept | digest/digestion |
| peri | about, around/surrounding, enclosing, covering |
| phob | fear. persistent abnormal fear or dread |
| phot | light |
| pleur | pleura (membrane), rib, side |
| pro | in front of; before/front part of |
| rachi | spinal column/spine; the backbone; the vertebral column |
| tarso | framework of the eyelid |