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Medical Terminology
Prefixes and Suffixes created by analeze
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Aden/o | gland |
| arthr/o | joint |
| bi/o | life |
| carcin/o | cancerous; cancer |
| cardi/o | heart |
| cephal/o | head |
| cerebr/o | cerebrum (the largest part of the brain) |
| cis/o | to cut |
| crin/o | to secrete |
| cyst/o | urinary bladder; Sac (containing fluid) or cyst |
| cyt/o | cell |
| derm/o; dermat/o | skin |
| electr/o | electricity |
| encephal/o | brain |
| enter/o | intestine (usually small) |
| erythr/o | red |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| glyc/o | sugar |
| gnos/o | knowledge |
| hemat/o; hem/o | blood |
| hepat/o | liver |
| latr/o | physician; treatment |
| leuk/o | white |
| log/o | study of |
| nephr/o | kidney |
| neur/o | nerve |
| onc/o | tumor (cancerous) |
| opthalam/o | eye |
| oste/o | bone |
| path/o | disease |
| ped/o | child |
| psych/o | mind |
| radi/o | x-rays |
| ren/o | kidney |
| rhin/o | nose |
| sarc/o | flesh |
| sect/o | to cut |
| thromb/o | clot; clotting |
| ur/o | urinary tract; urine |
| -ac | pertaining to |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -algia | pain |
| -cyte | cell |
| -ectomy | excision, removal |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -genic | pertaining to producing; produced by; produced in |
| -globin | protein |
| -gram | record |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -ical | pertaining to |
| -ion | process |
| -ist | specialist |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -logy | process of study |
| -oma | tumor; mass; swelling |
| -opsy | process of viewing |
| -osis | condtion; usually abnormal |
| -pathy | disease condition |
| -scope | instrument to visually examine |
| -scopy | process of visually examining |
| -sis | state of; condition |
| -tomy | process of cutting; incision |
| -y | process, condition |
| A- | no, not, without |
| An- / Auto- | self; own |
| Dia | complete; thourough |
| End- / Endo | within |
| Epi- | above; upon |
| ex- / exo- | out, outside of, outward |
| hyper | excessive, above, more than normal |
| hypo- | deficient, below, under, less than normal |
| in- | into, in |
| peri- | surrounding, around |
| pro- | before, forward |
| re- | back, backward, again |
| retro- | behind |
| sub- | below |
| trans- | across; through |
| abdomin/o | abdomen |
| acr/o | extremities, top, extreme point |
| adip/o | fat |
| amin/o | amnion (sac surrounding the embryo in the uterus) |
| Angi/o | vessel |
| Arteri/o | artery |
| Axill/o | armpit |
| Blephar/o | eyelid |
| Bronch/o | bronchial tubes ( 2 tubes right+left that branch from the trachea) |
| Chem/o | drug, chemical |
| col/o | colon |
| hydr/o | fluid; water |
| inguin/o | groin |
| isch/o | to hold back |
| Lapar/o | abdomen, abdominal wall |
| Laryng/o | larynx |
| Lymph/o | lymph |
| Mamm/o; Mast/o | breast |
| Morph/o | shape, form |
| Muc/o | Mucus |
| My/o | Muscle |
| Myel/o | Spinal Cord; Bone marrow |
| Necr/o | Death ( of cells or a whole body) |
| Neutr/o | Neutrophil (white blood cell) |
| Nucle/o | nucleus |
| Ot/o | ear |
| Peritone/o | Peritoneium |
| phag/o | to eat, swallow |
| Phleb/o | vein |
| Plas/o | formation; development |
| Pleur/o | Pleura (membrane surrounding lungs and adjacent to chest wall) |
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