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Module 1
Medical Terminology from Exploring Medical Language
Term | Definition |
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-plasm | growth, substance, formation |
hypo- | below, incomplete, deficient, under |
proxim/o | near (the point of attachment of a body part) |
lei/o | smooth |
eti/o | cause (of disease) |
-logist | one who studies and treats (specialist, physician) |
-oma | tumor, swelling |
dist/o | away (from the point of attachment of a body part) |
-genic | producing, originating, causing |
hyper- | above, excessive |
iatr/o | physician, medicine (also means treatment) |
-plasia | condition of formation, development, growth |
meta- | after, beyond, change |
-osis | abnormal condition (means increase when used with blood cell word roots) |
-stasis | control, stop, standing |
pro- | before |
-gen | substance or agent that produces or causes |
sarc/o | flesh, connective tissue |
dys- | painful, abnormal, difficult, labored |
dia- | through, complete |
rhabd/o | rod-shaped, striated |
-sis | state of |
cephal/o | head (upward) |
-ad | toward |
-ior | pertaining to |
-sarcoma | malignant tumor |
ventr/o | belly (front) |
-pathy | disease |
-logy | study of |
neo- | new |
epitheli/o | epithelium |
erythr/o | red |
cyan/o | blue |
cyt/o | cell |
chrom/o | color |
chlor/o | green |
cancer/o, carcin/o | cancer |
aden/o | gland |
fibr/o | fiber |
bi- | two |
uni- | one |
hist/o | tissue |
kary/o | nucleus |
leuk/o | white |
lip/o | fat |
melan/o | black |
my/o | muscle |
onc/o | tumor, mass |
path/o | disease |
organ/o | organ |
neur/o | nerve |
xanth/o | yellow |
somat/o | body |
viscer/o | internal organs |
system/o | system |
-al, -ic, -ous | pertaining to |
-cyte | cell |
anter/o | front |
infer/o | below |
caud/o | tail (downward) |
dors/o | back |
super/o | above |
later/o | side |
poster/o | back, behind |
medi/o | middle |
-megaly | enlargement |
-oid | resembling |
gno/o | knowledge |