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CHAPTER 1 MED TERM
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| aero/o | air,gas |
| ather/o | plaque, fatty substance (inside blood vessel) |
| blast/o | immature cells |
| calc/o, calci/o | calcium |
| chondrio, chondro | cartilage, grainy, gritty |
| chyl/o | chyle, a digestive juice |
| cyst/o , cysti | bladder,cyst,cystic duct |
| cyt/o | cell |
| ethm/o | ethmoid bone |
| gli/o | glue |
| gluc/o | glucose |
| glyc/o | sugars |
| hydro/o | hydrogen |
| ket/o, keton/o | ketone/ acetone |
| lip/o | fat (outside of a blood vessel) |
| nucle/o | nucleus |
| plasma, plasmo | formative, plasma |
| salping/o | tube |
| sider/o | iron |
| somato/o | body |
| squam/o | scale, squamous (meaning scaly) |
| syring/o | tube |
| algesi/o | pain |
| cry/o | cold |
| dips/o | thirst |
| esthesi/o | sensation |
| kin/o | movement |
| kinesi/o, kines/o | motion |
| phon/o | sound |
| phot/o | light |
| son/o | sound |
| therm/o | heat |