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Medical Terminology

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Term	Definition
-um	structure
an	without or no
-itis	inflammation
dys	difficult, painful or bad
cran(i)	skull
-plasty	surgical repair
meta	beyond
endo	within or inside
-sclerosis	abnormal hardening
per	throughout
hyper	elevated, higher or more than normal
-scope	instrument to visually examine
-malacia	abnormal softening
-megaly	enlargement
-centesis	surgical puncture to remove fluid or gas
neph	kidney
ven(o)/phleb(o)	veins
ab	away from
mamm(o)	breast
cardi(o)	heart
-rrhexis	rupture
rhin(o)	nose
neur(o)	nerves
angi(o)	blood vessels
hypo	depressed, lower or less than normal
derm-	skin
oto	ear
-therapy	treatment
super/supra	above, beyond or excessive
-lysis	separation or breakdown
intra	within
ad	toward
-gram	record of
ultra	above, increased or more than normal
-graphy	procedure that records
oste(o)	bone
anti	against
-tomy	cutting into or incision
-pathy	disease
brady-	slow or reduced
eu	good, easy or normal
ileo	small intestine
oligo	scant or little
colo	large intestine
-penia	deficiency or reduction in number
-stomy	surgically created opening
trans	across
extra	outside
echo	using ultrasonic waves
pan	all
thromb(o)	blood clot
sub	below, under, less or decreased
poly	many or excessive
-rrhagia/-rrahge	bursting forth
inter	between
opthalm/ocul(o)	eye
-algia/-dynia	pain
thorac(o)	chest
-scopy	procedure to visually examine
-pexy	suture to stabilize
cyan-	blue
-graph	instrument that records
epi	upper
endo	within or inside
micro	small
-rrhea	flow, discharge
tympan	eardrum
hepat(o)	liver
ecto	outside
myo/sarco	muscle
-rrhaphy	to suture
eryth-	red
leuk-	white
ex/exo	without, out of, outside or away from
chloro-	green
gastro	stomach
a	without or no
pre	before
-ectomy	surgical removal or excision
pneumo/pleuro	lu
macro	large
-emia	blood condition
infra	below or beneath
post	after
-pathy	disease
-osis	abnormal condition
tachy-	fast or rapid

structure	Term: -um	1	1	false
without or no	Term: an	2	1	false
-itis	Definition: inflammation	3	0	false
skull	Term: cran(i)	5	1	false
-plasty	Definition: surgical repair	6	0	false
meta	Definition: beyond	7	0	false
within or inside	Term: endo	8	1	false
abnormal hardening	Term: -sclerosis	9	1	false
throughout	Term: per	10	1	false
hyper	Definition: elevated, higher or more than normal	11	0	false
-scope	Definition: instrument to visually examine	12	0	false
abnormal softening	Term: -malacia	13	1	false
-megaly	Definition: enlargement	14	0	false
-centesis	Definition: surgical puncture to remove fluid or gas	15	0	false
neph	Definition: kidney	16	0	false
veins	Term: ven(o)/phleb(o)	17	1	false
away from	Term: ab	18	1	false
breast	Term: mamm(o)	19	1	false
cardi(o)	Definition: heart	20	0	false
rupture	Term: -rrhexis	21	1	false