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Med Term Final WE
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -scopy | visual examination |
| epi- | upon, above |
| cyt/o | cell |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -otomy | surgical incision |
| -stenoisis | abnormal narrowing |
| path/o | disease |
| lip/o | fat |
| ankyl/o | stiff |
| erythr/o | red |
| kerat/o | hard |
| -oma | tumor |
| carcin/o | cancerous |
| spondyl/o | vertebrae, backbone |
| adip/o | fat |
| orth/o | straight, upright |
| kyph/o | hump (humpback) |
| -penia | deficiency, too few |
| ped/o | foot |
| viscer/o | internal organ |
| -dynia | pain |
| tachy- | rapid, fast |
| -megaly | abnormal enlargement |
| -graphy | to record |
| ather/o | fatty plaque |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -sclerosis | abnormal hardening |
| -rrhage | bursting, excessive flow |
| dys- | abnormal, painful |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| -sclerosis | abnormal hardening |
| -stasis | control, constant level |
| -trophy | development |
| myc/o | fungus |
| onc/o | cancer, tumor |
| anti- | against |
| somn/o | sleep |
| tuss/i | cough |
| phag/o | to eat |
| thorac/o | chest |
| phon/o | sound, voice |
| pneum/o | lung, air |
| cyan/o | blue |
| enter/o | small intestine |
| proct/o | rectum, anus |
| nephr/o | kidney |
| hepat/o | liver |
| -phagia | to eat |
| lith/o | stone |
| py/o | pus |
| home/o | constant |
| cyst/o | bladder |
| ur/o, -uria | urine, urine condition |
| nat/o | born |
| lact/o | milk |
| -esthesia | feeling |
| men/o | mesturation |
| -tropin | to stimulate |
| -emic | blood condition |
| contus/o | bruise |
| encephala/o | brain |
| -malacia | abnormal softening |
| alveol/o | air sac |
| py/o | pus |
| -emisis | vomiting |
| -pepsia | digestion |
| cholecyst/o | gall bladder |
| gingiv/o | gums |
| vesic/o | bladder |
| onych/o | nail |
| seb/o | oil |
| cutane/o | skin |
| rhytid/o | wrinkle |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| articul/o | joint |
| cost/o | rib |
| cephal/o | head |
| -ic, -ac, -al, -ous | pertaining to |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -stenosis | abnormal narrowing |
| aden/o | gland |
| angi/o | blood vessel |
| thromb/o | clot |
| pulmon/o | lung |
| erythr/o | red |
| tox/o | poison |
| mamm/o | breast |
| immun/o | protected |
| somat/o | body |
| spir/o | to breathe |
| noct/o | night |
| -cele | hernia |
| hyster/o | uterus |
| gynec/o | female |
| -ptosis | drooping |
| andr/o | male |
| dermat/o | skin |
| -phasia | speech |
| radi/o | radiation |
| -gravida | pregnancy |
| adrenal/o | adrenal glands |
| natr/o | sodium |
| -pnea | breathing |
| vascul/o | blood vessel |