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Chapter 1 medical te
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| enter/o | small intestine |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| hepat/o | liver |
| neur/o | nerve |
| hem/o | blood |
| hemat/o | blood |
| my/o | muscle |
| angi/o | vessel |
| vas/o | vessel |
| vascul/o | vessel |
| cutane/o | skin |
| gen/o | creation or cause |
| morph/o | change |
| myc/o | fungus |
| orth/o | stright |
| path/o | suffering or disease |
| plas/o | formation |
| py/o | pus |
| scler/o | hard |
| sten/o | narrowing |
| troph/o | nourishment or development |
| xen/o | foreign |
| -ac / -al / -ar / -ary / -eal / -ic / -tic / -ous | pertaining to |
| -ia / -ism | condition |
| -ium | tissue or structure |
| -y | condition or prodedure |
| -icle / -ole / -ule / -ula | small |
| -iatrics | medical science |
| -iatrist | specialist in the medicine of |
| -ist | specialist |
| -logist | specialist in the study of |
| -olgy | study of |
| -algia / -dynia | pain |
| -cele | hernias |
| -emia | blood condidtion |
| -iasis | presence f |
| -malacia | abnormal softening |
| -oid | resembling |
| -oma | tumor |
| -osis | condition |
| -pathy | disease |
| -penia | deficiency |
| -ptosis | drooping |
| -rrhage / -rrhagia | excess flow |
| -rrhea | flow |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -gram | written recrd |
| -graph | instrument to produce a record |
| -graphy | written procedure |
| -meter | instrument used to measure |
| -metry | process of measuring |
| -scope | instrument used to loook |
| -scopy | process of looking |
| -desis | binding or fixation |
| -ectoomy | removal |
| -pexy | surgical fixation |
| -plasty | reconstruction |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| -stomy | creation of an opening |
| -tomy | incision |
| a- / an- | not |
| anti- | against |
| de- | down or away from |
| ante- / pre- | before |
| pro- | before or on behalf of |
| post- | after |
| epi- | upon |
| hemi- | half |
| oligo- | few |
| pan- | all |
| dys- | bad |