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Med Terms
All Medical Terms
| Term | Definition | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Aden/o | Gland | Root | Foundation of a term |
| Arthr/o | Joint | Suffix | Word ending |
| Bi/o | Life | Prefix | Word beginning |
| Carcin/o | Cancerous, cancer | Combining Vowel | Vowel (usually o) that links the root to the suffix or the root to another root |
| Cardi/o | Heart | Combining Form | Combination of the root and the combining vowel |
| Cephal/o | Head | Anabolism | Process of building up large proteins from small protein pieces called amino acids |
| Cerebr/o | Cerebrum (largest part of the brain) | Catabolism | |
| Cis/o | To cut | Cell Membrane | |
| Crin/o | To secrete (to form and give off) | Chromosomes | |
| Cyst/o | Urinary bladder; a sac or a cyst (sac containing fluid) | Cytoplasm | |
| Cyt/o | Cell | DNA | |
| Derm/o | Skin | Endoplasmic Reticulum | |
| Dermat/o | Skin | Genes | |
| Electr/o | Electricity | Karyotype | |
| Encephal/o | Brain | Metabolism | |
| Enter/o | Intestines (usually the small intestine) | Mitochondria | |
| Erythr/o | Red | Nucleus | |
| Gastr/o | Stomach | ||
| Glyc/o | Sugar | ||
| Gnos/o | Knowledge | ||
| Hemat/o | Blood | ||
| Hem/o | Blood | ||
| Hepat/o | Liver | ||
| Iatr/o | Treatment, physician | ||
| Leuk/o | White | ||
| Log/o | Study of | ||
| Nephr/o | Kidney | ||
| Neur/o | Nerve | ||
| Onc/o | Tumor (cancerous) | ||
| Opthalm/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, or 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 | Condition, usually abnormal (slight increase in numbers when used with blood cells) | ||
| -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- | No, not, without | ||
| Aut- | Self, own | ||
| Auto- | Self, own | ||
| Dia- | Complete, through | ||
| Endo- | Within | ||
| Epi- | Above, upon | ||
| Ex- | Out, outside of, outward | ||
| Exo- | Out, outside of, outward | ||
| Hyper- | Excessive, above, more than normal | ||
| Hypo- | Deficient, below, less than normal | ||
| In- | Into, in | ||
| Peri- | Surrounding, around | ||
| Pro- | Before, forward | ||
| Re- | Back, backward, again | ||
| Retro- | Behind | ||
| Sub- | Below, under | ||
| Trans- | Across, through |
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