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medical terminology
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| adeno | gland |
| calculi | stones |
| cele | tumor |
| cyto | cell |
| glyco | sugar |
| homeo | same |
| lingua | tongue |
| lip | fat |
| lith | stone |
| madaro | hair |
| psych | mind |
| pyo | pus |
| radi | study of radiation |
| thermic | heat |
| arthro | joint inflammation |
| carpo | wrist |
| chondro | cartilage |
| costa | intercostal between ribs/rib |
| cranio | skull |
| dactyl | finger |
| ili | hip |
| manus | hand |
| myel | marrow/tumor/bone marrow |
| myoedema | muscle swelling |
| ortho | straighten |
| osteo | bone |
| pedi | foot |
| spondyl | vertebrae |
| cutis | skin |
| dent | teeth |
| derma | skin |
| hapsia | touch |
| odont | teeth |
| onco | tumor |
| onychia | nail bed |
| angio | vessel |
| aortal | main artery |
| arterio | artery |
| cardio | heart |
| cardiology | study of heart |
| emboli | vessel obstruction |
| ) | blood (flowing in a blood vessel) |
| anemia | without blood (diminished blood flow in a blood vessel) |
| hema | blood |
| hematoma | blood tumor |
| phleb | vein |
| thrombo | blood clot |
| varico | twisted veins |
| vaso | blood vessel |
| vena | vein |
| vena cava | large vein |
| ventricu | heart cavity |
| broncho | bronchi/airway |
| cili | hairlike |
| ciliogenesis | cili forming |
| ectasis | expansion |
| laryngo | larynx voice box |
| laryngitis | inflammation |
| naso | nose |
| oro | mouth |
| oxy | oxygen |
| pector | breast/chest |
| pleura | rib side/ lung lining |
| pneumo | lung |
| ptysis | to spit |
| pulmo | lungs |
| rhin | nose |
| tracheo | windpipe |
| creatinine | waste in urine |
| cysto | bladder |
| glomerulo | nephron part/little ball |
| nephro | kidney |
| peritoneo | lining of abdominal organs |
| pyelo | pelvis |
| reni | kidney |
| uretero | ureter |
| urethro | urethra |
| uri | urine |
| uric | pertaining to urine |
| urina | urine |
| uro | urine |