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medical terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| crani | skull |
| opthalm or Oculo | Eye |
| oto | Ear |
| Thromb(o) | blood Clot |
| Hepato | Liver |
| Mamm(o) | Breast |
| colo | large intestine |
| gastro | stomach |
| ileo | small intestine |
| thorac(o) | chest |
| pneumo or pleuro | lung |
| cardio | heart |
| oste(o) | bone |
| myo or sarco | muscle |
| neuro | nerves |
| derm | skin |
| angi(o) | blood vessels |
| ven(o) phleb(o) | veins |
| tympan | eardrum |
| neph | kidney |
| macro- | large |
| micro- | small |
| megalo- or -megaly | large/ enlarged |
| HPYER- | high/ elevated/ above |
| HYPO- | low/ reduced/ below |
| TACHY- | fast/ rapid |
| BRADY- | slow/ reduced |
| chloro- | green |
| leuk- | white |
| eryth- | red |
| cyan- | blue |
| extra- | outside |
| endo- or intra | within |
| inter- | between |
| peri- | around |
| trans- | across |
| echo- | using ultrasonic waves |
| electro- | using electricity |
| -ectomy | removal of |
| -gram | picture |
| -graphy | process of making an image or recording |
| -otomy | making a cut |
| -scopy | using an instrument for viewing |
| -stomy | creating an opening |
| dys- | not working properly |
| mal- | bad |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -osis | condition or disease |
| -pathy | disease |
| -centesis | puncture to remove fluid |
| -clasis | surgical fracture or breaking |
| -desis | surgical binding or fixation |
| -graph | instrument of recording |
| -lysis | separation, destruction |
| -pexy | surgical fixation |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -rrhapy | surgical suturing |
| -scopy | visual examination |
| -stomy | creating an opening |
| -tomy | incision, cutting into |
| -therapy | treatment |
| -algia/ -dynia | pain |
| -cele | hernia, swelling |
| -cytosis | abnormal cell condition |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -esthesia | senation |
| -iasis/ -osis | abnormal condition |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -lith | stone, calculus |
| -mania | obsession, compulsion |
| -malacia | softening |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -necrosis | tissue death |
| -oma | tumor, mass |
| -penia | deficiency |
| -phasia | speech |
| -phobia | fear |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -ptosis | drooping, prolapse |
| -rrhage / -rrhagia | bursting forth ( of blood) |
| -rrhea | discharge , flow |
| -sclerosis | hardening |
| -spasm | involuntary contraction |
| -stenosis | narrowing |
| -toxicosis | poisoning |
| -uria | condition of urine |
| -iatry | medical treatment |
| -iatrics | medical specialty |
| -ist | specialist |
| -logist | specialist in the study of |
| -ologist | one who studies |
| -genics | producing, causing |
| -blast | immature or embryonic cell |
| -cell | usually appears as -cyte |
| -clast | breaking cell |
| -cyte | cell |
| -gen / -genesis | origin, producing |
| -kinesis | movement |
| -lemma | sheath, covering |
| -oid | resembling |
| -plasia | formation, growth |
| -poiesis | formation, production |
| -some | body ( chromosome) |
| -thropy | nourishment, development |
| -ile | pertaining to , capable of |
| -ive | pertaining to , having nature of |
| -ent/ -ant | having the quality of |
| -eal/ -ic/ -ior/ -ous/ -tic | also "pertaining to " |
| -ac/ -al/ -ar/ -ary | pertaining to |
| -rraphy | suturing |
| -olgy | the study of |
| -ectomy | removal |
| -phagia | swallowing |
| para- | beside |
| pre- | before |
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