Medical Terminology Basic Word Structure
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| Root | Foundation of the term
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| Suffix | word ending
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| Prefix | word beginning
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| Combining vowel | vowel (usually o) that links the root to the suffix or to another root
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| combining form | Combination of the root and combining vowel
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| Combining rule | Drop to combining 'o' if the next letter is also a vowel
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| aden/o | gland
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| arthr/o | joint
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| bi/o | life
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| carcin/o | cancerous, cancer
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| cardi/o | heart
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| cephal/o | head
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| cerebr/o | cerebrum (largest part of the brain)
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| cis/o | to cut
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| crin/o | to secrete
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| cyst/o | urinary bladder; sac or cyst
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| cyt/o | cell
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| derm/o or dermat/o | skin
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| electr/o | elecricity
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| encephal/o | brain
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| enter/o | intestines (usually used when referring to the small intestines)
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| erythr/o | red
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| gastr/o | stomach
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| glyc/o | sugar (glucose)
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| gnos/o | knowledge
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| gynec/o | woman, female
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| hemat/o or hem/o | blood
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| hepat/o | liver
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| iatr/o | treatment, physician
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| leuk/o | white
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| log/o | study of
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| nephr/o | kidney
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| onc/o | tumor, cancer
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| ophthalm/o | eye
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| oste/o | bone
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| path/o | disease
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| ped/o | child
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| psych/o | mind
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| radi/o | x-rays
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| ren/o | kidney
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| rhin/o | nose
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| sarc/o | flesh
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| sect/o | to cut
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| thromb/o | clot
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| ur/o | urinary tract
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| The way to determine meaning of medical terms | Read the terms contents from right to left eg: transhepatic
ic(pertaining to)
hepato (liver)
trans (through)
So - pertaining to through the liver.
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