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DE MED-TERM Words
First day word parts
Term | Definition |
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adeno | a gland |
uro | urin/urinary tract |
radio | x-rays |
hemato | blood |
gyneco | woman/female |
sugar | glyco |
red | erythro |
electro | electricity |
dermo | skin |
cerebro/encephalo | cerebrum/brain (largest part of the brain) |
heart | cardi |
life | bio |
psycho | mind |
pedo | child |
crino | to secrete (to form and give off) |
carcino | cancer |
joint | arthro |
tumor | onco |
nerve | neuro |
flesh | sarco |
nose | rhino |
stomach | gastro |
intestine | entero |
cell | cyto |
patho | disease |
bone | oseto |
logo | study of |
liver | hepato |
to cut | secto |
bladdar | vesico |
treatment | iatro |
kidney | nephro |
knowledge | gnoso |
eye | ophthalmo |
clot, clotting | thrombo |
ac | pertaining to |
al | pertaining to |
algia | pain |
cyte | cell |
ectomy | excision,removal |
emia | blood condition |
genic | produced by or in |
globin | protein |
gram | record |
ic,ical | pertaining to |
ion | process |
ist | specialist |
itis | inflammation |
logy | process of study |
oma | tumor, mass, swelling |
opsy | process of viewing |
osis | condition, usually abnormal |
pathy | disease condition |
scope | instrument to visually examine |
scopy | process of visually examining |
sis | state of, condition |
tomy | process of cutting, incision |
y | process, condition |
a-,an- | no,not,without |
aut-,auto | self, own |
dia | complete, through |
end-,endo | within |
epi- | above, upon |
ex-,exo- | out,outside of,outward |
hyper | excessive, above, more than normal |
hypo | deficient, under, below, less than normal |
in | into, in |
peri- | surrounding, around |
pro- | before, forward |
cephalo | head |
encephalo | brain |
reno | kidney |
re- | back,backward,again |
retro | behind |
sub- | below.under |
trans- | across,through |
abomino | abdomen |
adipo | fat |
antero | front |
bolo | to cast/throw |
cervico | neck of the body/uterus |
chondro | cartilage |
chromo | color |
coccygo | coccyx (tailbone) |
cranio | skull |
disto | far, distant |
dorso | back portion of the body |
histo,histio | tissue |
ilio | illium (pelvic bone) |
inguino | groin |
karyo | nucleus |
latero | side |
lumbo | lower back |
medio | middle |
nucleo | nucleus |
pelvi | pelvis |
postero | back, behind |
proximo | nearest |
sacro | sacrum |
spino | spine, backbone |
thelo,thelio | nipple |
thoraco | chest |
tracheo | trachea, windpipe |
umbilico | umbilicus, navel |
ventro | belly side of the body |
vertebro | vertebrae, backbones |
viscero | internal organs |
ana | up |
cata | down |
epi | above |
hypo | below |
inter | between |
meta | change |
eal | pertaining to |
iac | pertaining to |
ior | pertaining to |
ism | process, condition |
ose | pertaining to, full of formation |
plasm | formation |
somes | bodies |
type | pictire, classification |