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Da Via Chapter 1
Medical Terminology
Chapter 1 | Med Term |
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acr/o | extremities |
anatom/o | body structures |
anter/o | front |
blast/o | immature/embryonic cell |
caud/o | tail |
cephal/o | head |
cyan/o | blue |
cyt/o | cell |
dermat/o, derm/o | skin |
dist/o | distant from origin |
dors/o | back |
epithelia/o | epithelial |
eti/o | cause of disease |
hist/o | tissue |
later/o | side |
leuk/o | white |
medi/o | middle |
megal/o | enlarged |
muc/o | mucus |
pelv/o | pelvis |
physi/o | function |
pleur/o | lung cavity |
abdomin/o | abdomen or tummy |
poster/o | back |
proxim/o | closer to the origin |
ser/o | serum or serous membrane |
thorac/o | thorax |
ventr/o | front |
-centesis | surgical puncture |
-cyte | cell |
-ia | condition |
-ist | a person who |
-itis | inflammation |
-logist | one who studies |
-logy | the study of |
-megaly | enlarged |
-meter | instrument used to measure |
-metry | process of measuring |
-osis | condition or increased number |
-paralysis | loss of movement and feeling |
-pathy | disease |
-tic,-ous, -ic, -al | adjective endings - mealn referring to |
-um, -y, -a, -us | noun endings |