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Medical Terminology
various medical terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Derm/o | skin |
| Dermat/o | skin |
| Hidr/o | sweat, perspiration |
| Kerat/o | keratin, horny layer of skin |
| Melan/o | dark, black, melanin |
| Onych/o | nail |
| Seb/o | sebum, sebaceous gland |
| Trich/o | hair |
| Arthr/o | joint |
| Burs/0 | bursa, sac of fluid near joint |
| Chondr/o | cartilage |
| Erg/o | work |
| Fasci/o | fascia |
| Adren/o, adrenal/o | adrenal gland, epineprine |
| adrenocortic/o | adrenal cortex |
| Endocrin/o | endocrine glands or system |
| Hypophys/o | pituitary gland, hypophysis |
| Insul/o | pancreatic islets |
| Parathyr/o, parathyroid/o | parathyroid gland |
| Pituitar/o | pituitary gland, hypophysis |
| Thyr/o, thyroid/o | thyroid gland |
| Cerbr/o | cerbrum |
| Cortic/o | cerebral cortex, outer portion |
| Encephal/o | brain |
| Gangli/o, ganglion/o | ganlion |
| Gli/o | neuroglia cells |
| Medull/o | medulla oblongata, medulla (inner section), middle, soft, marrow |
| Mening/o, meninge/o | meninges |
| Myel/o | spinal cord and bone marrow |
| Narc/o | stupor, numbness, sleep |
| Neur/o, neur/i | nervous system, nervous tissue, nerve |
| Psych/o | mind |
| Radicul/o | spinal nerve root |
| Somn/o, somn/i | sleep |
| Blephar/o | eyelid |
| Cochle/o | cochlea of inner ear |
| Corne/o | cornea |
| Dacryocyst/o | lacrimal sac |
| Lacrim/o | tear, lacrimal apparatus |
| Myring/o | tympanic membrane |
| Ot/o | ear |
| Phak/o, phac/o | lens |
| retin/o | retina |
| Salping/o | tube, eustachian tube |
| Scler/o | sclera |
| Tympan/o | tympanic cavity (middle ear), tympanic membrane |
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JMJOHNSON61
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