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MED TERM
Medical Terminatator
Term | Definition |
---|---|
Arthr/o | joint |
Rhin/o | nose |
Neur/o | nerve |
Nephro | kidney |
Hepat/o | liver |
Crani/o | skull |
Gastr/o | stomach |
Cephl/o | head |
Thorac/o | chest |
Enter/o | Small Intestine |
Col/o | Colon |
Blepharo | eye lid |
Bucc/o | cheek |
Ped/o | foot |
Bronch/o | Bronchi |
Proct/o | anus or rectum |
My/o | muscle |
Oste/o | Bone |
Hem/o | Blood |
Optholm/o | eyes |
-itis | inflammation |
-rrhea | excessive flow |
-tomy | incision |
-megaly | enlargement |
-rrhexis | rupture |
-rraphy | suturing in place |
Appendic/o | appendix |
Adren/o | Adrenal Gland |
Gingival | gums |
Ot/o | ear |
Pulmon/o | lungs |
Odont/o | tooth |
Chole/o | Gall Bladder |
Splen/o | Spleen |
Cardi/o | Heart |
Derm/o | skin |
-ac, -al, -ic, -ary, -ar | pertaining to |
-esis, -ia, -a, -ism, -ity, -y, -osis, -tion, -sis, -iasis, -sia | pertaining to |
-ia | abnormal state |
-oma | tumor |
-oxia | oxygen |
-algia | pain |
-centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid |
-dynia | pain |
-genesis | beginning, origin |
-gram | record |
-graph | instrument to record |
-graphy | process of recording |
-ician | one who |
-ictal | seizure |
-ist, -ologist | specialist |
-logy | study of |
-malacia | softening |
-paresis | slight paralysis |
-pathy | disease |
-penia | lack of |
-plasty | surgical repair |
-pnea | breathing |
-rrhage | excessive flow |
a-, an- | without, lacking |
ab- | away from |
ad-, af- | toward |
anti- | against, opposing, preventing |
co-, con-, com- | together |
contra- | against, opposed |
supra-, super- | excessive, above |
tachy- | fast |
dia- | across, between, apart, through |
dis- | apart, free from |
dorso- | to the back |
dys- | bad, difficult, painful, abnormal |
ect-, ecto-, exo- | outside of |
em-, en-, eso- | within, in, into |
end-, endo-, ent-, ento- | in, within |
ep-, epi- | over, on, upon |
eu- | good |
extra-, extro- | outside of, beyond, outward |
hemi- | half |
hyper- | over |
hypo- | under, less than |
im-, in- | in |
infra- | under, beneath |
inter- | between |
intra-, intro- | between |
mal- | bad, abnormal |
mega-, megalo- | large |
micro-, micro- | small |
mult-, multi | many |
neo- | new |
oligo- | few, small |
para- | beside, beyond |
peri- | surrounding |
poly- | many, excess |
post- | after |
pre-, pro- | before |
pyo- | pus |
steno- | narrow |
sub- | under, below, beneath |
brady- | slow |
therm- | heat |
trans- | across, through |
cyano- | blue |
erythro- | red |
leuko- | white |
melano- | black |
nulli- | zero |
mon-, mono- | one |
bi-, di-, diplo- | two |
tri- | three |