mEDICAL tERMINOLOGY WORD ELEMENT TO DEFINITION
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- a-
- without;not;away from
- ab-
- from;away from;absent
- ad-
- toward
- alb-
- white
- ambi-
- both;both sides
- an-
- without;not
- ante-
- before;front
- anti-
- against
- auto-
- self
- bi-
- two;double
- bio-
- life
- brady-
- slow
- circum-
- around
- con-
- together;with
- de
- down;from
- dis-
- free of;to undo;double;negative
- dys-
- bad; difficult;painful;disordered
- ecto-
- outside
- endo-
- within;inner
- epi-
- upon;over;after
- eu-
- well;easily;good;normal
- ex-
- away from;outside
- extra-
- outside;beyond
- hemi-
- half
- homeo-
- likeness;same
- homo-
- same
- hydro-
- water
- hyper-
- excessive;above
- hypo-
- under;below;beneath;less than normal
- idio-
- individual
- in-
- in;inside;within;not
- infra-
- beneath;below;under
- inter
- between
- intra-
- within
- juxtra-
- near;beside
- meta-
- beyond;after;change
- milli-
- one-thousandth
- mono-
- one;single
- multi-
- many
- non-
- not
- pan-
- all
- para-
- near;beside;beyond;two like parts
- per-
- through;intense
- peri-
- around; about
- poly-
- many;much
- post-
- after;behind
- pre-
- before;infront
- primi-
- first
- pseudo-
- false
- retro-
- backward;behind
- semi-
- half
- sub-
- beneath;under
- supra-
- above;over;beyond
- sym-
- joined;together
- tachy-
- rapid
- trans-
- across;through
- tri-
- three
- uni-
- one
- zanth/o
- yellow
- ac,al-
- pertaining to;
- agesia
- sensitvity to pain
- -algia
- pain;suffering
- -ate
- something that
- -blast
- embryonic stage of development
- -cele
- swelling;herniation
- 0centisis
- surgical procedure
- -cide
- to kill;destroy
- -clasis
- crushing;breaking up
- -cyte
- cell
- -dynia
- pain
- -e,-a
- noun ending
- -ectasia
- stretching or dilation
- ectomy
- surgical removal
- -emia
- blood
- -er
- one who
- -esis
- condition of
- is
- producing;formaal
- -gram
- record;picture
- -graph
- an instument used to record
- -graphy
- writing;record
- -ia
- condition;noun ending
- ion
- action;process
- -ist
- practioner
- -itis
- inflammation of
- lepsy
- seizure;attack
- -lith
- stone;calculus
- -logy
- the study of
- -logist
- one who specializes
- -lysis
- destruction;detachment
- -mania
- a mental dtsorder;maddness
- -megaly
- enlargement
- -meter
- an instrument used to measure
- -metry
- the process of measuring
- -oid
- resembling
- -ole
- small or littlt
- -oma
- tumor
- -opia
- visual condition
- -osis
- condition
- -pathy
- disease
- -penia
- decrease in; defenceincy
- -pexy
- surgical fixation
- -philia
- attracted to; tendency toward
- -phobia
- abnormal fear
- -plasty
- surgical repair
- -plegia
- paralisis; stroke
- -pnea
- breathing
- -ptosis
- drooping;prolapse
- -rrhagia
- excessive flow or discharge
- -rrhaphy
- suturing
- -rrhea
- discharge flow
- -rrhexis
- rupture
- -scope
- an instrument used to view
- -stomy
- the surgical creation of a new opening
- -tomy
- incision into
- -tripsy
- intentional crushing
- -uria
- urine
- stasis
- stopping or controlling
- -scopy
- processs of viewing
- abdomin/o
- front
- anter/o
- front
- cervic/o
- cervix;neck
- coccyg/o
- coccyx
- crani/o
- cranium;skull
- cyt/o
- cell
- dors/o
- back
- umbilic/o
- navel
- thorac/o
- chest
- hist/o
- tissue
- ili/o
- ilium
- inguin/o
- groin
- sacr/o
- sacrum
- later/o
- side
- medi/o
- middle
- nucle/o
- nucleus
- pelv/o
- pelvis
- proxim/o
- near
- ventr/o
- abdomed;front side
- viscer/o
- internal organs
- adip/o
- pertaining to fat
- cutane/o
- skin
- derm/o
- skin
- deramt/o
- skin
- hidr/o
- sweat
- kerat/o
- hard;horny
- lip/o
- fat
- erythr/o
- red
- leuk/o
- white
- melan/o
- black
- xanth/o
- yellow
- myc/o
- muscle
- onchy/o
- nail-like or toe
- pil/o
- hair
- scler/o
- relating to the sclera
- squam/o
- scales
- trich/o
- hair
- xer/o
- dry
- ichthy
- fish-like scale
- caut/o
- burn
- auto
- self
- hyper
- excessive
- hypo
- under;below;beneath
- intra
- within
- aden/o
- gland
- albin/o
- white
- icter/o
- jaundice
- scapul/o
- shoulder
- schiz/o
- split;division
- schirr/o
- hard/hard tumor
- sclre/o
- hard;horny
- scoli/o
- crooked bent
- scop/o
- to view
- scot/o
- darkness
- seb/o
- sebum
- semin/o
- semen
- sept/o
- infection
- ser/o
- blood serum
- sial/o
- saliva;salivary gland
- sider/o
- iron;steel
- sigmoid/o
- sigmoid colon
- sinus/o
- sinus
- skelet/o
- skeleton
- somat/o
- bodyson/o
- son/o
- sound
- sperm/o
- sperm
- spermat/o
- sperm
- spher/o
- round; sphere
- spin/o
- spine
- splen/o
- spleen
- spondyl/o
- spine;vertabra
- staped/o
- stapes
- steat/o
- fat
- stern/o
- sternum
- stomat/o
- mouth
- tars/o
- ankle bones;
- tax/o
- order
- tel/e
- distance;end
- tempor/o
- temoples of the head
- tend/o
- tendon
- tendin/o
- tenden
- test/o
- testis;testicles
- tetr/a
- four
- thec/o
- sheath;case;receptacle
- thym/o
- thymus gland
- thyro/
- thyroid gland
- thyroid/o
- thyroid gland
- toc/o
- childbirth
- tom/o
- to cut; section;layer
- phon/o
- sound;voice
- phor/o
- bearing
- phot/o
- light
- phren/o
- mind
- plas/o
- formation;development
- plast/o
- formation;development
- pleg/o
- paralysis;stroke
- pleur/o
- pleura
- pne/o
- breathing
- pneum/o
- lungs;air
- pneumon/o
- lungs;air
- poikil/o
- varied;irregular
- poli/o
- gray matter of the nervous system
- polyp/o
- polyps
- poster/o
- back
- presby/o
- old age
- proct/o
- anus;rectum
- prostat/o
- prostate gland
- psued/o
- false
- psych/o
- mind
- pub/o
- pubis
- pulmon/o
- lungs
- pupill/o
- pupil
- purpur/o
- purple
- py/o
- pus
- pyel/o
- renal pelvis
- pyr/o
- fire;heat
- rach/i
- spine
- radi/o
- radiation
- radicul/o
- root
- rect/o
- rectum;straight