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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

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