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MedTerm 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| acoust/o | hearing |
| actin/o | ray |
| ambly/o | dull |
| anis/o | unequal |
| balan/o | glans |
| calcane/o | heel bone |
| caud/o | tail |
| cec/o | cecum |
| fluor/o | fluorescence |
| galact/o | milk |
| hist/o | tissue |
| ischi/o | hip |
| jejun/o | jejunum |
| kel/o | tumor |
| ket/o | ketone |
| kinesi/o, kincsi o | motion |
| labyrinth/o | maze |
| lapar/o | flank, abdomen |
| lei/o | smooth |
| lumb/o | loin |
| mening/o | membrane |
| menic/o | crescent shape |
| micturit/o | urinate |
| mitr/o | mitral valve |
| myc/o | fungus |
| myel/o | spinal cord |
| myring/o | membrane |
| nyct/o | night |
| nyctal/o | blind, night |
| osm/o | smell |
| papill/o | papilla |
| phim/o | muscle |
| ptyal/o | salvia |
| radiat/o | radiant |
| radicul/o | root |
| rhabd/o | rod |
| rhytid/o | wrinkle |
| salping/o | tube |
| sanguin/o | blood |
| scapul/o | scapula |
| scot/o | dark |
| sial/o | saliva |
| tars/o | ankle bone |
| terat/o | monster |
| thalass/o | sea |
| than/o | death |
| toc/o | birth |
| ungu/o | nail |
| ur/o | urine |
| uve/o | uvea |
| vag/o | vagus nerve, wondering |
| vener/o | desire, love (sexual intercourse) |
| viril/o | masculine |
| vitre/o | vitreous humor |
| xanth/o | yellow |
| xen/o | alien, foreign |
| xiph/o | sword |
| zo/o | animal |
| zon/o | encircling area |
| zyg/o | joined |
| encephal/o | brain |
| enter/o | intestine |
| epididym/o | epididymis |
| episi/o | vulva, pudenda |
| esthesi/o | feeling |
| dendr/o | branched |
| derm/o | skin |
| dilat/o | widen |
| dos/i | giving |
| dur/o | hard |
| a-, an- | no, not |
| ab- | away from |
| ad- | toward, at, increasing |
| ante- | before |
| anti- | against, opposing |
| bi-, bin- | two, twice, double |
| brady | slow |
| de- | down, away from |
| dia- | through, complete |
| dys- | painful, abnormal |
| endo- | within |
| epi- | on, upon, over |
| eu- | normal, good |
| hemi- | half |
| hyper- | above, excessive |
| inter- | between |
| intra- | within, in |
| macro- | large, long |
| micro- | small |
| multi- | many |
| neo- | new |
| nulli- | none |
| pachy- | thick, thickening, thickened |
| pan- | all, total |
| para- | beside, beyond, around, abnormal |
| per- | through |
| peri- | surrounding, outer |
| poly- | many, much |
| post- | after |
| pre- | before |
| pro- | before |
| sub- | below, under |
| supra- | above |
| sym-, syn- | together, joined |
| tachy- | fast, rapid |
| trans- | through, across, beyond |
| tri- | three |
| uni- | one |
| -a | noun ending, no meaning |
| -ac | pertaining to |
| -ad | toward |
| -algia | pain |
| -amnios | amnion, amniotic fluid |
| -apheresis | removal |
| -ar | pertaining to |
| -ary | pertaining to |
| -asthenia | weakness |
| -carcinoma | cancerous tumor |
| -cele | protrusion, swelling |
| -centesis | surgical puncture to aspirate fluid |
| -crine | to secrete |
| -cyesis | pregnancy |
| -cyte | cell |
| -desis | surgical fixture, fusion |
| -drome | run, running |
| -e | noun ending, no meaning |
| -eal | pertaining to |
| -ectasis | stretching out, dilation, expansion |
| -ectomy | excision, surgical removal, cut out |
| -emesis | vomiting |
| -emia | in the blood |
| -esis | condition |
| -gen | substance or agent that produces or causes |
| -genic | producing, originating, causing |
| -gram | the record, radiographic image |
| -graph | instrument used to record; the record |
| -graphy | process of recording, radiographic imaging |
| -ia | condition of, diseased state |
| -iasis | condition |
| -iatrist | specialist |
| -iatry | specialty, treatment |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -ictal | seizure, attack |
| -ior | pertaining to |
| -ism | state of |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -logist | specialist who studies and treats |
| -logy | study of |
| -lysis | separating, loosening, dissolution |
| -malacia | softening |
| -megaly | enlarged, enlargement |
| -meter | instrument used to measure |
| -metry | measuring, process of measuring |
| -oid | resembling |
| -oma | tumor, swelling |
| -opia | vision |
| -opsy | viewing, process of viewing |
| -osis | abnormal condition, increased number |
| -ous | pertaining to |
| -paresis | slight paralysis |
| -pathy | disease |
| -penia | abnormal reduction |
| -pepsia | digestion |
| -pexy | surgical fixation, suspension |
| -phagia | swallowing, eating |
| -phobia | aversion, abnormal fear |
| -physis | growth |
| -plasia | formation, development, growth |
| -plasm | growth, substance, formation |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -pnea | breathing |
| -poiesis | formation |
| -ptosis | prolapse, drooping |
| -rrhage | excessive bleeding |
| -rrhagia | condition of excessive bleeding |
| -rrhaphy | repairing, suturing |
| -rrhea | discharge, flow |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -salpinx | fallopian tube, uterine tube |
| -sarcoma | malignant tumor |
| -schisis | split, fissure |
| -sclerosis | hardening |
| -scope | instrument used for visual examination |
| -scopic | pertaining to visual examination |
| -scopy | process of visually examining |
| -spasm | sudden, involuntary contraction of muscle |
| -stasis | stop, control, standing |
| -stenosis | constriction, narrowing |
| -stomy | creation of artificial opening |
| -thorax | chest cavity, chest |
| -tocia | labor, birth |
| -tome | instrument used to cut |
| -tomy | incision, cut into |
| -tripsy | surgical crushing |
| -trophy | nourishment, development |
| -um | no meaning |
| -uria | urine, urination |
| -us | no meaning |