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Medical Terminology
Chapters 1-4
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| stasis | Controlling, stopping |
| Chrom | Color |
| Kary | Nucleus |
| Thel, Theli | Nipple |
| Umbilical | Navel |
| Inter | Between |
| intra | within |
| ana | up |
| cata | down |
| meta | change |
| -eal | pertaining to |
| -iac | pertaining to |
| phleb | vein |
| plas | formation, developement |
| strept | twisted chains |
| cele | hernia |
| centesis | puncture to remove fluid |
| coccus | berry-shaped bacterium |
| dynia | pain |
| genesis | condition of producing, forming |
| megaly | enlargement |
| penia | deficiency |
| -ior | pertaining to |
| -ism | process condition |
| -ose | pertaining to/full of |
| plasm | formation |
| somes | bodies |
| type | picture, classification |
| iatr | physician, treatment |
| emia | blood condition |
| genic | produced by or in |
| sis | state of, condition |
| auto | self, own |
| amni | amnion |
| chron | time |
| isch | to hold back |
| lapar | abdomen, abdominal wall |
| neut | neutrophil |
| phag | to eat, swallow |
| plasia | development, formation, growth |
| plasty | surgical repair |
| arrhea | flow, discharge |
| ptosis | drooping, falling, prolapse |
| trophy | development, nourishment |
| tox | poison |
| crine | secrete |
| er | one who |
| drome | run |
| anti | against |
| con | with, together |
| contra | against, opposite |
| ec | outside |
| ia | condition |
| fusion | coming together, to pour |
| de | down, lack of |
| dia | through, complete |
| ole | little, small |
| gea | substance that produces |
| eu | good, normal |
| infra | beneath, under |
| um, ium | structure, tissue |
| lapse | slide, fall, sag |
| mal | bad |
| neo | new |
| oid | resembling |
| ous | pertaining to |
| mission | send |
| meter | measure |
| pan | all |
| per | through |
| post | after |
| supra | above, upper |
| dactyl | fingers, toes |
| or | one who |
| oxia | oxygen |
| syn, sym | together, with |
| tachy | fast |
| duct | lead, carry |
| partum | birth, labor |
| phoria | bear, carry; feeling |
| ultra | beyond, excess |
| uni | one |
| mort | death |
| norm | rule, order |
| physis | grow |
| pnea | breathing |
| ox | oxygen |
| ptom | happening |
| ab | away from |
| pub | pubis, anterior portion of hip bone |
| somn | sleep |
| ad | toward |
| the | put, place |
| ana | up, apart |
| thel, theli | nipple |
| ante | before, forward |