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Green Terminology
Meanings
| Terminology | Meaning |
|---|---|
| a or an | without, not |
| abdomin/o | abdomen |
| aden/o | gland |
| -algia, -algesia | pain |
| an/o | anus |
| angi/o | vessel |
| ante- | before, in front of |
| arthr/o | joint |
| choledoch/o | bile duct |
| bilirubin/o | bilirubin |
| anthrac/o | black |
| hem/o | blood |
| brachi/o | arm |
| cec/o | cecum |
| -centesis | surgical puncture |
| melan/o | black |
| hemat/o | blood |
| cepal/o | head |
| cheil/o | lip |
| chol/e | bile gall |
| cholangi/o | bile vessel |
| choledoch/o | bile duct |
| -clasis | break, fracture, refracture |
| col/o | colon (colon/o) |
| dactyl/o | fingers & toes, diget |
| decidul/o | falling off, shedding |
| -desis | binding, fixation (bones & joints) fushion |
| odont/o | teeth |
| duoden/o | duodenum (1st. part sm. intestines) |
| dys- | painful, difficult, bad, abnormal |
| -ectasis | dilation, expansion |
| -ectomy | excision, removal |
| -megaly | enlargement (mega-, megal/o) |
| enter/o | intestines (sm.) |
| epi- | above, on top of, upon |
| endo- | within, in |
| esophag/o | esophagus |
| hyper- | excessive |
| supra- | excessive |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| calcane/o | calcaneum (heel bone) |
| -blast | embryonic cell |
| hiat/o | opening |
| corpor/o | body |
| acromi/o | acromion |
| divert/i | turning aside, bypass |
| somat/o | body |
| -emesis | vomit |
| faci/o | face |
| phalang/o | bones of toes & fingers |
| quadr/o | five |
| pod/o | foot |
| quint/o | four |
| cholecyst/o | gallbladder |
| cholelith/o | gallstones |
| ped/i | childs foot |
| tetra- | four |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| gloss/o | tongue |
| -gram | record, writing |
| -graph | instrument to record |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| chlor/o | green |
| lingu/o | tongue |
| hematemesis | vomiting blood |
| hepat/o | liver |
| -cele | hernia of, herniation, swelling |
| humer/o | humerus (upper arm) |
| hypo- | under, deficiency, less than |
| ile/o | ileum (3rd part sm. intestine) |
| -tomy | incision |
| -itis | inflammation |
| meter- | instrument of measuring |
| maxill/o | jaw (upper bone) |
| arthr/o | joint |
| leuk/o | white |
| lithiasis | abnormal stones |
| hepat/o | liver |
| -malacia | softening |
| mandibul/o | mandible (lower jaw bone) |
| meta- | change |
| my/o | muscle |
| myel/o | spinal cord, bone marrow |
| -ology | study of ... |
| -oma | tumor |
| uni- | one |
| orth/o | straight |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| oste/o | bone |
| -ostomy | surgical opening |
| pancreat/o | pancreas |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| or/o | mouth |
| ischi/o | ischium (lower hip bone) |
| lamin/o | lamina (thin flat layer or membrance) |
| kypo/o | humpback |
| ili/o | ilium (upper, flaring part of hip) |
| leiomy/o | smooth muscle |
| -orexia | appetite |
| patell/o | patella (kneecap) |
| -pathy | disease |
| pelv/i | pelvis |
| peps/o | digestion |
| -pepsia | digestion, digest |
| -ar, -ial, -ary-, -tic | pertaining to ... |
| -pexy | surgical fixation |
| pharyng/o | pharynx (throat) |
| -plasty | plastic, surgical repair |
| proct/o | rectum |
| pylor/o | pylorus |
| rachi/o | spine |
| erythr/o | red |
| rhabdomyl/o | rod shaped muscle |
| eosin/o | rose, dawn coloured |
| -rrhagia | bursting forth |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| -rrhea | discharge, flow |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| rug/o | wrinkle, fold |
| -schisis | a splitting, cleft, fissure |
| -scope | instrument for examining |
| -scopy | process of visual examination |
| sial/o | saliva, saliva gland |
| sigmoid/o | sigmoid colon |
| crani/o | skull |
| -malacia | softening |
| esophagaspasm | spasm of the esophagus |
| scoli/o | spinal curvature |
| lord/o | curved, sway back |
| spondyl/o | vertebrae (conditions of structure) |
| splen/o | spleen |
| stern/o | sternum (breast bone) |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| orth/o | straight |
| -sub | under, below |
| palat/o | palate |
| rhabd/o | rod-shaped (striated) |
| -tropin | stimulate |
| -tresia | opening |
| pub/o | pubis |
| pepsia- | digestion |
| -pandial | meal |
| -phagia | eating, swallowing |
| dent/o | teeth |
| tempor/o | temporal |
| -deca | ten |
| tendon/o | tendon |
| -tri | three |
| throac/o | chest |
| -tome | instrument to cut |
| -tom | to cut |
| throax- | chest |
| onc/o | tumor |
| -infra | under, below (hypo, sub) |
| albin/o | white (leuk/o) |
| xanth/o | yellow (jaund/o, lute/o, cirrh/o) |
| extra- | outside |
| supra- | above, excessive, superior |
| exo- | outside, outward (ecto-) |
| infra- | under below |
| intra- | within, in (endo-) |
| phe/o | dark, dusky |
| melan/o | black, dark |
| uvul/o | uvula (little grape) |
| vill/o | tuff of hair |
| tal/o | ankle |
| tibi/o | tibia (lg. lower leg bone) |
| roentgen/o | x-ray |
| radi/o (r) | radius (lower arm bone / thumb side) |
| radi/o | radiation, x-ray, radius |
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