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MT Unit 3
Medical Terminology Unit 3 Word Elements
Term | Definition |
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Albin/o | white |
allo | other, different from usual |
angi/o | vessel |
bas/o | the base |
bi/o | life |
carcin/o | cancer |
cauter/o | to burn |
chem/o | chemical |
cis/o | to cut |
cry/o | cold |
cortic/o | outer layer |
cutane/o | skin |
derm/o | skin |
dermat/o | skin |
-derma | skin condition |
diaphor/o | profuse sweating |
intra- | within |
electr/o | electricity |
-emia | blood condition |
erythr/o | red |
esthesi/o | feeling |
hidr/o | sweat |
hypo- | under |
ichthy/o | scaly, dry |
kerat/o | hard, horny |
leuk/o | white |
lip/o | fat |
melan/o | black |
my/o | fungus |
necr/o | death |
onych/o | nail |
-osis | abnormal condition |
para- | beside |
pedicul/o | lice |
-phagia | eating |
phot/o | light |
py/o | pus |
rhytid/o | wrinkle |
sarc/o | flesh |
scler/o | hard |
seb/o | oil |
septic/o | infection |
system/o | system |
sub- | under |
trich/o | hair |
-ule | small |
ungu/o | nail |
vesicle/o | bladder, sac |
xer/o | dry |
xeno | foreign |