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Med Terms
Term | Definition |
---|---|
adip/o | fat |
aden/o | gland |
arteri/o | artery |
arthr/o | joint |
ather/o | fatty plaque |
audi/o | hear |
bi/o | life |
carcin/o | cancer |
cardi/o | heart |
col/o | large intestine |
cost/o | rib |
cyst/o | bladder |
cry/o | cold |
dent/o | teeth |
derm/o | skin |
dist/o | far |
encephal/o | brain |
enter/o | small intestine |
erythr/o | red |
gastr/o | stomach |
gingiv/o | gums |
gloss/o | tongue |
lingu/o | tongue |
hem/o | blood |
hepat/o | liver |
home/o | same |
hydr/o | water |
hyster/o | uterus |
leuk/o | white |
melan/o | black |
mamm/o | breast |
mast/o | breast |
my/o | muscle |
myel/o | canal |
nephr/o | kidney |
ren/o | kidney |
neur/o | nerve |
onc/o | tumor |
oophor/o | ovary |
oste/o | bone |
path/o | disease |
phleb/o | vein |
vein/o | vein |
pneum/o | lung |
pulm/o | lung |
pyr/o | heat |
rhin/o | nose |
nas/o | nose |
salping/o | fallopian tube |
scler/o | hard |
scoli/o | crooked |
anky;/o | crooked |
somat/o | body |
stomat/o | mouth |
uri/a | urine |
a- | without |
an- | without |
anti- | against |
contra- | against |
bi- | two |
di- | two |
brady- | slow |
cep- | head |
circum- | around |
dia- | through |
dys- | bad or difficult |
endo- | inside |
intra- | inside |
epi- | above |
hyper- | above |
hypo- | below |
inter- | between |
mal- | bad |
macro- | large |
micro- | small |
neo- | new |
oxi- | oxygen |
pan- | all |
para- | beside or abnormal |
peri- | around |
pre- | before |
pro- | before |
pseudo- | false |
quad- | four |
retro- | behind |
sub- | under |
sym- | together |
syn- | together |
tri- | three |
uni- | one |
mono- | one |
-algia | pain |
-blast | immature or germ cell "Bob the builder" |
-crine | secrete |
-cyte | cell |
-emia | blood |
-gen | produce |
-ic | referring to |
-ar | referring to |
-al | referring to |
-ist | specializes in |
-itis | inflammation |
-lysis | dissolve |
-ology | study of |
-oma | tumor |
-osis | condition |
-phagia | eat |
-physia | eat |
--plegia | paralysis |
-physis | growth |
-pnea | breathing |
=poiesis | formation |
-rrhea | discharge |
-stasis | standing still |
-tomy | cutting |
-trophy | nourishment |
ana- | up |
cata | down |
-ism | the process of |
bol | to throw |