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HLHS 101- M01- Chp 1
Chapter 1 Acquiring Medical Language
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| arthr/o | joint |
| cardi/o | heart |
| enter/o | small intestine |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| hepat/o | liver |
| neur/o | nerve |
| hem/o | blood |
| hemat/o | blood |
| my/o | muscle |
| muscul/o | muscle |
| angi/o | vessel |
| vas/o | vessel |
| vascul/o | vessel |
| derm/o | skin |
| dermat/o | skin |
| cutane/o | skin |
| pneumon/o | lung |
| pulmon/o | lung |
| gen/o | cause |
| hydr/o | water |
| morph/o | change |
| myc/o | fungus |
| necr/o | death |
| orth/o | straight |
| path/o | suffering, disease |
| phag/o | eat |
| plas/o | formation |
| py/o | pus |
| scler/o | hard |
| sten/o | narrowing |
| troph/o | nourishment, devlepoment |
| xen/o | foreign |
| -ac | pertaining to |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -ar | pertaining to |
| -ary | pertaining to |
| -eal | pertaining to |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -tic | pertaining to |
| -ous | pertaining to |
| -ia | condition |
| -ism | condition |
| -ium | tissue,structure |
| -y | condition, procedure |
| -icle | small |
| -iole | small |
| -ule | small |
| -ula | small |
| -iatrics | medical science |
| -iatry | medical science |
| -iatrist | specialist in the medicine of |
| -ist | specialist |
| -logist | specialist in the study of |
| -logy | study of |
| -algia | pain |
| -dynia | pain |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -iasis | presence of |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -lysis | loosen, break down |
| -malacia | abnormal softening |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -oid | resembling |
| -oma | tumor |
| -osis | condition |
| -pathy | disease |
| -penia | deficiency |
| -ptosis | droops |
| -rhage | excessive flow |
| -rrhagia | excessive flow |
| -rhee | flow |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -spasm | involuntary contraction |
| -centesis | puncture |
| -gram | written record |
| -graph | instrument used to produce a record |
| -graphy | writing procedure |
| -meter | instrument used to measure |
| -metry | process of measuring |
| -scope | instrument used to look |
| -scopy | process of looking |
| -desis | binding, fixation |
| -ectomy | removal |
| -pexy | surgical fixation |
| -plasty | reconstruction |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| -stomy | creation of an opening |
| -tomy | incision |
| A- | not |
| Ab- | away |
| Ad- | toward |
| An- | not |
| Ante- | before |
| Anti- | against |
| Bi- | two |
| Brady- | slow |
| Circum- | around |
| Con- | together, with |
| Contra- | against |
| De- | down, away from |
| Dia- | through |
| Dys- | bad |
| E- | out |
| Ec- | out |
| Ecto- | outside |
| En- | in, inside |
| Endo- | in, inside |
| Epi- | upon |
| Eu- | good |
| Ex- | out |
| Exo- | outside |
| Extra- | outside |
| Hemi- | half |
| Hyper- | over |
| Hypo- | under |
| Inter- | between |
| morph/o | change |
| -cele | hernia |
| Intra- | in, inside |
| Macro- | large |
| Micro- | small |
| Mono- | one |
| Multi- | many |
| Oligo- | few |
| Pan- | all |
| Peri- | around |
| Poly- | many |
| Post- | after |
| Pre- | before |
| Pro- | before, on behalf of |
| Re- | again |
| Semi- | half |
| Sub- | beneath |
| Sym- | with, togethe |
| Syn- | with, together |
| Tachy- | fast |
| Trans- | through |
| Uni- | one |
| -y | condition, process |