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Medical Terminology
Nervous/ Endocrine - Chapter 12
Word Part | Meaning |
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acr/o | extremities/ arms/ legs |
aden/o | gland |
adren/o | adrenal glands |
andr/o | male/ masculine |
crin/o | secrete |
gigant/o | giant |
gonad/o | gonad |
herni/o | hernia |
home/o | sameness |
hydr/o | water |
insulin/o | insulin |
iod/o | iodine |
myx/o | mucus |
pancreat/o | pancreas |
parathyroid/o | parathyroids |
ren/o | kidney |
somat/o | body |
thyr/o - thyroid/o | thyroid gland |
toxic/o | poison |
vascul/o | vessel |
endo- | inside |
ex- | out/ without/ away from |
exo- | outside/ outward |
para- | near/ beside/ abnormal |
pro- | before/ for |
tetra- | four |
tri- | three |
-crine | secrete |
-gen | beginning/ origin |
-physis | growth |
-tropic | stimulate |
-tropic | stimulate |
-tropin | that which stimulates |
-uria | urine/ urination |
-asthenia | weakness |
-esthesia | sensation/ perception |
-latric / -iatry | medicine |
-kinesia | movement |
-lepsy | seizure |
-mania | excessive preoccupation |
-plegia | paralysis |
-tripsy | surgical crushing |
algesi/o | sensitivity to pain |
audi/o | hearing |
aut/o | self |
blephar/o | eyelid |
cerebell/o | cerebellum |
cerebr/o | cerebrum/ brain |
cervic/o | neck (sometimes cervix uteri |
coccyg/o | coccyx (tailbone) |
crani/o | cranium (skull) |
dacry/o lacrim/o | tear |
dendr/o | tree |
dipl/o | double |
dur/o | dura mater |
encephal/o | brain |
esthesi/o | feeling |
gli/o | neuroglia or a sticky substance |
kerat/o | cornea/ hard/ horny |
kinesi/o | movement |
lumb/o | lower back |
mening/o | meninges |
ment/o - psych/o | mind |
myel/o | bone marrow/ spinal cord |
my/o | muscle |
nacr/o | stupor |
nerv/o - neur/o | nerve |
ocul/o - ophthalm/o | eye |
opt/o - optic/o | vision |
phot/o | light |
phren/o | mind/ diaphragm |
physi/o | nature |
pyr/o | fire |
retin/o | retina |
sacr/o | sacrum |
schist/o - schiz/o | split |
spin/o | spine |
thorac/o | thorax (chest) |
vascul/o | vessel |
agora- | marketplace |
contra- | against |
di- | twice |
hemi- | half |
inter | between |
quadri- | four |
semi- | half/ partly |