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Med Term
My assignment
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Root Words and Combining Forms | Root Words and Combining Forms |
| 1.abdomin/o | abdomen |
| 2.acid/o | acid |
| 3.acoust/o | hearing |
| 4.acr/o | extremity |
| 5.aden/o | gland |
| 6.adip/o | fat |
| 7.aer/o | air |
| 8.ambly/o | dull |
| 9.amni/o | amnion |
| 10.andr/o | male |
| 11.angi/o | vessel |
| 12.ankyl/o | stiff |
| 13.an/o | anus |
| 14.append/o | appendix |
| 15.aort/o | aorta |
| 16.arteri/o | artery |
| 17.arthr/o | joint |
| 18.ather/o | fatty |
| 19.audi/o | hearing |
| 20.aur/o | ear |
| 21.calc/i | calcium |
| 22.carcin/o | cancer |
| 23.cardi/o | heart |
| 24.cephal/o | head |
| 25.cerebr/o | brain |
| 26.cervic/o | neck |
| 27.cheil/o | lip |
| 28.chem/o | chemical |
| 29.chol/o | bile |
| 30.chondr/o | cartilage |
| 31.coccyg/o | tailbone |
| 32.colon/o | colon |
| 33.colp/o | vagina |
| 34.cori/o | pupil |
| 35.cost/o | rib |
| 36.crani/o | skull |
| 37.crypt/o | hidden |
| 38.cutan/o | skin |
| 39.cyst/o | bladder |
| 40.cyt/o | cell |
| 41.dacry/o | tear |
| 42.dactyl/o | finger or toe |
| 43.derm/o | skin |
| 44.dent/i | tooth |
| 45.dipl/o | double |
| 46.duoden/o | duodenum |
| 47.electr/o | electricity |
| 48.encephal/o | brain |
| 49.enter/o | intestine |
| 50.erythrocyt/o | red blood cell |
| 51.esophag/o | esophagus |
| 52.fibr/o | fiber |
| 53.fibul/o | fibula |
| 54.galact/o | milk |
| 55.gastr/o | stomach |
| 56.gen/o | origin |
| 57.genit/o | genital |
| 58.ger/o | old age |
| 59.gingiv/o | gums |
| 60.gloss/o | tongue |
| 61.hemat/o | blood |
| 62.hepat/o | liver |
| 63.hidr/o | sweat |
| 64.hist/o | tissue |
| 65.hydr/o | water |
| 66.hyster/o | uterus |
| 67.ile/o | ileum |
| 68.immun/o | protect |
| 69.irid/o | iris |
| 70.kerat/o | cornea |
| Prefix | Prefix |
| 1.hyper- | above, excessive |
| 2.ante- | before |
| 3.dys- | painful, abnormal, difficult, labored |
| 4.macro- | large, long |
| 5.inter- | between |
| 6.amnios- | amnion, amniotic fluid |
| 7.a-, an- | not, without; negates meaning |
| 8.bi-, bin- | two, twice, double |
| 9.epi- | on, upon, over |
| 10.meta- | after, beyond, change |
| 11.ad- | toward, at, increase, on, toward |
| 12.hemi- | half |
| 13.eu- | normal, good |
| 14.de- | from, down, away from |
| 15.intra- | within, in |
| 16.ab- | away from; from |
| 17.brady- | slow |
| 18.end- / endo- | within, in |
| 19.micro- | small |
| 20.anti- | against, opposing |
| 21.nulli- | none |
| 22.pachy- | thick |
| 23.pan- | all, total |
| 24.para- | beside, beyond, around, abnormal |
| 25.per- | through |
| 26.peri- | surrounding, outer |
| 27.poly- | many, much |
| 28.post- | after |
| 29.pre- | before |
| 30.pro- | before |
| 31.sub- | below, under |
| 32.supra- | above |
| 33.sym- | together, joined |
| 34.syn- | together, joined |
| 35.tachy- | fast, rapid |
| 36.trans- | through, across, beyond |
| 37.tri- | three |
| 38.uni- | one |
| 39.neo- | new |
| Suffixes | Suffixes |
| 1.-a | noun ending, no meaning |
| 2.-ac | pertaining to |
| 3.-ad | toward |
| 4.-algia | pain |
| 5.-amnios | amnion, amniotic fluid |
| 6.-apheresis | removal |
| 7.-ar | pertaining to |
| 8.-ary | pertaining to |
| 9.-asthenia | weakness |
| 10.-carcinoma | cancerous tumor |
| 11.-cele | hernia, swelling |
| 12.-centesis | surgical puncture |
| 13.-crine | to secrete |
| 14.-cyesis | pregnancy |
| 15.-cyte | cell |
| 16.-desis | surgical fixation |
| 17.-drome | running |
| 18.-e | noun ending |
| 19.-eal | pertaining to |
| 20.-ectasis | dilation, expansion |
| 21.-ectomy | surgical removal |
| 22.-emesis | vomiting |
| 23.-emia | in the blood |
| 24.-esis | condition |
| 25.-gen | substance that produces |
| 26.-genic | producing, causing |
| 27.-gram | record, image |
| 28.-graph | instrument used to record |
| 29.-graphy | process of recording |
| 30.-ia | condition |
| 31.-iasis | condition |
| 32.-iatrist | specialist |
| 33.-iatry | specialty, treatment |
| 34.-ic | pertaining to |
| 35.-ictal | seizure, attack |
| 36.-ior | pertaining to |
| 37.-ism | state of |
| 38.-itis | inflammation |
| 39.-logist | specialist |
| 40.-logy | study of |
| 41.-lysis | loosening, dissolving |
| 42.-malacia | softening |
| 43.-megaly | enlargement |
| 44.-meter | instrument to measure |
| 45.-metry | process of measuring |
| 46.-oid | resembling |
| 47.-oma | tumor |
| 48.-opia | vision |
| 49.-opsy | viewing |
| 50.-osis | abnormal codition |
| 51.-ous | pertaining to |
| 52.-paresis | slight paralysis |
| 53.-pathy | disease |
| 54.-penia | abnormal reduction |
| 55.-pepsia | digestion |
| 56.-pexy | surgical fixation |
| 57.-phagia | eating, swallowing |
| 58.-phobia | abnormal fear |
| 59.-physis | growth |
| 60.-plasia | formation, development |
| 61.-plasm | growth, substance |
| 62.-plasty | surgical repair |
| 63.-plegia | paralysis |
| 64.-pnea | breathing |
| 65.-poiesis | formation |
| 66.-ptosis | drooping |
| 67.-rrhage | excessive bleeding |
| 68.-rrhagia | condition of bleeding |
| 69.-rrhaphy | suturing |
| 70.-rhea | discharge, flow |
| 71.-rrhexis | rupture |
| 72.-salpinx | fallopian tube |
| 73.-sarcoma | malignant tumor |
| 74.-schisis | split, fissure |
| 75.-sclerosis | hardening |
| 76.-scope | instrument for viewing |
| 77.-scopic | pertaining to viewing |
| 78.-scopy | process of viewing |
| 79.-spasm | involuntary contraction |
| 80.-stasis | stopping, controlling |
| 81.-stenosis | narrowing |
| 82. -stomy | artificial opening |
| 83.-thorax | chest |
| 84.-tocia | labor, birth |
| 85.-tome | instrument to cut |
| 86.-tomy | incision |
| 87.-tripsy | surgical crushing |
| 88.-trophy | nourishment, development |
| 89.-um | no meaning |
| 90.-uria | urine |
| 91.-us | no meaning |
| 92.-ectasis | dilation |
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