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med term final
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| neur/i, neur/o | nerve, nerve tissue |
| fasci/o | fascia, fibrous band |
| splen/o | spleen |
| mening/o | meninges, membranes |
| encephal/o | brain |
| aden/o | gland |
| ten/o, tend/o, tendin/o | tendon, stretch out, extend, strain |
| xer/o | dry |
| ungu/o | nail |
| my/o | muscle |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| pneum/o, pneumon/o | lung, air |
| salping/o | uterine(fallopian) tube, auditory(eustachian) tube |
| men/o | menstruation, menses |
| oophor/o, ovari/o | ovary |
| colp/o | vagina |
| osse/o, ossi/i, ost/o, oste/o | bone |
| optic/o, opt/o | eye, vision |
| orch/o, orchid/o | testicles, testis, testes |
| hyster/o | uterus |
| anti- | against |
| brady- | slow |
| ot/o | ear, hearing |
| spondyl/o | vertebrae, vertebral column, backbone |
| thorac/o | chest |
| cost/o | rib |
| pre- | before, in front of, forward |
| post- | after, behind |
| poly- | many |
| neo- | new, strange |
| macro- | large, abnormal size, long |
| intra- | within, inside |
| peri- | surrounding, around |
| sub- | under less, below |
| super-, supra- | above, excessive |
| -cyte | cell |
| -ac, -al | pertaining to, relating to |
| -centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid |
| tachy- | fast, rapid |
| -desis | to bind, tie together |
| -emia | blood, blood condition |
| -ectomy | surgical removal, cutting out |
| -ary | pertaining to |
| -algia | pain, suffering, painful condition |
| -cele | hernia, tumor, swelling |
| -esthesia | sensation, feeling |
| -lysis | breakdown, separation, setting free, destruction, loosening |
| -gram, -graph | a picture or record |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -ia | abnormal condition, disease |
| -malacia | abnormal softening |
| -graphy | the process of producing a picture or record |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -pexy | surgical fixation |
| -plasia | development, growth, formation |
| -necrosis | tissue death |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -oma | tumor, neoplasm |
| -ologist | specialist |
| -ology | the science of study of |
| -osis | abnormal condition, disease |
| -ostomy | surgical creation of an opening to the body surface |
| -otomy | cutting, surgical incision |
| -pause | stopping |
| -pathy | disease, suffering, feeling, emotion |
| ex- | out of, outside, away from |
| end-, endo- | within, in, inside |
| inter- | between, among |
| hemi- | half |
| hydr/o | water |
| hypo- | deficient, decreased |
| hyper- | excessive, increased |
| a-, an- | without, away from, negative, not |
| dys- | bad, difficult, painful |
| laryng/o | larynx, throat |
| trache/o | trachea, windpipe |
| bronch/o, bronchi/o | bronchial tube, bronchus |
| pulm/o, pulmon/o | lung |
| lith/o | stone, calculus |
| urethr/o | urethra |
| cyst/o | urinary bladder, cyst, sac of fluid |
| ureter/o | ureter |
| tympan/o | tympanic membrane |
| ren/o | kidney |
| pharyng/o | throat, pharynx |
| ankly/o | crooked, bent, stiff |
| arthr/o | joint |
| pleur/o | pleura, side of the body |
| scler/o | sclera, white of eye, hard |
| pyel/o | renal pelvis, bowl of kidney |
| crani/o | skull |
| kerat/o | horny, hard, cornea |
| myel/o | spinal cord, bone marrow |
| myring/o | tympanic membrane, eardrum |
| nephr/o | kidney |
| retin/o | retina |
| lapar/o | abdomen, abdominal wall |
| coron/o | coronary, crown |
| leuk/o | white |
| cyan/o | blue |
| lip/o | fat, lipid |
| cyt/o | cell |
| melan/o | black, dark |
| erythr/o | red |
| myc/o | fungus |
| hist/o | tissue |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| cholecyst/o | gallbladder |
| proct/o | anus and rectum |
| ven/o | vein |
| col/o, colon/o | colon, large intestine |
| thromb/o | clot |
| enter/o | small intestine |
| ech/o | sound |
| sigmoid/o | sigmoid colon |
| adip/o | fat |
| thyr/o, thyroid/o | thyroid gland |
| hepat/o | liver |
| albin/o | white |
| adren/o | adrenal gland |
| cephal/o | head |
| gonad/o | sex gland |
| cervic/o | neck, cervix |
| pancreat/o | pancreas |
| radi/o | radiation, xrays |
| esophag/o | esophagus |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -rrhaphy | surgical suturing |
| -pnea | breathing |
| -sclerosis | abnormal hardening |
| -rrhea | flow or discharge |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -rrhagia, -rrhage | abnormal excessive fluid discharge |
| -scopy | visual examination |
| -scope | instrument for visual examination |
| -ptosis | prolapse, drooping forward |
| ather/o | plaque, fatty substance |
| -tripsy | to crush |
| card/o, cardi/o | heart |
| -uria | urination, urine |
| arteri/o | artery |
| -stenosis | abnormal narrowing |
| hem/o, hemat/o | blood, pertaining to the blood |
| angi/o | pertaining to blood or lymph vessels |
| phleb/o | vein |
| aort/o | aorta |
| metr/o, metri/o | uterus |
| uter/o | uterus |
| ov/o | egg |
| vagin/o | vagina |
| seb/o | sebum |
| carcin/o | cancerous |
| pyr/o | fever, fire |
| derm/o, dermat/o | skin |
| sarc/o | flesh, connective tissue |
| hidr/o | sweat |
| py/o | pus |
| cutane/o | skin |
| path/o | disease, suffering, feeling, emotion |
| onc/o | tumor |
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