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Medical Terminology
Chapter 1 material
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Gen/o | Creation |
| Morph/o | Change |
| Hydr/o | Water |
| Myc/o | Fungus |
| Necr/o | Death |
| Orth/o | Straight |
| Path/o | Suffering/Disease |
| Phag/o | Eat |
| Plas/o | Formation |
| Py/o | Pus |
| Scler/o | Hard |
| Sten/o | Narrowing |
| Troph/o | Nourishment/development |
| Xen/o | Foreign |
| -ac | Pertaining To |
| -al | Pertaining To |
| -ar | Pertaining To |
| -ary | Pertaining To |
| -eal | Pertaining To |
| -ic | Pertaining To |
| -Tic | Pertaining To |
| -ous | Pertaining To |
| -ia | Condition |
| -ism | Condition |
| -ium | Tissue/Structure |
| -y | Condition |
| -icle | Small |
| -ole | Small |
| -ule | Small |
| -ula | Small |
| -iatrics | medical science |
| -iatry | Medical Science |
| -iatrist | Specialist in medicine of |
| -ist | Specialist |
| -logist | Specialist in the study of |
| -logy | study of |
| -algia | Pain |
| -Dynia | Pain |
| -cele | Hernia(a bulging of tissue into an area where it doesn't belong) |
| -emia | Blood Condition |
| -iasis | Presence of |
| -itis | inflammation of |
| -lysis | loosen/ broken down |
| -malacia | Abnormal Softening |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -oid | resembling |
| -oma | tumor |
| -osis | condition |
| -pathy | disease |
| -penia | deficiency |
| -ptosis | drooping |
| -rrhage | excessive flow |
| -rrhagia | excessive flow |
| -rrhea | flow |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -spasm | involuntary contraction |
| -centesis | puncture |
| -gram | written record |
| -graph | Instrument used to produce a record |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -meter | intrument used to measure |
| -metry | process of measuring |
| -scope | instrument used to look |
| -scopy | process of looking |
| -desis | binding/fixation |
| -ectomy | removal |
| -pexy | surgical fixation |
| -plasty | reconstruction |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| -stomy | creation of an opening |
| -tomy | incision |
| a- | not |
| an- | not |
| anti- | against |
| contra- | against |
| de- | down/away from |
| ante- | before |
| pre- | before |
| pro- | before/on behalf of |
| brady- | slow |
| tachy- | fast |
| post- | after |
| re- | again |
| ab- | away |
| ad- | toward |
| circum- | around |
| dia- | through |
| trans- | through |
| e- | out |
| ec- | out |
| ex- | out |
| exto- | outside |
| exo- | outside |
| extra- | outside |
| en- | in/inside |
| endo- | in/inside |
| intra- | in/inside |
| epi- | upon |
| sub- | beneath |
| inter- | between |
| bi- | two |
| hemi- | half |
| semi- | half |
| hyper- | over |
| hypo- | under |
| macro- | large |
| micro- | small |
| mono- | one |
| uni- | one |
| oligo- | few |
| pan- | all |
| poly- | many |
| multi- | many |
| con-with/together | |
| syn-with/together | |
| sym- | with/together |
| dys- | bad |
| eu- | good |