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Basic Med Term
Principles
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Cardi | heart |
| neur | nerve |
| hepat | liver |
| gastr | stomach |
| derm | skin |
| oste | bone |
| my | muscle |
| arthr | joint |
| pulmon | lung |
| ren | kidney |
| encephal | brain |
| hemat | blood |
| ophthalm | eye |
| ot | ear |
| rhin | nose |
| or | mouth |
| phleb | vein |
| angi | vessel |
| cyt | cell |
| carcin | cancer |
| path | disease |
| psych | mind |
| ur | urine |
| glyc | sugar |
| lip | fat |
| a-, an- | without |
| hyper- | above normal |
| hypo- | below normal |
| brady- | slow |
| tachy- | fast |
| dys- | bad, painful |
| eu- | normal |
| peri- | around |
| endo- | within |
| epi- | upon |
| sub- | below |
| inter- | between |
| intra- | within |
| pre- | before |
| post- | after |
| anti- | against |
| auto- | self |
| bi- | two |
| tri- | three |
| mono- | one |
| poly- | many |
| micro- | small |
| macro- | large |
| pan- | all |
| neo- | new |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -ectomy | removal |
| -otomy | incision |
| -ostomy | opening |
| -algia | pain |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| -pathy | disease |
| -logy | study of |
| -logist | specialist |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -oma | tumor |
| -penia | deficiency |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -rrhea | flow/discharge |
| -rrhage | bursting forth |
| -scope | instrument to view |
| -scopy | process of viewing |
| -therapy | treatment |
| -uria | urine condition |
| -cyte | cell |
| -genic | producing |
| -lysis | breakdown |
| -malacia | softening |
| -stenosis | narrowing |