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Medical Terminology
Chapter 1
Question | Answer |
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aden/o | gland |
arthr/o | joint |
bi/o | life |
carcin/o | cancer |
cardi/o | heart |
cephal/o | head |
cerebr/o | cerebrum |
cis/o | to cut |
crin/o | to secrete |
cyst/o | urinary bladder |
cyt/o | cell |
derm/o | skin |
electr/o | electricity |
iatr/o | treatment |
Leuk/o | white |
Log/o | study of |
Nephr/o | nerve |
Onc/o | tumor |
Ophthalm/o | eye |
Oste/o | bone |
Path/o | disease |
Ped/o | child |
Psych/o | mind |
Radi/o | x-rays |
Ren/o | kidney |
Rhin/o | nose |
Sarc/o | flesh |
Sect/o | to cut |
Thromb/o | clot, clotting |
Ur/o | urinary tract, urine |
a- | without |
an- | without |
aut- | self, own |
dia- | complete, through |
end- | within |
endo- | within |
epi- | above |
ex- | outside of |
exo- | out |
hyper- | above, excessive |
hypo- | deficient |
in- | into |
Peri- | surrounding, around |
Pro- | forward, before |
Re- | backward, back, again |
Retro- | behind |
Sub- | below, under |
Trans- | across, through |
-ac | pertaining to |
-al | pertaining to |
-algia | pain |
-cyte | cell |
-ectomy | removal |
-emia | blood condition |
-genic | pertaining to, producing, produced by, produced in |
-globin | protein |
-gram | record |
-ic | pertaining to |
-ical | pertaining to |
-ion | process |
-ist | specialist |
-itis | inflammation |
-logy | process of study |
-oma | tumor, mass, swelling |
-opsy | process of viewing |
-osis | condition |
-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 |
enter/o | intestines |
erythr/o | red |
gastr/o | stomach |
glyc/o | sugar |
gnos/o | knowledge |
gynec/o | female |
hemat/o | blood |
hem | blood |
hepat/o | liver |