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Med Term
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| a-,an- | without |
| -a | no meaning |
| abdomin/o | abdomen |
| -ac | pertaining to |
| acr/o | extremities |
| -ad | toward |
| aden/o | glands |
| adrenal/o | adrenal gland |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -algia | pain |
| an/o | anus |
| angi/o | blood vessels |
| anter/o | front |
| append/o | appendix |
| appendic/o | appendix |
| arteri/o | artery |
| arthr/o | joints |
| -ary | pertaining to |
| -asthenia | weakness |
| audi/o | hearing |
| blephar/o | eyelid |
| brady- | slow |
| bronch/o | bronchus, bronchi |
| burs/o | bursa |
| capn/o | carbon dioxide |
| carcin/o | cancer |
| cardi/o | heart |
| carp/o | carpals, wrist |
| caud/o | tail |
| -cele | hernia |
| -centesis | curgical puncture to remove fluid |
| cephal/o | head |
| cerebr/o | cerebrum, brain |
| cervic/o | cervix |
| chol/e | gall, bile |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| col/o | colon |
| colon/o | colon |
| colp/o | vagina |
| cost/o | ribs |
| crani/o | skull |
| crin/o | to secrete |
| cutane/o | skin |
| cyan/o | blue |
| cyst/o | bladder, sac |
| cyt/o | cells |
| derm/o | skin |
| dermat/o | skin |
| -desis | surgical fixation, fusion |
| dips/o | thirst |
| dist/o | away from point of attachment |
| dors/o | back |
| duoden/o | duodenum |
| dys- | difficult, painful, abnormal |
| -e | no meaning |
| -eal | pertaining to |
| ech/o | sound |
| -ectomy | surgical removal, excision |
| electr/o | electrical activity |
| -emia | blood condition |
| encephal/o | brain |
| endo- | within |
| endometri/o | endometrium |
| enter/o | intestines |
| epi- | on, upon |
| epitheli/o | epithelium, epithelial tissue |
| erythr/o | red |
| esophag/o | esophagus |
| femor/o | femur |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| -genic | producing |
| gingiv/o | gums |
| gloss/o | tongue |
| glyc/o | sugar |
| -gram | record, radiographic image |
| -graph | instrument used to record |
| -graphy | process of recording, radiographic imaging |
| gynce/o | woman |
| hem/o | blood |
| hemat/o | blood |
| hemi- | half |
| hepat/o | liver |
| hist/o | tissue |
| hydr/o | water |
| hyper- | above |
| hypo- | below |
| hyster/o | uterus |
| -ia | diseased state, condition of |
| -iasis | condition |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| ile/o | ileum |
| inter/o | below |
| inter- | between |
| intra- | within |
| -ior | pertaining to |
| ir/o | iris |
| irid/o | iris |
| ischi/o | ischium |
| -ism | state of |
| -itis | inflammation |
| jejun/o | jejunum |
| kerat/o | cornea |
| kinesi/o | movement, motion |
| kyph/o | hump |
| larpar/o | abdomen |
| laryng/o | larynx |
| later/o | side |
| leuk/o | white |
| lingu/o | tounge |
| lip/o | fat |
| lith/o | stones |
| -logist | one who studies |
| -logy | study of |
| lord/o | bent forward |
| lymph/o | lymph, lymphatic tissue |
| -lysis | dissolution, separating |
| -malacia | softening |
| mamm/o | breast |
| mast/o | brest |
| meat/o | meatus |
| medi/o | middle |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| melan/o | black |
| men/o | menstruation, menstrual |
| mening/o | meninges |
| meningi/o | meninges |
| meta- | beyond |
| -meter | instrument used to measure |
| -metry | measurement |
| micro- | small |
| muc/o | mucus |
| my/o | muscle |
| myc/o | fungus |
| myel/o | spinal cord |
| myring/o | eardrum |
| nas/o | nose |
| necr/o | death |
| neo- | new |
| nephr/o | kidney |
| neur/o | nerves |
| noct/i | night |
| -oid | resembling |
| olig/o | scanty, few |
| -oma | tumor |
| onc/o | tumor |
| onych/o | nail |
| oophor/o | ovary |
| ophthalm/o | eye |
| opt/o | vision |
| or/o | mouth |
| orchi/o | testis |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| oste/o | bone |
| ot/o | ear |
| -ous | pertaining to |
| ox/i | oxygen |
| pancreat/o | pancreas |
| path/o | disease |
| -penia | abnormal reduction |
| peps/o | digestion |
| per- | through |
| -pexy | surgical fixation |
| phag/o | swallowing, eating |
| phalang/o | phalanx, any bone of the fingers or toes |
| pharyng/o | pharynx |
| phas/o | speech |
| phleb/o | veins |
| -plasm | growth |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| pleg/o | paralysis |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -pnea | breathing |
| pneum/o | lung, air |
| pneumono | lung, air |
| poli/o | gray matter |
| poly- | many, much |
| poster/o | back, behind |
| proct/o | rectum |
| prostat/o | prostate gland |
| proxim/o | near the point of attachment |
| psych/o | mind |
| -ptosis | drooping, sagging |
| pub/o | pubis |
| pulmon/o | lung |
| py/o | pus |
| pyel/o | renal pelvis |
| quadr/i | four |
| rachi/o | vertebra, spine |
| radi/o | x-rays |
| rect/o | rectum |
| ren/o | kidney |
| retin/o | retina |
| rhin/o | nose |
| -rrhagia | rapid flow of blood |
| -rrhea | flow, discharge |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| salping/o | uterine tube |
| sarc/o | flesh, connective tissue |
| -schisis | split, fissure |
| scler/o | sclera |
| -sclerosis | hardening |
| scoli/o | crooked, curved |
| -scope | instrument used for visual examination |
| -scopic | pertaining to visual examination |
| -scopy | visual examination |
| scrot/o | scrotum |
| sigmoid/o | sigmoid colon |
| sinus/o | sinus |
| somn/o | sleep |
| son/o | sound |
| spir/o | breathe |
| splen/o | spleen |
| spondyl/o | vertebra, spine |
| -stasis | control, stop |
| stern/o | sternum |
| -stomy | creation of an artifical opening |
| sub- | below |
| super/o | above |
| tachy- | rapid |
| ten/o | tendons |
| tendin/o | tendons |
| thorac/o | chest |
| -thorax | chest |
| thromb/o | blood clot |
| thyroid/o | thyroid gland |
| -tomy | cut into, incision |
| trache/o | trachea(windpipe) |
| -trans | through, across |
| -tripsy | surgical crushing |
| troph/o | development |
| tympan/o | middle ear |
| ur/o | urination, urine |
| urter/o | ureter |
| urethr/o | urethra |
| urin/o | urethra |
| -us | no meaning |
| vagin/o | vagina |
| vas/o | vessel |
| ven/o | veins |
| ventr/o | belly/front |
| vertebr/o | vertebra, spine |
| viscer/o | internal organs |
| xanth/o | yellow |
| -y | no meaning |
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