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Medical Termilnology
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| cholangi/o | pertaining to the bile duct |
| chol/o | pertaining to bile or gallbladder |
| col/o or colon/o | pertaining to the large intestine |
| an/o, proct/o, or rect/o | pertaining to the anus or rectum |
| enter/o | pertaining to the small intestine |
| duoden/o | pertaining to the deudenum |
| cholodoch/o | pertaining to the common bile duct |
| cholobyst/o | pertaining to the gallbladder |
| gloss/o or lingu/o | pertaining to the tongue |
| gastr/o | pertaining to the stomach |
| esophag/o | pertaining to the esophagus |
| epiglott/o | pertaining to the epiglotis |
| azot/o | pertaining to nitrogen or urea |
| jejun/o | pertaining to the jejunum |
| ile/o | pertaining to the ileum |
| hepat/o | pertaining to the liver |
| pharyng/o | pertaining to the pharynx |
| cyst/o or vesic/o | pertaining to the bladder or fluid filled sac |
| peritone/o | pertaining to the peritoneum |
| odont/o | pertaining to the teeth |
| troph/o | pertaining to nutrition or growth |
| sial/o | pertaining to saliva |
| nephr/o or ren/o | pertaining to the kidney |
| pyel/o | pertaining to the renal pelvis |
| adren/o or adrena/o | pertaining to the adrenal glands |
| pancreat/o | pertaining to the pancreas |
| lymph/o | pertaining to the lymphatic system |
| hypophys/o | pertaining to the pituitary gland |
| hidr/o | pertaining to sweat or sweat glands |
| lith/o | stone or calculus |
| thyroid/o or thry/o | thyroid gland |
| parathyroid/o | parathyroid gland |
| thym/o | thymus gland |
| ureter/o | uterus |
| onych/o or ungu/o | nail |
| epitheli/o | epithelium |
| cutane/o | skin |
| dermat/o or derm/o | skin |
| antr/o | antrum or cavity |
| acr/o | extremity |
| trich/o | hair |
| sarc/o | soft tissues of the body |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| carp/o | wrist |
| aponeur/o | aponeurosis (type of tendon) |
| arthr/o | joint |
| crani/o | skull |
| cost/o | rib |
| coccyg/o | coccyx |
| clavic/o or clavicul/o | clavicle |
| humer/o | humerous |
| fibul/o | fibula |
| femor/o | femur |
| disc/o | intervertebral disk |
| my/o or myos/o | muscle |
| myel/o | spinal cord |
| maxill/o | maxilla |
| mandibul/o | mandible |
| pyel/o | renal pelvis |
| pelv/i or pelv/o | pelvis |
| oste/o | bone |
| radi/o | radius or x-rays |
| splen/o | spleen |
| Thromb | clot |
| tox or toxico | poison |
| ven/o | vein |
| pub/o | pubis |
| phlang/o | bones of the fingers and toes |
| phlebo | vein |
| stern/o | sternum |
| sacr/o | sacrum |
| tibi/o | tibia |
| ten/o | tendon |
| cubit/o | elbow |
| agglut/o | clump together |
| angi/o | vessel |
| arteri/o | artery |
| cerebell/o | cerebellum |
| cephal/o | head |
| vertebr/o | vertebra |
| spondyl/o | vertebra |
| dur/o | dura mater |
| synovi/o | sheath around a tendon |
| uln/o | ulna (middle lower arm bone) |
| ul/o | scar, scarring |
| encephal/o | brain |
| cortic/o | cortex, outer region |
| cry/o | cold |
| cyan/o | blue |
| diaphor/o | sweat |
| ment/o | mind |
| psych/o | mind |
| mening/o or mening/i | meninges (membrane covering spinal cord & brain) |
| gangli/o | ganglion (collection of nerve cell bodies) |
| hypn/o | sleep |
| ur/o | urine, urinary tract |
| uran/o | palate |
| urethr/o | urethra |
| urin/o | urine |
| phren/o | diaphragm or mind |
| neur/o | nerve |
| schiz/o | split |
| scler/o | sclera (white of the eye) |
| scirrh/o | hard |
| radicul/o | nerve root |
| rachi/o | spinal column; vertebrae |
| radic/o | nerve root |
| rhiz/o | root |
| rhin/o | nose |
| alveol/o | alveolus, air sac |
| amyl/o | starch |
| amni/o | amnion (sac surrounding the embryo) |
| embry/o | organism in the early stages of development |
| cyes/o or cyes/i | pregnancy |
| gravid/o | pregnant |
| colp/o | vagina |
| vagin/o | vagina |
| cervic/o | neck or cervix (neck of uterus) |
| bronch/o | windpipe or airway |
| genit/o | reproduction |
| gon/o | seed |
| fet/o | unborn child, fetus |
| endometri/o | lining of the uterus |
| lact/o | milk |
| hyster/o | uterus or womb |
| metr/o | uterus or womb |
| uter/o | uterus or womb |
| hymen/o | hymen |
| gyn/o | female or woman |
| gynec/o | female or woman |
| nat/o | birth |
| bronchiol/o | bronchioles |
| men/o | menses; menstruation |
| mamm/o | breast |
| mast/o | breast |
| salping/o | fallopian tube |
| puerper/o | childbirth |
| part/o | childbirth |
| par/o | childbirth |
| oophor/o | ovary |
| balan/o | penis |
| andro/o | male |
| ox/o | oxygen |
| diaphragmat/o | diaphragm |
| phren/o | diaphragm |
| prostat/o | prostate gland |
| orch/o | testis |
| orchi/o | testis |
| orchid/o | testis |
| pneum/o | lung |
| pneumat/o | air or gas |
| epididym/o | epidiymis |
| pulmon/o | lung |
| sperm/o | sperm |
| spermat/o | sperm |
| semin/o | semen |
| scrot/o | scrotum |
| anesthesi/o | lack of feeling or sensation |
| aut/o, aur/l or ot/o | ear |
| vas/o | vessel or duct |
| corne/o or kerat/o | cornea |
| conjuntiv/o | conjunctiva |
| ir/o or irid/o | iris |
| blephar/o | eyelid |
| sinus/o | sinus |
| ech/o or son/o | sound |
| dacry/o or lacrim | tear |
| scler/o | sclera |
| laryng/o | larynx |
| trache/o | trachea or windpipe |
| spir/o | to breathe |
| ocul/o | eye |
| opt/o | eye |
| opthalm/o | eye |
| nas/o | nose |
| myring/o | eardrum |
| tympan/o | eardrum |
| lob/o | lobe |
| phon/o | sound or voice |
| phas/o | speech |
| staped/o | stapes (small middle ear bone) |
| optic/o | eye or vision |
| vag/o | vagina |
| sept/o | partition or wall |
| retin/o | retina |
| pupil/o | pupil |
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