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Chapter One
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| arthr/o | joint |
| enter/o | small intestine |
| hepat/o | liver |
| my/o muscul/o | muscle |
| angi/o vas/o | vessel |
| pneum/o | lung |
| gen/o | creation, cause |
| myc/o | fungus |
| necr/o | death |
| orth/o | straight |
| path/o | suffering, disease |
| phag/o | eat |
| plas/o | formation |
| scler/o | hard |
| sten/o | narrowing |
| troph/o | nourishment, development |
| xen/o | foreign |
| -iatrics | medical science |
| -iatrist | specialist in medicine |
| -logist | specialist in the study of |
| -logy | study of |
| -algia | pain |
| -cele | hernia |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -iasis | presence of |
| -lysis | loosen, break down |
| -malacia | abnormal softening |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -oid | resembling |
| -oma | tumor |