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Medical Term. I
Chappters 1 & 2
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| gastr/o | stomach |
| mamm/o, mast/o | breast |
| dermat/o, cutane/o | skin |
| cardi/o | heart |
| oste/o | bone |
| neur/o | nerve |
| ot/o | ear |
| abdomin/o | abdomen |
| blephar/o | eyelid |
| trache/o | trachea |
| angi/o | vessel |
| hem/o, hemat/o | blood |
| col/o | colon |
| myle/o | bone marrow, spinal cord |
| my/o | muscle |
| lith/o | stone |
| hepat/o | liver |
| aden/o | gland |
| enter/o | small inestine |
| phob/o | exaggerated fear |
| sler/o | hard |
| ur/o | urine |
| nephr/o | kidney |
| cephal/o | head |
| hist/o | tissue |
| leuk/o | white |
| py/o | pus |
| erythr/o | red |
| arthr/o | red |
| carcin/o | cancer |
| appen/o | appendix |
| cerebr/o | brain |
| pulmon/o, pulm/o | lungs |
| tonsill/o | tonsil |
| chir/o | hand |
| cerebell/o | cerebellum |
| cervic/o | cervix |
| crani,o | cranium (skull) |
| dur/o | dura mater |
| ment/o, psych/o | mind |
| mening/o | meninges |
| spin/o | spine |
| thorac/o | thorax (chest) |
| lumb/o | lower back |
| amni/o | amniotic sac |
| -ac, -al, -ar, -ary, -eal, -ous, -ic, -tic | pertaining to |
| -algia, -dynia | pain |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -lith | stone |
| -malacia | soft, softening |
| -mania | excessive preoccupation |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -oma | tumor |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| -pathy | disease |
| -penia | deficiency |
| -phobia | abnormal fear |
| -ptosis | prolapse, sagging |
| -rrhage, -rrhagia | excessive bleeding, hemmorhage |
| -rrhea | flow, discharge |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -spasm | twitching, cramp |
| -stasis | stopping, controlling |
| -cele | hernia |
| -edema | swelling |
| -emesis | vomiting |
| -ia, -iasis | condition |
| -logist | specialist |
| -logy | specialty |
| -ia, -ism | condition or theory |
| -ose | sugar |
| -iac | one who suffers |
| -opia | vision |
| -ase | enzyme |
| -phasia | speech |
| -phagia | eating |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -kinesia | movement |
| -estheia | feeling |
| -lepsy | seizure |
| a-, an- | without |
| ab- | away from |
| ad- | toward |
| ante-, pre- | before |
| anti- | against |
| brady- | slow |
| tachy- | fast |
| dia-, trans- | through, across |
| dys- | painful, difficult, faulty, bad |
| olgia- | few, scanty, deficient |
| ecto-, exo-, extra- | out, away |
| epi- | upon |
| hemi- | half |
| hyper- | excessive, above |
| hypo- | below, deficient |
| inter- | between |
| micro- | small |
| mono-, uni- | one |
| multi- | many |
| neo- | new |
| nulli- | none |
| peri- | surrounding |
| poly- | many |
| post- | after |
| sub- | below |
| super-, supra- | above, excessive |
| mal- | bad |
| para- | near |
| eu- | normal |
| macro- | large |
| bi- | two |
| tri- | three |
| semi- | partly |
| quadri- | four |
| -ectomy | surgical removal |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -pexy | surgical fixation |
| -centesis | surgical punction |
| -lysis | process of loosening, freeing, or destroying |
| -rraphy | suture |
| -scopy | visual examination |
| -stomy | formation of an opening |
| -tomy | surgical incision |
| -tripsy | surgical crushing |
| -tome | instrument |
| -graphy | radiographic examination |
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