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medical term
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| anter/o | front |
| arthr/o | joint |
| bi/o | life |
| cardi/o | heart |
| caud/o | tail |
| cephal/o | head |
| cervical/o | neck; cervix (neck of uterus) |
| col/o, colon/o | large intestine; colon |
| cost/o | rib |
| cyt/o | cell |
| dist/o | away from the point of origin; far; distant |
| dors/o | back of the body |
| gastro/o | stomach |
| glyc/o | sugar; glucose |
| hepat/o | liver |
| hist/o | tissue |
| infer/o | below |
| lip/o | side |
| log/o | fat |
| medi/o | study |
| my/o | middle |
| neur/o | nerve |
| path/o | disease |
| poster/o | back of body |
| proxim/o | near the point of origin; close |
| sarc/o | flesh |
| super/o | above |
| thorac/o | chest |
| ventr/o | belly side of body; ventral aspect |
| viscer/o | internal organs |
| a-, an- | not; without |
| ante- | before |
| anti- | against |
| bi- | two; both |
| brady- | slow |
| endo- | in; within |
| epi- | on; over; upon |
| hyper- | above normal; excessive |
| hypo- | below normal; deficient |
| inter- | between |
| intra- | within |
| peri- | around |
| sub- | below |
| supra- | above |
| tachy- | fast |
| trans- | across |
| -algia | pain |
| -cyte | cell |
| -ectomy | surgical removal; excision |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -gen | substance that produces |
| -ine | a substance pertaining to |
| -itis | inflamation |
| -logist | specialist |
| -logy | study of |
| -megaly | enlargment |
| -oma | tumor; mass |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| -pathy | disease |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -stomy | surgical opening |
| -tomy | process of cutting, incision |
| -um | structure; tissue; thing |
| -ia | condition |
| -dyni | pain |
| -gram | picture |
| -pre | before |
| -rrhage | bleeding |
| -rrhaphy | surgical suturing |
| -rrhea | flow; discharge |
| -sclerosis | abnormal hardening |
| -myel/o | spinal cord |
| -oste/o | bone |
| -cyan/o | blue |
| eryther/o | red |
| leuk/o | white |
| melan/o | black |
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