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Medical Terminology
Chapter 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| aden/o | gland |
| arthr/o | joint |
| bi/o | life |
| carcin/o | cancer |
| cardi/o | heart |
| cephal/o | head |
| cerebr/o | cerebrum |
| cis/o | to cut |
| crin/o | to secrete |
| cyst/o | urinary bladder |
| cyt/o | cell |
| derm/o | skin |
| electr/o | electricity |
| iatr/o | treatment |
| Leuk/o | white |
| Log/o | study of |
| Nephr/o | nerve |
| Onc/o | tumor |
| Ophthalm/o | eye |
| Oste/o | bone |
| Path/o | disease |
| Ped/o | child |
| Psych/o | mind |
| Radi/o | x-rays |
| Ren/o | kidney |
| Rhin/o | nose |
| Sarc/o | flesh |
| Sect/o | to cut |
| Thromb/o | clot, clotting |
| Ur/o | urinary tract, urine |
| a- | without |
| an- | without |
| aut- | self, own |
| dia- | complete, through |
| end- | within |
| endo- | within |
| epi- | above |
| ex- | outside of |
| exo- | out |
| hyper- | above, excessive |
| hypo- | deficient |
| in- | into |
| Peri- | surrounding, around |
| Pro- | forward, before |
| Re- | backward, back, again |
| Retro- | behind |
| Sub- | below, under |
| Trans- | across, through |
| -ac | pertaining to |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -algia | pain |
| -cyte | cell |
| -ectomy | removal |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -genic | pertaining to, producing, produced by, produced in |
| -globin | protein |
| -gram | record |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -ical | pertaining to |
| -ion | process |
| -ist | specialist |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -logy | process of study |
| -oma | tumor, mass, swelling |
| -opsy | process of viewing |
| -osis | condition |
| -pathy | disease condition |
| -scope | instrument to visually examine |
| -scopy | process of visually examining |
| -sis | state of; condition |
| -tomy | process of cutting, incision |
| -y | process, condition |
| enter/o | intestines |
| erythr/o | red |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| glyc/o | sugar |
| gnos/o | knowledge |
| gynec/o | female |
| hemat/o | blood |
| hem | blood |
| hepat/o | liver |