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Med Abbreviations
medical abbreviation terms set list 1 - 5
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| -rrhagia | burst forth / bleed |
| psych | pertaining to the mind |
| derm/o | pertaining to the skin |
| brady | slow |
| lytic | dissoloution |
| hemi | half |
| clast | break or destroy |
| cerebr/o | pretaining to the brain |
| xen/o | different or foreign |
| myo | pertaining to the muscle |
| neo | new |
| rect/o | pertaining to the rectum |
| ungui | pertaining to the nail |
| urin | pertaining to urine |
| nerv | pertaining to the nerve |
| ur/o | urine |
| laryng | pertaining to the larynx |
| ium | tissue |
| pauci | a few, small amount |
| brachy | short or little |
| chem/o | chemistry |
| -ac, -acal | pertaining to |
| kerat/o | hard tissue or cornea |
| -y | condition or process |
| -ptosis | drooping or drop |
| -oma | tumor |
| adip | pertaining to fat |
| gyn | woman |
| opthalmo | pertaining to the eye |
| presby | old age |
| tracheo | trachea |
| -oesophageal | gullet |
| -scopy | inspection |
| myc | fungus |
| -aemia | blood condition |
| -plasty | repair |
| peo, peni, peno | pertaining to the penis |
| xer(o) | dry, desert-like |
| phaco | lens-shaped |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| adren | relation to adrenal glands |
| ped | pertaining to the foot |
| -genic | formative, producing |
| rhin/o | pertaining to the nose |
| aesthesio | sensation |
| morph/o | form, shape |
| pseudo | false or fake |
| phot/o | pertaining to light |
| gastro | stomach |
| dent | pertaining to teeth |
| mamm | pertaining to breast |
| -ad | toward |
| -dynia | pain |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -rrhage | burst forth |
| veni | vein |
| leuk | white color |
| -lysis | rupture |
| lept | light, slender |
| dynam | force, energy |
| cervic | pertaining to the cervix |
| cyst | bladder |
| -py/o | pus |
| bronchi | relating to bronchus |
| -metry | process of measuring |
| immuno | immunity |
| pulmo | relating to the lungs |
| -dipsia | thirst |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| necro | death |
| or/o | pertaining to the mouth |
| ex- | away, out of |
| isch/o | restriction, restraint, to hold back |
| aux/o | increase |
| vesic/o | pertaining to bladder |
| meta | after, behind |
| hepat | pertaining to the liver |
| -acusis | hearing |
| orchid | testis |
| hyp/o | below normal |
| halluc- | wander in mind |
| -ismus | spasm, contraction |
| semi- | one half, partly |
| -gram | record or picture |
| sarco | muscular, flesh like |
| acuso | relating to hearing |
| log/o | speech |
| sten/o | narrow in shape |
| oid | resemblance to |
| phren/o | the mind |
| onco | tumor, mass, swelling |
| thoraco | chest |
| -malacia | softening |
| dys | bad, difficult |
| epi | on, upon |
| -staxis | dripping, trickling |
| thromb/o | clotting of blood |
| crani | relating to the cranium |
| radio | radiation |
| lysis | destruction, separation |
| -crine | to secrete |
| tachy | rapid |
| ortho | denoting something straight |
| zo/o | animal, animal life |
| polio | gray color |
| bucc/o | pretaining to cheek |
| ot/o | pertaining to the ear |
| heme | blood |
| dif | apart, separate |
| iso | same |
| hyper | extreme, beyond normal, above |
| narc/o | numb, sleep |
| hydr/o | water |
| -ism | condition, disease |
| lip | fat |
| per | through |
| rhod | rose-red color |
| sten/o | something narrow in shape |
| kin | movement |
| plexy | stroke, seizure |
| kyph | humped |
| -ite | nature of, resemblance to |
| -ica | knowledge, treatment |
| -aemia, -emia | blood condition |
| -rupt | break, burst |
| -stomy | creating an opening |
| pyel/o | pelvis |
| alb- | white |
| mes/o | middle |
| oto | ear |
| ilio | ilieum |
| vas/o | duct, blood vessels |
| gluco | sugar, sweet |
| odyn/o | pain |
| ultra | beyond, excessive |
| juxta | near, alongside |
| eu | true, good |
| macr/o | large |
| post | after, behind |
| cyt, -cyte | cell |
| -asthenia | weakness |
| idio | self |
| capill | pertaining to hair |
| ocul/o | pertaining to the eye |
| koil | hollow, depressed area |
| re | again, backward |
| hidr | sweat |
| nas/o | pertaining to the nose |
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