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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Jelana Edwards | Medical term flash cards |
| Achilles | Achilles-heel |
| Acid | PH |
| Acoust | Hearing |
| ACR | extremity |
| Actin | ray |
| acu | needle |
| aden | gland |
| all | other |
| angina | choke |
| axill | armpit |
| aur | ear |
| bacteri | bacteria |
| bol | cast/throw |
| brachy | arm |
| buts | pouch |
| bio | life |
| bip | gall/bite |
| bucc | check |
| blephar | eyelid |
| bronch | bronchi |
| balan | glans |
| cac | bad/diseased |
| calc | calcium |
| calcane | heel hone |
| cardi | heart |
| ER | emergency room |
| caud | tail |
| carp | wrist |
| celi | abdomen |
| caus | heat |
| cervic | neck |
| cheil | lip |
| cephal | head |
| cine | motion |
| chondr | cartilage |
| cirrho | yellow |
| cis | cut |
| coagul | clot |
| colon | colon |
| colp | vagina |
| condyl | knuckle |
| cord | cord |
| cost | rib |
| cox | hip |
| cutane | skin |
| cycl | ciliary body |
| cyst | bladder |
| dacry | tear |
| dactyl | finger/toe |
| dent | tooth |
| dips | thirst |
| disk | disk |
| dur | hard |
| enter | intestine |
| episi | vulva |
| encephal | brain |
| dos | giving |
| dipl | double |
| electr | electricity |
| emphys | inflate |
| esthesi | feeling |
| format | formation |
| fibul | fibula |
| foramin | opening |
| genital | genitals |
| gigant | giant |
| glue | glucose/sugar |
| gingiv | gums |
| gloss | tongue |
| ger | oldage |
| a- | noun ending |
| ab | away |
| ad | toward |
| de | from/down |
| dia | through |
| dys | painful |
| eu | normal |
| micro | small |
| neo | new |
| nulli | none |
| peri | surrounding |
| poly | many |
| post | after |
| pre | before |
| tri | three |
| sub | below/under |
| uni | one |
| epi | on |
| multi | many |
| inter | between |
| meta | after/beyond |
| endo | within |
| brady | slow |
| anti | against |
| ante | before |
| bi | twice |
| hemi | half |
| hyper | above |
| macro | large |
| pachy | thick |
| pan | all |
| para | besides |
| per | through |
| pro | before |
| sub | below |
| supra | above |
| sym | joined |
| syn | together |
| tachy | fast |
| trans | through |
| a- | ending |
| ac | pertaining to |
| ad | toward |
| algia | pain |
| amnios | amnion |
| ary | pertaining to |
| asthenia | weakness |
| cyte | cell |
| emesis | vomiting |
| ectomy | cut out |
| eal | pertaining to |
| emia | in the blood |
| esis | condition |
| gen | substance |
| genic | producing |
| itis | inflammation |
| iatry | specialty |
| iasis | condition |
| ictal | seizure |
| logy | study of |
| lysis | separating |
| meter | instrument |
| megaly | enlarged |
| old | resembling |
| osis | abnormal |
| plasm | growth |
| plasty | surgical repair |
| rrhea | discharge |
| scopic | visual examination |
| schisis | split |
| spasm | sudden |
| stasis | stop |
| stomy | creation of artificial opening |
| tome | instrument |
| tomy | cut out |
| um | no meaning |
| uria | urine |
| us | no meaning |
| trophy | nourishment |
| thorax | chest |
| carcin | cancer |
| ar | pertaining to |
| carcinoma | tumor |
| cele | hernia |
| cyesis | pregnancy |
| drome | run |
| cyte | cell |
| cencrite | to secrete |
| graphy | recording |
| ia | condition |
| ism | state of |
| logist | special of |
| malacia | softening |
| megaly | enlargement |
| oma | tumor |
| opia | vision |
| pathy | disease |
| ous | pertaining to |
| penia | abnormal |
| physis | growth |
| rrhage | ecxessive bleeding |
| rrhaphy | repairing |
| rrhagia | conditions of excessive bleeding |
| rrhexis | rupture |
| salphinx | fallopian tube |
| sciersiosis | hardening |
| tocia | birth |
| trsipy | surgical crushing |
| sarcoma | malginant tumor |