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Medical Terminology
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| a- | without absent |
| ab- | away |
| acous- | hear |
| adeno - | gland |
| adipo | fat |
| an- | without |
| ante | before |
| anti | Against |
| -ase | enzyme |
| arth- | joint |
| -asthenia | weak |
| auri- | ear |
| bi- | twice 2 |
| blepharo | eyelid |
| brachi- | arm |
| brady- | slow |
| carcin- | cancer |
| cardio- | heart |
| cephal- | head |
| cerebro- | brain |
| cholecysto- | gall bladder |
| chondro | cartiledge |
| -cidal | kill |
| cranio- | skull |
| cryo- | cold |
| cutane- | skin |
| cysto- | bladder |
| cyto- | cell |
| de- | removal of |
| dermat | skin |
| dorsi- | the back |
| -dynia | pain |
| dys- | difficulty |
| edema | swelling |
| -emesis | vomiting |
| endo- | inside |
| entero | intestine |
| epi- | on, outside of |
| erythro | red |
| -esthesio | sensation |
| gastri/o | stomach |
| geri | old |
| gingiva | gum |
| glossal | tongue |
| glyco- | sugar |
| -gram | written |
| gyne- | woman |
| -globin | protein |
| globulin | protein |
| hemato- | blood |
| hemi- | half 1/2 |
| hemo- | blood |
| hepato- | liver |
| hydro- | water |
| hyper- | high |
| hypno- | sleep |
| hypo- | low |
| -ia | condition |
| inter- | between |
| intra- | within |
| ipsi- | the same |
| iso- | equal |
| -itis | inflammation |
| labia | lip |
| leuko | white |
| lingua | tongue |
| -listhesis | dislocation |
| lith | stone |
| -lysis | dissolve |
| mort- | dead |
| my/o- | muscle |
| myc/o- | fungus |
| naso- | nose |
| nephro- | kidney |
| -odyn | painful |
| -oma | mass,tumor |
| onc/o | tumor |
| optic | eye,vision |
| -orexia | appetite |
| -osis | disease |
| ossi- | bone |
| -paresis | weakness |
| -pathy | disease |
| -phagia | eating,swallowing |
| -phasia | speak |
| -phlebo | blood,vein |
| -phobia | fear of |
| -plasia | growth |
| -pnea | breathing |
| pneumo- | lung |
| semi- | half,part |
| spondylo- | spine |
| -stalsis | contraction |
| sarco- | muscle |
| stoma- | mouth |
| -stomy | opening |
| sub- | beneath |
| tachy- | rapid |
| -tension | pressure |
| tetan- | rigid |
| therm- | heat |
| thorax- | upper chest |
| thrombo- | blood clot |
| tympan/o- | eardrum |
| uri/o- | urine |
| vaso- | vessel |
| ven- | vein |
| ventro- | belly,front |
| vesico- | bladder |
| viscera | internal organs |
| xero- | dry |
| -zyme | fermentaiton |
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