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Med Terms
Medical Terminology
| Term | Definition | Combining form/ suffix/ prefix |
|---|---|---|
| aden/o | gland | Combining form |
| cyt/o | cell | Combining form |
| epitheli/o | epithelium | Combining form |
| fibr/o | fiber | Combining form |
| hist/o | tissue | Combining form |
| kary/o | nucleus | Combining form |
| lip/o | fat | Combining form |
| my/o | muscle | Combining form |
| neur/o | nerve | Combining form |
| sarc/o | flesh, connective tissue | Combining form |
| viscer/o | internal organs | Combining form |
| cyan/o | blue | Combining form |
| xanth/o | yellow | Combining form |
| melanl/o | black | Combining form |
| erythr/o | red | Combining form |
| leuk/o | white | Combining form |
| tom/o | cut, section | Combining form |
| lith/o | stone, calculus | Combining form |
| pyel/o | renal pelvis | Combining form |
| - stasis | control, stop, standing | Suffix |
| -sis | state of | Suffix |
| -plasm | Growth, substance, formation | Suffix |
| -al, -ic, -ous | pertaining to | Suffix |
| -cyte | cell | Suffix |
| - gen | agent that produces cause | Suffix |
| -genesis | origin, cause | Suffix |
| -genic | producing, originating | Suffix |
| -oid | resembling | Suffix |
| -oma | tumor, swelling | Suffix |
| -osis | abnormal condition | Suffix |
| -pathy | disease | Suffix |
| -plasia | condition of formation, development, growth | Suffix |
| dia- | through, complete | Prefix |
| dys- | painful, abnormal, difficult, labored | Prefix |
| hyper- | above, excessive | Prefix |
| hypo- | below, incomplete, deficient | Prefix |
| meta- | after, beyond, change | Prefix |
| neo- | new | Prefix |
| pro- | before | Prefix |
| -tomy | cut into, incision | Suffix |
| -algia | pain | Suffix |
| -cele | hernia or protrusion | Suffix |
| -centesis | surgical puncture to asperate fluid (sterile needle) | Suffix |
| -ectasis | stretching out, dilatation, expansion | Suffix |
| -pexy | surgical fixation suspension | Suffix |
| -rrhagia | rapid flow of blood | Suffix |
| -scope | instrument used for visual examination | Suffix |
| -scopic | pertaining to visual examination | Suffix |
| -scopy | visual examination | Suffix |
| -stenosis | constriction or narrowing | Suffix |
| -stomy | creation of an artificial opening | Suffix |
| -thorax | chest | Suffix |
| -tome | instrument used to cut | Suffix |
| py/o | pus | Combining form |
| pyr/o, pyret/o, pyrex/o | fever | Combining form |
| belphar/o | eyelid | Combining form |
| canth/o | canthus | Combining form |
| cor/o | pupil | Combining form |
| corne/o | cornea | Combining form |
| dacry/o | tears | Combining form |
| glauc/o | gray | Combining form |
| ocul/o | eye | Combining form |
| phak/o | lens | Combining form |
| angi/o | vessel | Combining form |
| lymphangi/o | lymph vessels | Combining form |
| sphygm/o | pulse | Combining form |
| thromb/o | blood clot | Combining form |
| il/i | bile | Combining form |
| bilirubin/o | bile pigment | Combining form |
| cheil/o | lip | Combining form |
| chole/o | gall/bile | Combining form |
| choleangio/o | bile duct | Combining form |
| cholecyst/o | gallbladder | Combining form |
| choledoch/o | common bile duct | Combining form |
| gloss/o | tongue | Combining form |
| colp/o | vagina | Combining form |
| oophor/o | ovary | Combining form |
| orchi/o | testicle | Combining form |
| salping/o | uterine tube, fallopian tube | Combining form |
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