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More Terminology
Definitions
| More Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
| contra- | against |
| -algia | pain |
| ambul/o | walk |
| aque/o | water |
| peri- | around |
| -asthenia | weakness, loss of strength |
| hem/o | blood |
| encephal/o | brain |
| circum- | around |
| dendr/o | branching |
| contus/o | bruise |
| cephal/o | head |
| cerebell/o | cerebellum |
| cerebr/o | cerebrum |
| convolut/o | coiled & twisted |
| chrom/o | colour |
| concuss/o | shaken together |
| contra- | opposite, against |
| core/o | pupil |
| corne/o | cornea |
| cortic/o | cortex, outer region |
| crani/o | cranium (skull) |
| -cusis | hearing |
| athet/o | uncontrolled |
| caus/o | burning |
| anis/o | unequal, dissimilar |
| ambly/o | dull, dim |
| eti/o | cause (of disease) |
| dors/o | back |
| dacry/o | tear, tear duct |
| scot/o | darkness |
| necr/o | death |
| -penia | deficiency of ... |
| dendr/o | branching |
| dys- | painful, difficult, bad |
| -ectomy | excision, removal |
| erythr/o | red |
| hyper- | excessive |
| exo- | outward, outside |
| cortex | outer region |
| medulla | inner section |
| -glia | neuroglial tissue - glue |
| cardi/o | heart |
| hemat/o | blood |
| -emia | blood condition |
| hemi- | one half |
| semi- | one half |
| -esthesia | feeling, sensation |
| -asthenia | loss of strenght, weakness |
| epi- | above, upon |
| fove/o | pit |
| eso- | inward |
| exo- | outward |
| extra- | outside |
| hist/o | tissue |
| ger/o | old age, aged |
| phoria- | feeling (mental state) |
| ax/o | mainstream |
| goni/o | angle |
| glauc/o | grey |
| dur/o | dura mater |
| -cele | hernia |
| -tomy | incision, to cut |
| -tome | instrument to cut |
| tom/o | to cut |
| -scope | instrument to view |
| irit/o | iris |
| -itis | inflammation |
| kinesi/o | movement |
| irid/o | iris |
| phac/o | lens |
| -lepsy | seizure |
| ir/o | iris |
| phot/o | light |
| leuk/o | white |
| -malacia | softening |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| mening/o | meninges |
| my/o | muscle |
| neur/i | nervous system, nerve |
| neur/o | nerve, nerve root |
| ocul/o | eye |
| ophthallm/o | eye |
| -opia | vision |
| kerat/o | cornea, hard, horney |
| myc/o | fungus |
| intra- | within, in |
| sulc/o | groove |
| -opsia | vision |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| ot/o | ear |
| cortex | outer region |
| cortic/o | cortex |
| exo- | outside, outer |
| supra- | over, above |
| ecto- | outside, outer |
| -algia | pain |
| para- | beside, beyond |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| synaps/o | point of contact |
| -penia | decrease deficiency |
| -pathy | disease |
| -pexy | surgical fixation |
| poli- | grey matter |
| presby/o | old age |
| -genesis | production of .... |
| pseudo- | false |
| -ptosis | drooping, sagging |
| -ptysis | spitting |
| core/o | pupil |
| radicul/o | nerve root |
| rube/o | red |
| retin/o | retina |
| scler/o | sclera |
| -scope | instrument for viewing |
| -scopy | visual examination |
| -lepsy | seizure |
| py/o | pus |
| pinn/o | external ear |
| somat/o | body |
| -esthesia | feeling, sensation |
| -phoria | feeling (mental state) |
| scler/o | white of eye, hardening |
| plex/o | plexus, network |
| scot/o | darkness |
| -brady | slow |
| -phil | love, attraction |
| concuss/o | shaken together |
| cutane/o | skin |
| sub- | below, under |
| somn/o | sleep |
| cost/o | rib |
| comat/o | deep sleep |
| dermat/o | skin |
| gyr/o | folding, turning |
| -tropia | turning |
| con- | together, with |
| dacry/o | tears, tear duct |
| hypn/o | sleep |
| -opia | vision |
| ton/o | pressure, tone |
| tars/o | edge of eyelid |
| -stomy | surgical opening |
| -somnia | sleep |
| thalam/o | thalamus chamber |
| ventricul/o | ventricle |
| -cusis | hearing (-cusia, audit/o, audi/o, acous/o, -acusis) |
| -acusia | deafness |
| blephar/o | eye lid |
| ophthalm/o | eye |
| -glia | glue, neuroglial tissue |
| glauc/o | grey |
| -opia | vision |
| meat/o | meatus (opening) |
| ocul/o | eye |
| hist/o | tissue |
| -cision | a cutting |
| synaps/o | point of contact |
| sulc/o | groove |
| -desis | surgical fixation, fushion |
| circum-, peri- | around |
| dendro/o | branching |
| convolut/o | coiled & twisted |
| contus/o | bruise |
| core/o | pupil |
| contra- | against, opposite |
| athet/o | uncontrolled |
| ambly/o | dull, dim |
| eti/o | cause (of disease) |
| concuss/o | shaken together |
| dacry/o | tear, tear duct |
| ax/o | mainstream, axis |
| goni/o | angle |
| -cele | hernia, herniation |
| -kinesi/o | movement |
| phac/o | lens |
| phot/o | light |
| myring/o | ear drum |
| -malacia | softening |
| neur/o | nerve, nerve root |
| narc/o | numbness, stupor |
| cortex | outer region |
| presby/o | old age |
| -ptosis | drooping, sagging |
| -ptysis | spitting |
| radicul/o | nerve root |
| -oid | resembling |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| -rrhea | discharge, flow |
| -rrhagia, -rrhage | bursting forth |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -lepsy | seizure |
| py/o | pus |
| erythr/o | red |
| erythem/o | red |
| retin/o | retina |
| dermat/o, cutane/o | skin |
| somn/o, hypn/o | sleep |
| myel/o | spinal cord |
| sympath/o | sympathetic nerve |
| syn- | union, together, joined |
| -tropia | turning |
| con- | together |
| -tome | instrument to cut |
| -tom | to cut |
| asthenia- | weakness, loss of strength |
| thalam/o | thalamus chamber |
| ventricul/o | ventricle |
| xanth/o | yellow (lute/o, jaund/o) |
| -opia | vision |
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