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Medical Term M1 L2
Lesson 2
Term | Definition |
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abdomin/o | abdomen |
aden/o | glands |
fat | |
anter/o | before, front |
carcin/o | cancer |
caud/o | lower part of body, tail |
cephal/o | head |
cervic/o | neck or cervix |
chondr/o | cartilage |
chrom/o | color |
coccyg/o | coccyx, tailbone |
crani/o | skull |
cyt/o | cell |
dem/o, dem/i | population |
dist/o | distant, far |
dors/o | back of the body |
embry/o | fertilized ovum |
eti/o | cause |
gastr/o | stomach |
hist/o | tissue |
home/o | constant |
idi/o | peculiar to individual |
ili/o | ilium |
inguin/o | groin |
kary/o | nucleus |
laryng/o | larynx |
later/o | side |
. lip/o | fat, lipid |
log/o | word |
lumb/o | lumbar, lower back |
medi/o | middle |
nephr/o | kidney |
neur/o | nerve |
nucle/o | nucleus |
path/o | disease |
pelv/i, pelv/o | pelvis |
peritone/o | peritoneum |
plas/i, plas/o | formation |
poster/o | behind, towards back |
proxim/o | nearest |
sacr/o | sacrum |
sarc/o | flesh |
spin/o | spine |
thel/o, theli/o | nipple |
thorac/o | chest, pleural cavity |
trache/o | trachea |
umbilic/o | umbilicus |
ventr/o | front of body belly side |
vertebr/o | vertebra |
viscer/o | internal organs |
tel/o | complete |
ana- | backward |
ex-, exo- | out of, outside, away from |
bi- | life, living |
cata- | down |
en-, end-, endo-, intra- | inside, within |
epi- | above, on, over |
hypo- | decreased, defficient |
inter- | between |
meta- | alter, beyond, change |
pan | all |
retro | behind, backward |
-oma | tumor, mass |
-algia | pain, painful condition |
-crine | secrete |
-cyte | cell |
-eal | pertaining to |
-emia | blood condition |
-er, -or | one who, one that does |
-genic | produced by |
-ine | pertaining to |
-ism | condition |
-itis | inflammation |
-malacia | abnormal softening |
-metry | measure |
-opsy | process of viewing |
-osis | abnormal condition |
-ose | carbohydrate, sugar |
-pathy | disease |
-plasia | formation, development, growth |
-plasm | plasma |
-plasty | surgical repair |
-sclerosis | abnormal hardening |
-somes | body |
-stasis, -static | maintenance, steady, stop |
-tomy | incision |
-trophy | development |
-type | class, grouping |
-uria | urine condition |