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MED TERM LINK 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| aden o | gland |
| arthr o | joint |
| bi o | life |
| carcin o | cancer cancerous |
| cardi o | heart |
| cephal o | head |
| cerebr o | cerebrum largest part of the brain |
| cyst o | urinary bladder |
| cyt o | cell |
| derm o | skin |
| dermat o | skin |
| electr o | electricty |
| encephal o | brain |
| enter o | intestines often the small intestine |
| erythr o | red |
| gastr o | stomach |
| gnos o | knowledge |
| gynec o | woman female gynecology |
| hem o hemat o | blood |
| hepat o | liver |
| lapar o | abdomen area between the chest and hip |
| leuk o | white |
| nephr o | kidney |
| neur o | nerve |
| onc o | tumor |
| ophthalm o | eye |
| oste o | bone |
| path o | disease |
| psych o | mind |
| ren o | kidney |
| rhin o | nose |
| sarc o | flesh |
| thromb o | clotting |
| al | pertaining to |
| algia | pain |
| cyte | cell |
| ectomy | cutting out removal excision |
| emia | blood condition |
| globin | protein |
| gram | record |
| ia | condition |
| ic | pertaining to |
| ism | condition,process |
| itis | inflammation |
| logist | specialist in the study of |
| logy | study of |
| oma | tumor mass |
| opsy | to view |
| osis | abnormal condition |
| scope | instrument to visually examine |
| scopy | process of visual examination |
| sis | state of |
| tomy | process of cutting into;incision |
| a-;an | no,not |
| aut | self |
| dia | complete through |
| dys | bad painful difficult abnormal |
| endo | within |
| exo | outside |
| hyper | excessive more than normal too much |
| hypo | below less than normal under |
| pro | before forward |
| re | back |
| retro | behind |
| sub | below under |
| trans | across through |
| cardiology | study of the heart |
| dermatology | study of the skin |
| endocrinology | study of the endocrine glands |
| gastroenterology | study of the stomach and intestines |
| gynecology | study of women and womens diseases |
| hematology | study of the blood |
| neurology | study of the nerves and the brain and spinal cord |
| oncology | study of tumors cancerous or malignant diseases |
| ophthalmology | study of the eye |
| pathology | study of the disease |
| psychology | study of the mind |
| rheumatology | study of joint diseases |
| words ending in a | retain the a and add e |
| words ending in is | drop the ie and add es |
| words ending in ex | drop the ex and add ices |
| words ending in on | drop the on and add a |
| words ending in um | drop the um and a |
| words ending in us | drop the us add i |