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Language of Medicine...Chapter 1...7th ed.
term | definition |
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aden/o | gland |
arthr/o | joint |
bi/o | life |
carcin/o | cancerous, cancer |
cardi/o | heart |
cephal/o | head |
cerebr/o | cerebrum (largest part of the brain) |
cis/o | to cut |
crin/o | secrete (to form and give off) |
cyst/o | urinary bladder; a sac or a cyst (sac containing fluid) |
cyt/o | cell |
derm/o | skin |
dermat/o | skin |
electr/o | electricity |
encephal/o | brain |
enter/o | intestines (usually the small intestine) |
erythr/o | red |
gastr/o | stomach |
gnos/o | knowledge |
-ac | pertaining to |
-al | pertaining to |
-algia | pain |
-cyte | cell |
-ectomy | excision, removal |
-emia | blood condition |
-genic | pertaining to producing, produced by, or produced in |
-gram | record |
-ic | pertaining to |
-ical | pertaining to |
-ion | process |
-ist | specialist |
-itis | inflammation |
-logy | study of |
-oma | tumor, mass, swelling |
-opsy | viewing with a microscope |
-osis | condition, usually abnormal (slight increase in numbers when used with blood cells) |
-pathy | disease condition |
-scope | instrument to visually examine |
-scopy | viewing with a endoscope |
-sis | state of |
-tomy | process of cutting, incision |
-y | process, condition |
a- | no, not, without |
an- | no, not, without |
auto- | self |
dia- | through, complete |
endo- | within |
epi- | above, upon |
ex- | out |
exo- | out |
hyper- | excessive, above, more than normal |
hypo- | deficient, below, under, less than normal |
in- | into, in |
peri- | surrounding, around |
pro- | before, forward |
re- | back, backward, again |
retro- | behind |
sub- | below, under |
trans- | across, through |