Med Term Ch 1
Terms
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- -ac, -al, -ar, -ary, -eal, -ic, -ous, -tic
- pertaining to
- -algia, -dynia
- pain
- -cele
- pouching or hernia
- -centesis
- puncture for aspiration
- -desis
- binding
- -ectasis
- expansion or dilation
- -emia
- blood condition
- -genesis
- origin or production
- -gram
- record
- -graph
- instrument for measuring
- -graphy
- process of recording
- -iasis
- formation or presence of
- -iatrics, -iatry
- treatment
- -icle, -ole, -ula, -ule
- small
- -ist
- one who specializes in
- -itis
- inflammation
- -ium
- structure or tissue
- -logist
- one who specializes in the study or treatment of
- -logy
- study
- -lysis
- breaking down or dissolution
- -malacia
- softening
- -megaly
- enlargement
- -meter
- instrument for measuring
- -metry
- process of measuring
- -oid
- resembling
- -oma
- tumor
- -osis
- condition or increase
- -penia
- abnormal reduction
- -phil, -philia
- attraction for
- -poiesis
- formation
- -ptosis
- falling or downward displacement
- -rrhage, -rrhagia
- to burst forth (usually blood)
- -rrhea
- discharge
- -rrhexis
- rupture
- -scope
- instrument for examination
- -scopy
- process of examination
- -spasm
- involuntary contraction
- -stasis
- stop or stand
- -y
- condition or process of
- a-, an-
- without
- ab-
- away from
- abdomin/o, lapar/o
- abdomen
- acr/o
- extremity or topmost
- ad-
- to, toward, or near
- aden/o
- gland
- aer/o
- air, gas
- angi/o, vas/o, vascul/o
- vessel
- ante-, pre-, pro-
- before
- anti-, contra-
- against or opposed to
- arthr/o
- joint
- bi-
- two or both
- brady-
- slow
- carcin/o
- cancer
- cardi/o
- heart
- cephal/o
- head
- circum-, peri-
- around
- col/o, colon/o
- colon
- con-, syn-, sym-
- together or with
- crin/o
- to secrete
- cyan/o
- blue
- cyt/o
- cell
- de-
- from, down, or not
- derm/o, dermat/o, cutane/o
- skin
- dia-, trans-
- across or through
- dys-
- painful, difficult, or faulty
- e-, ec-, ex-
- out or away
- ecto-, exo-, extra-
- outside
- en-, endo-, intra-
- within
- enter/o
- small intestine
- epi-
- upon
- erythr/o
- red
- esophag/o
- esophagus
- esthesi/o
- sensation
- eu-
- good or normal
- fibr/o
- fiber
- gastr/o
- stomach
- gen/o
- origin or production
- gynec/o
- woman
- hem/o, hemat/o
- blood
- hemi-, semi-
- half
- hepat/o
- liver
- hist/o
- tissue
- hydr/o
- water
- hyper-
- above or excessive
- hypo-
- below or deficient
- inter-
- between
- leuk/o
- white
- lip/o
- fat
- lith/o
- stone
- macro-
- large or long
- melan/o
- black
- meso-
- middle
- meta-
- beyond, after, or change
- micro-
- small
- mono-, uni-
- one
- morph/o
- form
- my/o, muscul/o
- muscle
- nas/o, rhin/o
- nose
- necr/o
- death
- neo-
- new
- nephr/o, ren/o
- kidney
- neur/o
- nerve
- oligo-
- few or deficient
- onc/o
- tumor or mass
- or/o
- mouth
- orth/o
- straight, normal, or correct
- oste/o
- bone
- pan-
- all
- para-
- alongside of or abnormal
- path/o
- disease
- ped/o
- child or foot
- phag/o
- eat or swallow
- phas/o
- speech
- phob/o
- exaggerated fear or sensitivity
- plas/o
- formation
- pneum/o, pneumon/o
- air or lung
- poly-, multi-
- many
- post-
- after or behind
- psych/o
- mind
- py/o
- pus
- quadri-
- four
- re-
- again or back
- retro-
- backward or behind
- scler/o
- hard
- singular: -a
- plural: -ae
- singular: -ax
- plural: -aces
- singular: -ex
- plural: -ices
- singular: -is
- plural: -es
- singular: -ix
- plural: -ices
- singular: -ma
- plural: -mata
- singular: -on
- plural: -a
- singular: -um
- plural: -a
- singular: -us
- plural: -i
- singular: -y
- plural: -ies
- son/o
- sound
- sten/o
- narrow
- sub-, infra-
- below or under
- super-, supra-
- above or excessive
- tachy-
- fast
- therm/o
- heat
- tox/o, toxic/o
- poison
- tri-
- three
- troph/o
- nourishment or development
- ultra-
- beyond or excessive
- ur/o, urin/o
- urine