Pharmacy Practice
Terms
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- A
- NOT, WITHOUT, -LESS
- AB,ABS
- FROM, AWAY FROM OFF
- ACANTH(O)
- THORN
- ACOU
- HEARING
- ACR(O)
- EXTREMITY
- ACU
- HEARING; NEEDLE
- AD
- INCREASE, ADHERENCE, MOTION TOWARD
- -AD
- TOWARD, IN THE DIRECTION OF; -WARD
- ADEN(O)
- GLAND
- ADIP(O)
- FAT
- -AGOG, -AGOGUE
- PROMOTER, STIMULATOR
- AIDOIO
- GENITALS
- -AL
- PERTAINING TOO
- ALB(O)
- WHITE
- ALGE(SI), ALGIO, ALGO
- PAIN
- allo
- other, different
- ambi
- around, on (both) sides, on all sides, both
- ambly(o)
- dull
- amly
- starch, polysaccharide
- an
- not, without, -less
- ana
- up, toward, apart
- andr(o)
- male
- angi(o)
- vessel
- ankylo
- crooked
- ante
- before
- anthraco
- coal, carbon
- anthropo
- human (either gender)
- anti
- against, opposing; curative; antibody
- apo
- separated from, derived from
- aque(0)
- water
- -ar
- pertaining to
- -arche
- beginning
- arteri(o)
- artery
- arthr(o)
- joint, articulation
- -ary
- pertaining to
- -ase
- enzyme
- -ate
- a salt or ester of an "-ic" acid
- athero
- pasty, fatty
- atto
- one-quintillionth (10^-18)
- audi(o)
- hearing
- aur(i), auro
- ear
- aut(o)
- self, same
- bacteri(o)
- bacteria
- balan(o)
- glans penis
- bi
- twice, double
- bio
- life
- blasto
- budding by cells or tissue
- blephar(o)
- eyelid
- brachi(o)
- arm
- brachy
- short
- bronch
- bronchus
- brady
- slow
- bronch(i), bronch(i)o
- bronchus
- carcin(o)
- cancer
- cardi(o)
- heart; esophageal opening of stomach
- carpo
- wrist
- cata
- down
- caud(o)
- tail, lower part of body
- -cele
- hernia, swelling
- celio
- abdomen
- -centesis
- surgical puncture
- centi
- one-hundreth (10^-2)
- cephal(o)
- the head
- cervic(o)
- neck; uterine cervix
- cheil(o)
- lip
- cheir(o)
- hand
- chem(o)
- chemistry; drug
- chir(o)
- hand
- chlor(o)
- green; chlorine
- chol(e)
- bile
- chondrio, chondr(o)
- cartilage; granular, gritty
- chrom, chromat, chromo
- color
- chron(o)
- time
- -cidal, -cide
- killing, destroying
- cis
- on this side, on the near side
- -clast
- breaker
- -clysis
- washing
- co, col
- with, together, in association, complete
- colp(o)
- vagina
- com, con
- with, together, in asscoiation, complete
- conio
- dust
- cor
- with, together, in association, complete
- coreo
- pupil
- cost(o)
- rib
- crani(o)
- cranium
- -crine
- secretion
- cry(o)
- cold
- crypt(o)
- hidden
- culdo
- cul-de-sac
- cyan(o)
- blue; cyanide
- cycl
- circle, cycle; ciliary body
- cyst(i), cysto
- bladder; cyst; cystic duct
- cyt, -cyte, cyto
- cell
- dacry(o)
- tears
- dactyl(o)
- finger, toe
- de
- away from; cessation
- deca
- ten
- deci
- one-tenth
- deka
- ten
- denti
- tooth
- derm, derma, dermat(o), dermo
- sin
- -desis
- binding
- dextr(o)
- right, toward or on the right side
- di, dif
- separation, taking apart, reversal, not, un-
- dipso
- thirst
- dir, dis
- separation, taking apart, reversal, not, un-
- duo
- two
- duodeno
- duodenum
- -dynia
- pain
- dynamo
- force, energy
- dys
- bad, difficult, wrong
- ect
- outer, on the outside
- -ectasia, ectasis
- dilation, stretching
- ecto
- outer, on the outside
- -ectomy
- excision
- -emphraxis
- obstruction
- encephal(o)
- brain
- end(o)
- within, inner
- enter(o)
- intestine
- ent(o)
- inner, within
- ep, epi
- upon, following, subsequent to
- ergo
- work
- erythr(o)
- red, redness
- eso
- inward
- esthesio
- sensation, perception
- eu
- good, well
- ex
- out of, from, away from
- exo
- exterior, external, outward
- extra
- without, outside of
- ferri
- ferric ion (Fe+3)
- ferro
- metallic iron, ferrous ion (Fe+2)
- fibr(o)
- fiber
- -form
- in the form or shape of
- galact(o)
- milk
- gastr(o)
- stomach; belly
- gen, -gen
- producing, coming to be; precursor
- giga
- one billion (10^9)
- gingiv(o)
- gums
- gloss(o)
- tongue
- gluco
- glucose
- glyco
- sugar
- gnath(o)
- jaw
- gon
- seed, semen
- gonio
- angle
- gono
- seed semen
- -gram
- writing, recording
- granul(o)
- granular, granule
- -graph
- recording instrumetn
- gyn(e), gyneco, gyno
- woman
- hecto
- one hundred (10^2)
- hem(a), hemat(o)
- blood
- hemi
- one-half
- hemo
- blood
- hepat, hepatico, hepato
- liver
- hept(a)
- seven
- hidr(o)
- sweat
- hist, histio, histo
- tissue
- homeo
- same, constant
- hydr(o)
- water; hydrogen
- hyper
- above normal, deficient
- hypo
- below normal, deficient
- hyster(o)
- uterus; hysteria; late, following
- -ia
- condition
- -iasis
- condition, infestation, infection
- -ic
- pertaining to
- -ics
- oganized knowledege, practice, treatment
- ileo,
- ileume
- ilio
- ilium
- in
- in; not
- -in
- chemical suffix
- -ine
- chemical suffix
- infra
- below
- inguino
- groin
- inter
- between, among
- intra, intro
- within
- irid(o)
- iris
- ischi(o)
- ischium
- -ism
- condition, disease; practice, doctrine
- -ismus
- spasm; contraction
- iso
- equal, like; isomer; sameness
- -ite
- of the nature of, resembling
- -ites
- -y,-like
- -itides
- plural of -itis
- -itis
- inflammation
- kal(i)
- potassium
- kary(o)
- nucleus
- kerat(o)
- cornea, cornified epithelium
- kilo
- one thousand
- kin(e), kinesi(o), kineso, kino
- movement
- labio
- lip
- lacrim(o)
- tears
- lact(i), lacto
- milk
- laparo
- abdomen. abdominal wall
- laryng(o)
- larynx
- lateri, latero
- lateral, to one side, side
- -lepsis, -lepsy
- seizure
- lepto
- light, slender, thin, frail
- leuk(o)
- white
- lien(o)
- spleen
- linguo
- tongue
- lip(o)
- fat, lipid
- lith(o)
- stone, calculus, calcification
- -log
- speech, words
- log(o)
- speech, words
- -logy
- study of; collecting
- lymph(o)
- lymph; lymphocyte
- lys(o), -lysis, -lytic
- dissolution, disintegration; release
- macr(o)
- large; long
- mal
- bad, deficient
- -malacia
- softening
- mamm, mamm(a), mammo
- breast
- mast(o)
- breast
- meg
- large, oversize
- mega
- large, oversize; one million
- megal(o)
- large
- -megaly
- enlargement
- melan(o)
- black
- men
- menstruation
- mening(o)
- meninges
- meno
- menstruation
- ment(o)
- chin
- -mer
- member of a series
- mes(o)
- middle, mean, intermediate; attaching membrane
- meta
- after, behind; oint action, sharing
- -meter
- measurement, measuring device
- metr(o)
- uterus
- micr
- small, microscopic
- micro
- small, microscopic; one-millionth
- milli
- one-thousandth
- mon(o)
- single
- morph(o)
- form, shape, sturcture
- my(o)
- muscle
- myel(o)
- bone marrow; spinal cord
- myring(o)
- tympanic membrane
- myx(o)
- mucus
- nano
- dwarf; one-billionth (10^-9)
- nas(o)
- nose
- natr(i)
- sodium
- necr(o)
- death, necrosis
- neo
- new
- nephr(o)
- kidney
- neur(i), neuro
- nerve, nervous system
- norm(o)
- normal
- octo
- eight
- oculo
- eye
- odont(o)
- tooth
- odyn(o), -odynia
- pain
- olig(o)
- few, little
- -oma
- tumor, neoplasm
- -omata
- plural of -oma