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Da Via Chapter 3
Medical Terminology
| Medical Terminology | Chapter 3 |
|---|---|
| aden/o | gland |
| ather/o | fatty, porridge-like |
| carcin/o | cancer |
| cephal/o | head |
| cerebr/o | cerebrum |
| emes/is | vomiting |
| encephal/o | brain, inside the head |
| fibr/o | fibrous, thread-like fibers |
| hist/o | tissue |
| lei/o | smooth |
| lip/o | fat |
| melan/o | dark pigment |
| mening/o | meninges (covers brain and spinal cord) |
| my/o | muscle |
| myel/o | spinal cord |
| nat/o | birth |
| ne/o | new |
| neur/o | nerve |
| onc/o | tumor |
| oste/o | bone |
| papill/o | small elevation of tissue |
| pariet/o | wall |
| periton/o | peritoneum (membrane that lines the abdominal cavity |
| pleur/o | lung |
| psych/o | mind |
| rhabd/o | rod shaped |
| spin/o | spinal |
| viscer/o | organ |
| anti- | against |
| dys- | difficult, painful |
| hydro- | water |
| neo- | new |
| -algic | adjective ending, pain |
| -blast | embryonic or immature |
| -cele | hernia |
| -ectomy | excision or removal |
| -genesis | generate, develop |
| -malacia | softening |
| -oid | resembling, like |
| -ous | adjective ending, material or condition |
| -pathy | disease |
| -plasia | development |
| -plasm | growth of tissue |
| -tomy | incision |
| -trophy | development |
| -tropic | affecting |
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