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Medical Terminology
Modules 1-3, Chapters 1-6, Midterm
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| adip/o | fat |
| all/o | different |
| ankyl/o | crooked, stiff |
| arthr | joint |
| blepahr/o | eyelid |
| cardi/o | heart |
| chondr | cartilage |
| conjunctiv/o | conjuctiva |
| cost/o | rib |
| crani/o | skull |
| cutane/o | skin |
| cycl/o | ciliary body |
| cyst | bladder, cyst |
| dacry/o | tears |
| dactyl | finger, toe |
| derm/o | skin |
| dur/o | dura mater |
| enter/o | (small) intestines |
| erythr/o | red |
| fasci/o | fascia |
| femor/o | thigh bone (femor) |
| gangli | ganglion |
| gastr | stomach |
| graph | recording instrument |
| hem/o | blood |
| irid | iris |
| kerat/o | cornea, horny tissue |
| lacrim/o | tear duct (lacrimal duct) |
| leuk/o | white |
| lip/o | fat |
| lob | lobe |
| lumb/o | lumbar, lower back |
| mening/o | meninges |
| my/o | muscle |
| myc/o | fungus |
| myel | spinal cord, bone marrow |
| myring/o | eardrum |
| neur/o | nerve |
| onych | nail |
| opthalm | eye |
| oste/o | bone |
| ot/o | ear |
| pachy | thick |
| path | feeling, disease |
| phren | diaphragm |
| pil/o | hair |
| presby/o | old age |
| retin | retina |
| scler/o | sclera |
| spondyl/o | vertebra |
| steat/o | fat |
| tars/o | ankle (tarus) |
| trich/o | hair |
| troph/o | nourishment/growth |
| ungu/o | nail |
| xanth | yellow |
| xen/o | strange/foreign matter |
| xer/o | dry |
| hemat/o | blood |
| hepat/o | liver |
| heter/0 | other, different |
| hom/o | same, similar |
| a- | not, without |
| ab- | away from |
| ad- | toward |
| anti- | against |
| brady- | slow |
| de- | away from, down |
| dia- | across, through |
| dys- | abnormal, bad, difficult |
| exo- | outside |
| extra- | outside |
| hyper- | high, above normal |
| hypo- | low, below normal |
| par- | equal |
| peri- | around |
| poly- | |
| pre- | before |
| pro- | before |
| sym- | together |
| syn- | together |
| tachy- | fast |
| -algia | pain |
| -asthenia | weakness |
| -centesis | puncture |
| -clasia | break |
| -clasis | breaking |
| -desis | binding |
| -dynia | pain |
| -ectomy | removal |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -gen | formation, producing |
| -graft | transplat |
| -gram | image/record |
| -graphy | recording (process) |
| -ia | condition |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -listhesis | slipping forward |
| -logy | study of |
| -lysis | breakdown, destruction |
| -malacia | softening |
| -oma | tumar, mass |
| -opia | vision |
| -osis | condition |
| -pathy | disease |
| -plasty | reconstruction |
| -porosis | porous |
| -rraphy | suture |
| -sclerosis | hardening |
| -scope | visual examination instrument |
| -scopy | visual examination |
| -spasm | spasm, contraction |
| -tomy | incision |
| -tonia | muscle tone, muscle tension |
| -y | condition, process |
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