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Medical Terminology
Nervous/ Endocrine - Chapter 12
| Word Part | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 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 |
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