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Medical Terminology
For Hope College
| Terminology | Definition |
|---|---|
| An- | Without, not |
| Ab- | away from |
| Acro- | top, beginning |
| Ad- | toward |
| Bi- | two, both |
| Brady- | slow |
| Chole- | bile |
| Circum- | around, about |
| Cirrh- | yellow |
| Cyano- | blue |
| Dia- | through, complete |
| Diplo- | Double |
| Dis- | not, absent |
| Dys- | abnormal, impaired |
| Epi- | upon, on, above |
| Eryth/r/o- | red |
| Eu- | good, normal |
| Hemi- | half |
| Hyper- | excessive |
| Hypo- | deficient, under |
| A- | Away from, without |
| Intra- | within, into |
| Leuk/o- | white |
| Mean/o- | black |
| My/o- | muscle |
| Olig- | few |
| Ortho- | straight, upright |
| Para- | near, beside, abnormal |
| Peri- | surrounding |
| Poly- | many, much |
| Post- | after, behind |
| Pre- | before, in front of |
| Prim/i- | first |
| Re- | back, again |
| Retro- | behind, backward |
| Sclera/o- | hard |
| Sub- | under, beneath |
| Super- | above, upper |
| Supra- | above, upper |
| Tachy- | fast |
| Angi/o | vessel |
| Brachi/o | arm |
| Bronch/o | bronchus |
| Cardi/o | heart |
| Cephal/o | head |
| Cervic/o | neck |
| Cholecyst/o | gallbladder |
| Chondr/o | cartilage |
| Cleid/o | clavicle |
| Colp/o | vagina |
| Col/o | colon |
| Cost/o | rib |
| Crani/o | skull |
| Cyst/o | sac, bladder |
| Cyt/o | cell |
| Derm | skin |
| Gastr/o | stomach |
| Gloss/o | tongue |
| Hem/o | blood |
| Hepat/o | liver |
| Laryng/o | larynx |
| Lymph/o | lymph |
| Mast/o | breast |
| Myc/o | fungus |
| Nas/o | nose |
| Nephr/o | kidney |
| Neur/o | nerve |
| Ocul/o | eye |
| Onych/o | nail |
| Opthalm/o | eye |
| Oste/o | bone |
| Ot/o | ear |
| Phleb/o | vein |
| Pneum/o | lung, air |
| Proct/o | rectum |
| Ptosis | dropping |
| Py/o | pus |
| Rhin/o | nose |
| Splen/o | spleen |
| Thorac/o | chest, thorax |
| Thromb/o | blood clot |
| Trache/o | trachea |
| Trich/o | hair |
| Ur/o | urine |
| Vas/o | vessel, duct |
| -algia | pain |
| -cele | swelling, herneation |
| -centesis | surgical puncture |
| -dynia | pain |
| -ectomy | surgical removal |
| -esthesia | sensation, feeling |
| -genic | formation producing |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -gram | record or picture |
| -ism | condition |
| -itis | inflammation or disease of |
| -logy | study of |
| -malacia | softening of tissues |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -necrosis | death of cell or cell group |
| -oma | tumor |
| -osis | condition |
| -pathy | disease |
| -penia | decrease in, deficiency |
| -phagia | eating |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -pnea | breathing |
| -ptosis | drooping |
| -rrhagia/rhage | excessive flow |
| -rrhaphy | suturing |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -rhea | flow or discharge |
| -stasis | stopping, controlling |
| -sclerosis | thickening or hardening |
| -scopy | viewing, observation |
| -stenosis | narrowing of a duct |
| -stomy | surgical new opening |
| -tomy | incision into |
| -uria | addition to or kind of urine |
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