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Medical termonology!
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| a-, an | without, lacking |
| andr/o- | male |
| anti | against |
| auto | self |
| contra | against |
| cyt/o- | cell |
| dys | difficult;abnormal |
| eu- | good;well |
| gyn/o-, gynec- | female |
| hydr/o- | water |
| mal- | bad or abnormal |
| necr/o- | death |
| neo- | new |
| pan-, pant/o- | everywhere |
| aden/o- | gland |
| adip/o- | fat |
| adren/o- | gland |
| angi/o- | blood vessel |
| arteri/o- | artery |
| arthr/o- | joint |
| carcin/o- | cancer |
| cardi/o- | heart |
| cephal/o- | head |
| chol- | bile |
| coron- | heart |
| crani/o- | brain |
| cutane- | skin |
| cyst/o-, cysti- | bladder or sac |
| gastr- | stomach |
| gloss- | tongue |
| hem-, hema-, hemat-, hemo-, hemat/o- | blood |
| hepat/o-, heaptico- | liver |
| hist/o-, histio- | tissue |
| hyster/o- | uterus |
| lip/o- | fat |
| lymph/o- | lymph |
| mamm-, mast/o- | breast |
| mening/o- | meninges |
| my/o- | muscle |
| nephr/o- | kidney |
| neur/i, neur/o- | nerve |
| oculo- | eye |
| osseo/osteo | bony/bone |
| pleur-, pleur/a-, pleur/o- | rib, pleura |
| pneum/a, pneumat/o- | air, lung |
| pseudo- | false |
| rhin/o- | nose |
| sarco- | muscular, flesh-like |
| sclera-, sclero- | hardness |
| sten/o- | narrowed, blocked |
| stom/a-, stomat/o- | mouth |
| thorac/o-, thoracico- | chest |
| thromb/o- | blood clot |
| ur/o- | urine |
| varic/o- | duct; blood vessel |
| vasculo- | blood vessel |
| vertbr- | verterbra; spine |
| chlor/o- | green |
| chrom-. chromato- | color |
| cyano- | blue |
| erythr/o- | red |
| leuk/o- | white |
| melan/o- | black |
| ab-, abs- | away from |
| ad- | towards |
| ante- | before;forward |
| circum- | around |
| ect/o-, exo- | outer;outside |
| end/o-, ent-, enter/o- | within;inner |
| epi | upon, outside of |
| infra | beneath. below |
| inter | between |
| intra | within |
| meso | middle |
| meta | beyond; change |
| para | alongside; abnormal |
| peri | around |
| post | behind, after |
| pre | before, in front of |
| retro | backwards, behind |
| sub | under |
| super | above |
| supra | above, upon |
| trans | across, through |
| bi | two |
| brady | slow |
| diplo | double |
| hemi | half |
| hetero | different |
| homo | same |
| hyper | above, beyond, excessive |
| hypo | under |
| macro | large |
| mic-, micro- | small |
| mon-, mono- | one |
| olig/o- | few; little |
| poly- | many; excessive |
| quadri- | four |
| semi- | half |
| tachy- | fast |
| tetra- | four |
| tri- | three |
| uni- | one |
| -blast, -blasto, -blastic | bud;germ |
| -cyte, -cytic | cell |
| -ectasis | expansion; dilation |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -ites, -itis | inflammation |
| -lysis, -lytic | break down, destruction |
| -malacia | softening |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -oma | tumor |
| -osis | condition |
| -pathy | disease |
| -penia | lack of |
| -phagia, -phagy | eating, swallowing |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -pnea | breathing |
| -poiesis | production |
| -ptosis | falling; drooping |
| -rrhage, -rrhagic | bleeding |
| -rrhea | flow/discharge |
| -scleorsis | hardening |
| -stasis | level, unchanging |
| -trophy | growth |
| -uria | in the urine |
| -centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid |
| -desis | surgical binding |
| -ectomy | cut out; removal |
| -gram | record, picture |
| -graph | instrument used to record or picture |
| -ostomy | opening |
| -otomy | incision |
| -pexy | surgical fixation |
| -plasty | surgical reconstruction |
| -scope | for examining |
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