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Chapter 1
Term | Definition |
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Arthr/o | joint |
Cardi/o | heart |
enter/o | Small intestine |
hepat/o | Liver |
neur/o | nerve |
hem/o hemat/o | blood |
my/o muscul/o | muscle |
angi/o vas/o vascul/o | Vessel (Most common refers to blood vessel, but can also refer to other types of vessels as well) |
derm/o dermat/o cutane/o | Skin |
pneum/o pulmon/o pneumon/o | Lung |
gen/o | creation/cause |
hydr/o | water |
gastr/o | stomach |
morph/o | change |
myc/o | fungus |
necr/o | death |
orth/o | Staight |
path/o | suffering,disease |
phag/o | eat |
plas/o | formation |
py/o | pus |
scler/o | hard |
sten/o | narrowing |
troph/o | nourishment, development |
xen/o | foreign |
-ac -al -ar -ary -eal -ic -tic -ous | Pertaining to |
-ia -ism | condition |
-ium | tissue,structure |
-y | condition, procedure |
-icle -ole -ule -ula | small |
-iatrics -iartry | medical science |
-iatrist | specialist in medicine of |
-ist | specialist |
-logist | special in the study of |
-logy | study of |
-algia -dynia | pain |
-cele | hernia |
-emia | blood condition |
-iasis | presence of |
-itis | inflammation |
-lysis | loosen break down |
-malacia | abnormal softening |
-megaly | enlargement |
-oid | resembling |
-oma | tumor |
-osis | condition |
-pathy | disease |
-penia | deficency |
-ptosis | drooping |
-rrhagia -rrhage | excessive flow |
-rrhea | flow |
-rrhexis | rupture |
-spasm | involuntary contraction |
-centesis | punture |
-gram | written record |
-graph | instrument used to produce |
-meter | instrument used to measure |
-metry | process of measuring |
-scope | instrument used to look |
-scopy | process if looking |
-desis | binding, fixation |
-ectomy | removal |
-pexy | surgical fixation |
-plasty | reconstruction |
-rrhaphy | suture |
-stomy | creation of an opening |
-tomy | incision |
a- an- | not |
anti- contra- | against |
de- | down,away from |
ante- pre- | before |
pro- | before, on behalf of |
brady- | fast |
post- | after |
re- | again |