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Medical terms

med terms and prefixes

TermDefinition
Gastr/o Stomach
Cardi/o Heart
Megaly Enlarged
Itis Inflammation
Plasty Surgical repair
pathy disease
ectomy surgical removal
enter intestines
otomy cut into
hepat/o liver
arthr/o joint
ologist specialist
malacia abnormal softening
ology study of
algia pain and suffering
end/o inside, within
hyper above, more than normal
hypo below
scopy observe
ostomy create an opening
cyan/o blue
hem(at) blood
my/o muscle
costal rib
gram record
rrhexis rupture
supra above
dys pain, bad, difficult
rrhaphy suture
osis abnormal condition
cyt/o cell
leuk/o white
steno narrow, contracted
erythr/o red
melan/o black
oto ear
sub under, beneath
myel/o bone marrow, spinal cord
sclerosis abnormal hardening
endo within
peri about, around
trauma wound
pre in front of, before
neo new
post after
neuro nerve (nervous system)
ab away from, not
intra within or inside
inter between
infra beneath
arteri/o artery
appendic appendix
laryng larynx/throat
ile ileum (small intestine)
ili ilium (hip bone)
necrosis tissue death
rrhage burst, burst forth
rrhea flow, discharge
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