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Med terms
a-z
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| a, an- | without |
| ab- | from, away |
| -able | capable |
| -ac, -ic | pertaining to |
| acr/o | extremities |
| ad | to, towards |
| aden, adeno | glandular |
| aer- aero | air |
| -al | alike, similar |
| alges-, algesi | oversensitivity to pain |
| -algia | pain |
| alveoi | alveoli |
| ambi/o | both sides |
| amnes/o | forgetfulness |
| amni/o | amniotic fluid |
| andro | male |
| angi, angio | vessel |
| ankyl/o | crooked, immovable |
| ante | before |
| antero | in front of |
| anti | against |
| anxi/o | fear |
| append, appendo | appendix |
| arche | first or original |
| arter | artery |
| arth, arthro | joint |
| articuo | junction of two bones |
| -ase | enzyme |
| -asis | condition of |
| asthenia | weakness, lack of strength |
| ather | fatty plaque |
| atresia | closure of a tubular closure |
| audi, audio | sound, hearing |
| aur | ear |
| auto | self |
| slapping/o | tube, fallopian tube |
| sanguin | blood |
| sarc/o | flesh |
| sarcoma | tumor, cancer of connective tissue |
| schiz/o | split |
| scler/o | hardening |
| sclerosis | dryness, hardness |
| scope | examining instrument |
| scot/o | darkness |
| seb/o | oil, fat |
| sect | cut |
| semi | half, part |
| sep- septi | poison, rot, infection |
| sinus/o | sinus |
| sinistr, sinistro | left |
| somat/o | body |
| somn/o | sleep |
| son/o | sound |
| spasm | involuntary contraction |
| spermat/o | spermatoze, male germ cell |
| spir/o | to breath |
| splen- | spleen |
| sphymogus | pulse |
| squam/o | scale-like cell |
| staped/o | ref to stapes, bone of middle ear |
| -stasis | stoppage, maintain |
| steno- | contract, narrow |
| stern- sterno | sternum, breast bone |
| -stomy | artificial opening |
| sub | less, under |
| sudor/o, hidr/o | sweat causing |
| super- supra- | above , upon , higher |
| sym- syn- | joined or fused together |
| systol/o | contracting |
| obsess/o | besieged by thoughts |
| oculus- oculo | eye |
| odont- | tooth |
| -ode -oid | form, shape |
| -ologist | person who studies |
| -ology | study of [science] |
| -oma | tumor, swelling |
| onych/o | hooked pert to finger or toenail |
| onc/o | mass, bulk, tumor |
| oophor | ovary, female egg cell |
| opthalm | eye |
| opia | vision |
| opsy | to view |
| opt, optic | vision, eye |
| or-, oro- | mouth |
| orch- orchido | tesicle, testes |
| orex/o | appetite |
| oorhea | flow, discharge |
| orth, ortho | straight |
| oscopy | diagnostic exam |
| osis | condition, state, process |
| os-, osteo | bone |
| osmia | smell |
| ossicul/o | middle ear |
| ostomy | creation of an opening by surgery |
| ot-oto | ear |
| otic | pertaining to a condition |
| otomy | cutting into |
| ous | full of, pertaining to, condition |
| ovi, ovario | egg |
| calc, calculus | stone |
| carcin/o | cancer |
| cardi | pertaining to the heart |
| carp-, carpo | wrist |
| caud | tail |
| ceco | pouch of the large intestine at the ileo junction |
| -cele | swelling, tumor |
| cent | 100 |
| centesis | surgical procedure to remove fluid |
| cephal | head, pertaining to the head |
| cerebro | brain |
| cervic/o | neck, neck of uterus |
| cheil/o | lip |
| chemo | chemical, drug |
| chir-, chiro | hand |
| chloro | green |
| cholo, chole, chol | bile or gallbladder |
| chrom | color |
| chondro | cartilage |
| -cide | death |
| -cise | cut |
| -clast | a cell or instrument used to break |
| -cylsis | washing or irrigation |
| -coccus | round |
| cochle/o | cochlea |
| coele | chamber or enlarged space |
| circum | around |
| col- colo | colon |
| colp, colpo | vagina |
| con | with |
| contra | against |
| coron/o | structures that encircles like a crown |
| costa | ribs |
| crani | pertaining to the skull |
| -crine | secrete |
| cry/o | cold |
| crypt/o | hidden |
| cusis | hearing |
| cut- | skin |
| cyan | blue |
| cye- | pregnancy |
| cyst | bladder, bag |
| -cyte, cyto | cell |
| balan | glans penis/clitoris |
| bi, bis | twice, double |
| bio | life |
| -blast | germ cell, embryonic |
| blephar- | eyelid |
| brachi | arm |
| brachy | short |
| brady | slow |
| bronch | air tubes in the lungs |
| bucc/o | cheek |
| dacry- | tear |
| dactly | finger, toe |
| dec- deca | ten |
| demi | half |
| dent/o | tooth |
| derm- derma- | pertaining to the skin |
| -desis | surgical union or fixation |
| dextro | to the right |
| di- diplo | double, twice |
| dia | though, between, part |
| dis- | separation, away from |
| doch- | duct |
| dorsi | the back |
| duoden | duodenum, the first part of the small intestine |
| -dynia | pain |
| dys | difficult, painful |
| e- | without |
| eal | pertaining to |
| ectasis | dilation, stretching |
| ec-, ecto- | outside, external |
| ectomy | surgical removal of |
| electr | electrical |
| -emesis | vomit |
| emia | blood |
| encephal | brain, pertaining to the brain |
| endo | within, innermost |
| enter, entero | intestine |
| enur | to void |
| epi | upon, over |
| episi/o | on the perineum |
| erythro | red |
| -esis | condition of |
| eso | towards |
| esthesia | sensation, perception |
| eup, eu | well, easy |
| ex, exo | outside of, beyond |
| -fasci/o | fibrous band |
| -ferous | producing |
| ferr/o | iron |
| fibr/o | fiber, connective tissue |
| fore- | infront of |
| -form | having the form of, shape |
| -fuge | driving away or expelling |
| galacto | milk, galactose |
| gasti-, gastro | stomach |
| -genetic, genic | origin, producing |
| genito | organs of reproduction |
| genous | kind or type |
| geo- | earth |
| geront- | old age, elderly |
| gingiv/o | gums |
| gloss- | tongue |
| gluc-, gluco | sweetness, glucose |
| gly- glyco | sugar |
| gonad/o | genitals |
| -gram | tracing, picture |
| -graph | diagram, instrument for recording |
| gravid- | pregnancy |
| gyn-, gynec- | women, female |
| hallucin/o | imagined perception |
| hem- hema-, hemo | blood |
| hemi- | half |
| hepato | liver |
| hered/o | genetic inheritance |
| herni- | rupture |
| hetero- | other, unlike, different |
| hist/o | tissue |
| homo- | same or alike |
| hydro- | water |
| hyper | excessive, high, increased |
| hyster- | uterus |
| hypno | sleep |
| hypo | decreased, deficient |
| -ia, iasis | condition of |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| idio- | peculiar to an individual |
| ile- | ileum, last part of the small intestine |
| infra- | beneath, below |
| irid/o | reflective, prismatic |
| intra | below, into, inside |
| isch/o | keep back, block |
| -ism | condition, theory, state |
| iso- | equal, alike |
| -itis | inflammation |
| kary/o | chromosomes |
| kerat | cornea of the eye |
| kenesis | motion |
| klept/o | to steal |
| zoo- | animal |
| xanth | yellow |
| WDL | within defined limits |
| vas/o | vessel, duct |
| ven- vena | vein |
| ventro | to the front, abdomen |
| vertebr/o | spine vertebrae |
| vesic(o) | urinary bladder |
| viscer(o) | internal organs |
| vit- vita- | necessary for life |
| ultra | beyond excess |
| uni- | one |
| ur(o)- | urine, urinary tract |
| ureter(o) | ureter, tube from kidney to bladder |
| -uria | urine |
| uter(o)- | womb |
| tacho-, tachy- | fast |
| ten/o, tend/o | tendon |
| tetra- | four |
| -therapy | treatment |
| therm- | heat |
| thorac- | thorax, chest |
| thromb- | blood cot |
| thyr- | thyroid gland |
| thym | thymus gland |
| tinnitus | ringing in the ears |
| -tome | instrument that cuts |
| tonsil/o | tonsils |
| -toxic (-tox) | poison |
| trache- trachi | trachea, windpipe |
| trans- | across, over, beyond |
| tri- | three |
| trich/o | hair |
| -tripsy | crushing by rubbing or grinding |
| -trophy | nutrition, growth/development |
| -tussis | cough |
| tympan | eardrum, tympanic |
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