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Module 3
Medical Terminology
Term | Definition |
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helio- | sun |
astr- | star shaped |
-asthenia | weakness |
fascia | sheet, band |
iso- | equal |
tarso- | ankle |
-tope | place |
pod- | foot |
malign- | bad |
adnexa- | ties, connection |
ocul- | eye |
lapar- | abdominal wall |
dacry- | tear |
ment- | mind |
part- | labor, bring forth |
scler(a)- | hard |
somato- | body |
trachel- | neck |
sinus | hollow space |
hypno- | sleep |
sept- | wall, fence |
scirr(h)- | hard |
antr- | cavity |
-crine | to secrete |
dura | hard |
pneum- | lung |
phage | to eat |
phren- | mind |
corne- | horny |
plak- | plate |
iris | rainbow |
kerat- | horny |
pulmo- | lung |
ptyal- | saliva |
alveol- | cavity |
oophor- | ovary |
oment- | covering |
sedat- | quiet, calm |
furca- | fork-shaped |
radic- | root |
radi- | ray |
fistul- | pipe |
edema | swelling |
dactyl- | finger, toe |
metabol(e) | change |
pariet- | wall |
ependym- | wrapping |
gravid | pregnant |
aer- | air |
glyco- | sweet |
tarso- | framework of the eyelid |
cheir- | hand |
calc- | heel, stone |
cine- | move |
digit | finger, toe |
dors- | back |
gangli- | swelling |
gemin- | twin |
grad- | walk, take steps |
gran- | grain, particle |
labi- | lip |
micr- | small |
peps- | digest |
pleur- | pleura, rib, side |
mamm- | breast |
colla- | glue |
later- | side |
rachi- | spinal column |
phob- | fear |
phot- | light |
dys- | bad |
cut- | skin |
en- | in |
peri- | about, around |
pro- | in front of, before |