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Final Exam Review
Final exam terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| cyt/o | cell |
| derm/o | skin |
| electr/o | electricity |
| encephal/o | brain |
| enter/o | intestines |
| erythr/o | red |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| glyc/o | glucose;sugar |
| gynec/o | women, female |
| hemat/o | blood |
| hem/o | blood |
| hepat/o | liver |
| leuk/o | white |
| log/o | study |
| nephr/o | kidney |
| neur/o | nerve |
| onc/o | tumor |
| ophthalm/o | eye |
| oste/o | bone |
| path/o | disease |
| ped/o | child;foot |
| psych/o | mind |
| radi/o | x-rays;radioactivity;radius |
| ren/o | kidney |
| rhin/o | nose |
| sarc/o | flesh |
| sect/o | to cut |
| thromb/o | clot |
| ur/o | urine; urinary tract |
| abdomin/o | abdomen |
| adip/o | fat |
| anter/o | front |
| cervic/o | neck;cervix |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| crani/o | skull |
| dist/o | far;distant |
| hist/o | tissue |
| medi/o | middle |
| nucle/o | nucleus |
| proxim/o | near |
| thorac/o | chest |
| ventr/o | belly side of body |
| vertebr/o | vertebra (backbone) |
| viscer/o | internal organs |
| gloss/o | tongue |
| labi/o | lip |
| lapar/o | abdominal wall; abdomen |
| lingu/o | tongue |
| odon/o | tooth |
| or/o | mouth |
| pancreat/o | pancreas |
| sialaden/o | salivary gland |
| bil/i | bile;gall |
| chol/e | bile;gall |
| gluc/o | glucose;sugar |
| glyc/o | glucose;sugar |
| lip/o | fat |
| lith/o | stone;calculus |
| steat/o | fat, sebum |
| cyst/o | urinary bladder; cyst; sac of fluid |
| kal/o | nucleus |
| noct/o | night |
| urin/o | urine |
| episi/o | vulva |
| hyster/o | uterus;womb |
| my/o | muscle |
| ov/o | egg |
| andr/o | male |
| cry/o | cold |
| gon/o | seed |
| hydr/o | water |
| tax/o | order;coordination |
| angi/o | blood vessel |
| arter/o | artery |
| cardi/o | heart |
| ox/o | oxygen |
| phleb/o | vein |
| steth/o | chest |
| thromb/o | clot |
| ven/o | vein |
| bronch/o | bronchial tube |
| cyan/o | blue |
| orth/o | straight |
| trache/o | trachea (windpipe) |
| coagul/o | coagulation (clotting) |
| mon/o | one;single |
| immun/o | immune;protection;safe |
| lymph/o | lymph |
| splen/o | spleen |
| thym/o | thymus gland |
| tox/o | poison |
| calc/o, calci/o | calcium |
| lord/o | curve;swayback |
| myel/o | spinal cord, bone marrow |
| lumb/o | lower back |
| scoli/o | crooked, bent |
| cost/o | rib |
| ankyl/o | stiff |
| arthr/o | joint |
| rheumat/o | watery flow |
| tendin/o | tendon |
| fasci/o | fascial |
| plant/o | sole of foot |
| -ac: | pertaining to |
| -al: | pertaining to |
| -algia: | pain |
| -cyte: | cell |
| -ectomy: | removal |
| -genic: | produced by or in |
| -gram: | record |
| -ic: , -ical: | pertaining to |
| -ion: | process |
| -ist: | specialist |
| -itis: | inflammation |
| -logy: | study (process of) |
| -oma: | tumor, mass, fluid collection |
| -opsy: | view of |
| -osis: | condition, usually abnormal |
| -pathy: | disease |
| -scopy: | visual examination |
| -tomy: | process of cutting |
| -y: | condition;process |
| -eal: | pertaining to |
| -iac: | pertaining to |
| -ism: | process; condition |
| -ose: | full of; pertaining to |
| -plasm: | formation;structure |
| -type: | classification; picture |
| -cele: | hernia |
| -centesis: | surgical puncture to remove fluid |
| -dynia: | pain |
| -ectomy: | removal; excision |
| -emia: | blood condition |
| -graph: | instrument for recording |
| -graphy: | process of recording |
| -lysis: | breakdown |
| -penia: | deficiency |
| -phobia: | fear |
| -plasty: | surgical repair |
| -rrhea: | flow;dishcharge |
| -sclerosis: | hardening |
| -stomy: | new opening |
| -trophy: | nourishment; dev. |
| -ia: | condition |
| -ole: | little, small |
| -um, -ium: | structure; tissue |
| -ase: | enzyme |
| -ectasis: | dilation; widening |
| -ptysis: | spitting |
| -stasis: | stopping |
| -arche: | beginning |
| -genesis: | producing;forming |
| -one: | hormone |
| -lepsy: | seizure |
| -paresis: | weakness |
| -plegia: | paralysis; palsy |
| -pnea: | breathing |
| -blast: | embryonic; immature cell |
| -cytosis: | condition of cells; slight increase in numbers |
| -globin: | protein |
| -phage: | eat;swallow |
| -philia: | attraction for |
| -poiesis: | formation |
| -clast: | to break |
| -malacia: | softening |
| -porosis: | condition of pores |
| -asthenia: | lack of strength |
| a-, an-: | no;not;without |
| aut-, auto-: | self, own |
| dia-: | complete |
| endo-: | within; in |
| epi-: | above; upon; on |
| ex-, exo-: | out: away from |
| hyper-: | above |
| hypo-: | deficient; below; under; less |
| in-: | in, into |
| peri-: | surrounding |
| pro-: | before, forward |
| retro-: | behind, back |
| re-: | back, again |
| sub-: | under, below |
| trans-: | across, through |
| ana-: | up, apart |
| cata-: | down |
| intra-: | within ; into |
| meta-: | change |
| hemi - : | half |
| inter-: | between |
| macro - : | large |
| mal-: | bad |
| micro-: | small |
| pan-: | all |
| para-: | to bear |
| poly-: | many;much |
| pre-: | before |
| tachy-: | fast |
| brady-: | slow |
| dys-: | bad; painful |
| multi-: | many |
| ab-: | away from |
| ad-: | toward |