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Medical Words CTS

For Communications at CTS

TermDefinition
aden/o Gland
carcin/o Cancer
cardi/o Heart
chem/o Chemical
cis/o Cut
dermat/o Skin
enter/o Intestines
gastr/o Stomach
gynec/o Female reproductive
hemat/o Blood
hydr/o Water
immun/o Immune
laryng/o Throat
morph/o Form/structure
nephr/o Kidney
neur/o Nerve
ophthalm/o Eye
ot/o Ear
path/o Disease
pulmon/o Lung
rhin/o Nose
ur/o Male Reproductive/Urinary
a- Without/Not/Absence
an- Without/Less
ante- Before
anti- Against
auto- Self
brady- Slow
dys- Difficult/Pain/Trouble
endo- Within/Inner
epi- Upon/Over/Above
eu- Good/Normal
hetero- Different
homo- Same
hyper- High/Excessive
hypo- Low/Beneath/Under
infra- Below
inter- Between
intra- Within
macro- Large
micro- Small
neo- New
pan- All/Entire
para- Beside/Near
per- Through
peri- Around/About
post- After/Behind
pre- Before
pseudo- False/Pretend
retro- Behind/Backward
sub- Under/Below
super- Above
supra- Over/Above
tachy- Fast/Rapid
trans- Across
ultra- Excess/Beyond
bi- Two
hemi- Half
mono- Alone/Single
multi- Many/Multiple
nulli- None
poly- Much/Many
quad- Four
semi- Half
tri- Three
uni- Single/One
-algia Painful
-cele Hernia
-cise Cut out
-cyte Cell
-dynia Pain
-ectasis Dilation
-gen From (came from)
-genesis Beginning/Creation
-genic Originating from
-ia Pertaining to
-iasis Condition/Formation/Presence of
-ism Condition/Disease
-itis Inflammation
-logist Specialist
-logy Study of
-lysis Destruction/Separation/Rupture
-malacia Softening
-megaly Enlargement
-oma Tumour/Mass
-osis Disease/Condition
-pathy Disease/Disorder
-plasia Formation/Development
-plasm Structural substance
-ptosis Falling/Drooping
-rrhage Flow (blood/fluid)
-rrhea Flowing/Discharge
-rrhexis Rupture
-sclerosis Hardening
-stenosis Narrowing
-therapy Treatment
-trophy Nourishment/Development
-centesis Surgical puncture to remove fluid (aspiration)
-ectomy Surgical removal of a body part (excision)
-ostomy Surgically create an opening
-otomy Act of cutting/Incision
-pexy Fixation
-plasty Surgical repair
-rrhaphy Surgical suturing
-gram Record/Picture
-graph Instrument used to record data
-graphy Process of recording
-meter Instrument used to measure or count
-metry Process of measuring
-scope Instrument for viewing
-scopy Process of viewing
abdomin/o abdomen
adip/o fat
anter/o front
brachi/o upper arm/arm
caud/o tail/towards lower body
cephal/o head/towards upper body
cervic/o neck
chondr/o cartilage
crani/o cranium/brain
crur/o leg/thigh
cyt/o cell
dist/o far/away (from a point of the body)
dors/o back-side of the body
epitheli/o skin
glute/o buttocks
hist/o tissue
infer/o lower/below
later/o to one side
medi/o middle/median
muscul/o muscular
neur/o nerve
organ/o organic
oste/o bone
pelv/o pelvis
peritone/o peritoneum
pleur/o around the lung
poster/o at the back
proxim/o near (to a point of the body)
pub/o pubic
somat/o body
spin/o spine
super/o above/excessive
system/o system
thorac/o chest/thorax
ventr/o front-side of the body
vertebr/o vertebral/spinal
viscer/o organs
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