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Medical Terminology
Term | Definition |
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An | without; lacking |
Andro | Male |
Anti | against |
auto | self |
contra | against |
cyto | cell |
dys | abnormal |
eu | good |
Gyno | female |
Hydro | water |
Mal | bad; abnormal |
necro | death |
neo | new |
pan/panto | all or everywhere |
adeno | gland |
adipo | fat |
adreno | gland |
angio | blood vessel |
arterio | artery |
arthro | joint |
carcino | cancer |
cardio | heart |
cephalo | head |
chol | bile |
coron | heart |
cranio | brain |
cutane | skin |
cysto/cysti | bladder or sac |
gastro | stomach |
gloss | tongue |
Hem-, Hema-, Hemat-, Hemo-, Hemat/o | blood |
Hepat/o-, Hepatico | liver |
Hist/o-, Histio- | tissue |
hystero | uterus |
lipo | fat |
lympho | lymph |
mamm/masto | breast |
meningo | meninges |
myo | muscle |
nephro | kidney |
neuri/neuro | nerve |
oculo | eye |
osseo/osteo | bone |
Pluer | rib/ pleura |
pnuema/pneumato | air; lung |
psuedo | false |
rhino | nose |
sacro | muscular; flesh-like |
sclera/sclero | hardness |
steno | narrowed; blocked |
stoma/stomato | mouth |
thoraco/ thoracico | chest |
thrombo | blood cot |
uro | urine |
varcio | duct; blood vessel |
vasculo | blood vessel |
vertbr | vertebra; spine |
chloro | green |
chrom/ chromato | color |
cyano | blue |
erythro | red |
leuko | white |
melano | black |
abs | away from |
ad | toward |
ante | before; forward |
circum | around |
ecto/ exo | outer; outside |
End/o-, Ent-, Enter/o- | Within; Inner |
epi | upon; outside of |
infra | below |
inter | between |
intra | within |
meso | middle |
meta | beyond; change |
para | alongside; abnormal |
peri | around |
post | behind; after |
pre | before; in front |
retro | backward; behind |
sub | under |
super | above |
supra | above; upon |
trans | across; through |
bi | two |
brady | slow |
diplo | double |
hemi | half |
hetero | other; different |
homo | same |
hyper | above; beyond; excessive |
Hypo | under; deficient |
macro | large |
micro | small |
mono | one |
oligo | few; little |
poly | many; excessive |
quadri | four |
semi | half |
tachy | fast |
tetra | four |
tri | three |
uni | one |
blast, -blasto, -blastic | bud; germ |
-cyte, -cytic | cell |
-ectasis | expansion; dilation |
-emia | blood condition |
ites, -itis | inflammation |
-lysis, -lytic | break down |
malacia | softening |
megaly | enlargement |
oma | tumor |
osis | condition; usually abnormal |
pathy | disease |
penia | deficiency; lack of |
phagia/ phagy | eating; swallowing |
phasia | speech |
plasia, -plastic | growth |
plegia | paralysis |
pnea | breathing |
poiesis | production |
ptosis | falling; dropping |
rrhage, rrhagic | bleeding |
rrhea | flow or discharge |
sclerosis | hardening |
stasis | level; unchanging |
trophy | growth |
uria | in the urine |
centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid |
desis | surgical binding |
ectomy | cut out; removal |
gram | record; picture |
graph | Instrument used to create a record or picture |
ostomy | opening |
otomy | incision |
pexy | surgical fixation |
plasty | surgical reconstruction |
scope | for examining |