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1.1 Intro CF
Structure of Medical Language
Term | Definition |
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abdomen/o | abdomen |
append/o | appendix |
arteri/o | artery |
arthr/o | joint |
bi/o | life, living organism |
card/i | heart |
cardi/o | heart |
cholecyst/o | gall bladder |
col/o | colon |
colon/o | colon |
communicat/o | impart; transmit |
cost/o | rib |
cutane/o | skin |
derm/o | skin |
digest/o | break down food |
enter/o | intestine |
esthes/o | sensation/feeling |
etym/o | word origin |
gastr/o | stomach |
gemin/o | set or group |
hem/o | blood |
hepat/o | liver |
hyster/o | uterus |
intestin/o | intestine |
lapar/o | abdomen |
laryng/o | larynx |
later/o | side |
mamm/o | breast |
medic/o | physician, medicine |
menstru/o | monthly discharge of blood |
muscul/o | muscle |
nas/o | nose |
neur/o | nerve |
nucle/o | nucleus |
nutri/o | nourishment |
pelv/o | pelvis |
phag/o | eating, swallowing |
pleg/o | paralysis |
pneumon/o | lung, air |
psych/o | mind |
sperm/o | sperm |
spir/o | breathe |
tens/o | pressure |
therap/o | therapy |
thyroid/o | thyroid |
tonsill/o | tonsil |
trache/o | trachea |
ven/o | vein |