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Chapters 1-4
Term | Definition |
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ADEN/O | GLAND |
ARTHR/O | JOINT |
CARCIN/O | CANCEROUS/CANCER |
CARDI/O | HEART |
CEPHAL/O | HEAD |
CYST/O | URINARY BLADDER |
CYTE | CELL |
DERMAT/O | SKIN |
DERM/O | SKIN |
ENCEPHAL/O | BRAIN |
GASTR/O | STOMACH |
GLYC/O | SUGAR |
HEMAT/O or HEM/O | BLOOD |
HEPAT/O | LIVER |
ONC/O | TUMOR |
PATH/O | DISEASE |
PSYCH/O | MIND |
REN/O | KIDNEY |
RHIN/O | NOSE |
SECT/O | TO CUT |
THROMB/O | CLOT, CLOTTING |
UR/O | URINARY TRACT, URINE |
ADBOMIN/O | ABDOMEN |
ADIP/O | FAT |
ADIPOSE | FAT TISSUE |
CHONDR/O | CARTILAGE |
COCCYX | TAIL-BONE |
INTER- | BETWEEN |
INTRA- | WITHIN |
LARYNX | VOICEBOX |
MAMM/O | BREAST |
MY/O | MUSCLE |
NEUR/O | NERVE |
PATH/O | DISEASE |
PHLEB/O | VEIN |
PNEUMON/O | LUNGS |
PULMON/O | LUNGS |
VEN/O | VEIN |
-GRAPH | INSTRUMENT OF RECORDING |
-GRAPHY | PROCESS OF RECORDING |
-MEGALY | ENLARGMENT |
-OMA | TUMOR,MASS |
-PTOSIS | DROOPING, FALLING, PROLAPSE |
-RRHEA | FLOW,DISCHARGE |
-SCLEROSIS | HARDENING |
-STOMY | OPENING TO FORM A MOUTH |
-ia | CONDITION OF |
-ist | SPECIALIST |
PHARYNX | THROAT |
ARTHR/ITIS | INFLAMMATION OF JOINT |
COST/O | RIB |
CUTANE/O | SKIN |
GLOSS/O | TONGUE |
-PNEA | BREATHING |
EU- | GOOD |
DYS- | PAINFUL OR DIFFICULT |
ANTI | AGAINST |
BI- | TWO OR BOTH |
BRADY | SLOW |
MAL- | BAD |
MICRO- | SMALL |
PERI- | SURROUNDING |
PRE- | BEFORE , IN FRONT OF |
TACHY | FAST |
UMBILICAL | BELLY BUTTON |
ANTERIOR/VENTRAL | FRONT |
POSTERIOR/DORSAL | BACK |
EPI | ABOVE , UPON |
HYPER- | EXCESSIVE,ABOVE,MORE THAN NORMAL |
HYPO- | BELOW, DEFICIENT, UNDER, LESS THAN NORMAL |
RE- | AGAIN, BACK, BACKWARD |
A- , AN- | WITHOUT COMBINING VOWEL ( O ) |
-ALGIA | PAIN |
-AC, -AL, -IC, -ICAL | PERTAINING TO |
-ECTOMY | EXCISION , REMOVAL " CUT OUT" |
-GRAM | PICTURE/RECORD |
-EMIA | BLOOD CONDITION |
-ITIS | INFLAMMATION OR INFECTION |
-LOGY | THE STUDY OF |
-OSIS | ABNORMAL CONDITION |
-PATHY | DISEASE CONDITION |
-SCOPE | INSTRUMENT TO VISUALLY EXAMINE |
-SCOPY | PROCESS OF VISUALLY EXAMINING |
-TOMY | PROCESS OF CUTTING, INCISION |
NUCLEUS | CONTROLS THE OPERATIONS OF THE CELL |
LUMBAR | LOWER BACK |
OPSY | TO VIEW |
-SIS | STATE OF |