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Med Term 4
Chapter 4 Med Term
Term | Definition |
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the/o | to put, place |
son/o | sound |
somn/o | sleep |
seps/o | infection |
pub/o | pubis (pubic bone) |
ox/o | oxygen |
nect/o | to bind, tie, connect |
norm/o | rule, order |
nat/i | birth, labor |
mort/o | death |
immun/o | protection |
gloss/o | tongue |
furc/o | forking, branching |
flex/o | to bend |
duct/o | to lead, carry |
cutane/o | skin |
dactyl/o | fingers, toes |
cost/o | ribs |
cib/o | meals |
carp/o | wrist bone |
-stasis | stopping, controlling |
-lysis | breakdown, separation, destruction |
-plasia | development, growth, formation |
-rrhea | flow, discharge |
-pnea | breathing |
-plasm | structure or formation |
-physis | to grow |
-phoria | to bear, carry, feeling |
-partum | birth, labor |
-oxia | oxygen |
-or | one who |
-mission | to send |
-meter | to measure |
-lapse | to slide, fall, sag |
-gen | substance that produces |
-fusion | coming together |
-drome | to run |
-crine | to secrete |
-blast | embryonic, immature |
uni- | one |
ultra- | beyond, excess |
trans- | through, across |
tachy- | fast |
syn-, sym- | together, with |
supra- | above, upper |
retro- | behind, backward |
re- | back, again |
pros- | before, forward |
pro- | before, forward |
pre- | before, in front of |
post- | after, behind |
poly- | many |
per- | through |
para- | abnormal, beside, near |
pan- | all |
neo- | new |
micro- | small |
meta- | change, beyond |
mal- | bad |
macro- | large |
intra- | within, in, into |
inter- | between |
infra- | below, under |
in- | not, in, within |
hemi- | half |
ex- | out, outside |
eu- | good, normal |
epi- | above, upon |
endo- | within |
ec-, ecto- | outside, out |
dys- | difficult, painful |
dia- | through, complete |
de- | down, lack of |
contra- | against, opposite |
con- | with, together |
cata- | down |
brady- | slow |
bi- | two |
anti- | against |
ante- | before, forward |
ana- | up, apart |
ad- | toward |
ab- | away from |
tox/o | poison |
top/o | position, place, location |
thyr/o | thyroid gland |