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Chapt.1
MEDTERM Chapt.1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Arthr/o | Joint |
| Cardi/o | Heart |
| Enter/o | Small Intestine |
| Gast/o | Stomach |
| Hem/o Hemat/o | Blood |
| My/o Muscul/o | Muscle |
| Angi/o Vas/o Vascul/o | Vessel |
| Derm/o Dermat/o Cutane/o | Skin |
| Pneum/o Pneumon/o Pulmon/o | Lung |
| Gen/o | Creation; 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; Development |
| Xen/o | Foreign |
| Gen/o | Creation; 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; Development |
| Xen/o | Foreign |
| -ac -al -ar -ary -eal -ic -tic -ous | Pertaining |
| -ia -ism | Condition |
| -ium | Tissue; Structure |
| -y | Condition; Procedure |
| -icle -ole -ule -ula | Small |
| -iatrics -iatry | Medical Science |
| -iatrist | Specialist in medicine of |
| -ist | Specialist |
| -logist | Specialist in the study |
| -logy | Study of |
| -algia -dynia | Pain |
| -cele | Herina |
| -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 | Drooping |
| -rragia -rrhage | Excessive Flow |
| -rrhea | Flow |
| -rrhexis | Rupture |
| -spasm | Involuntary Contraction |
| -centesis | Puncture |
| -gram | Written Record |
| -graph | Instrument used to measure |
| -graphy | Writing Procdure |
| -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- An- | Not |
| Anti- Contra- | Against |
| De- | Down, Away from |
| Ante- Pre- | Before |
| Pro- | Before, On behalf of |
| Brady- | Slow |
| Tachy- | Fast |
| Post- | After |
| Re- | Again |
| Ab- | Away |
| Ad- | Toward |
| Circum- Peri- | Around |
| Dia- Trans- | Through |
| e- Ec- Ex- | Out |
| ecto- Exo- Extra- | Outside |
| En- Endo- Intra- | In, Inside |
| Epi- | Upon |
| Sub- | Beneath |
| Inter- | Between |
| Bi- | Two |
| Hemi- Semi- | Half |
| Hyper- | Over |
| Hypo- | Under |
| Macro- | Large |
| Micro- | Small |
| Mono- Uni- | One |
| Oligo- | Few |
| Pan- | All |
| Poly- Multi- | Many |
| Con- Syn- Sym- | With, Together |
| Dys- | Bad |
| Eu- | Good |