Ch.1 Medical Terminology
Terms
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- pro-
- before, forward
- epi-
- above, upon
- hypo-
- under, below, deficient
- hyper-
- excessive, above, more than normal
- in-
- into, in
-
ex-
exo- - out
- auto-
- self
- peri-
- surrounding, around
- sub-
- below, under
- trans-
- across, through
- retro-
- behind
- dia-
- complete
-
a-
an- - no, not, without
- endo-
- within
- re-
- back, backward, again
- -oma
- tumor or mass
- -ac
- pertaining to
- -al
- pertaining to
- -logy
- the study of
- -tomy
-
incision or cutting into
(process of cutting) - -itis
- inflammation
-
-ic
-ical - pertaining to
- -emia
- blood condition
- -y
- process, condition
- -scope
- instrument for visual examination
- -algia
- pain
- -genic
- pertaining to producing, produced by, or produced in
- -ion
- process
- -scopy
- the process of visual examination
- -globin
- protein
- -osis
- abnormal condition
- -ist
- specialist (one who specializes in)
- -gram
- record or tracing
- -pathy
- disease condition
- -cyte
- cell
- -opsy
- process of viewing
- -ectomy
- excision, resection, removal
- -sis
- state of
- cardi/o
- heart
- cerebr/o
- cerebrum
- sect/o
- to cut
- leuk/o
- white
- oste/o
- bone
- nephr/o
- kidney
- bi/o
- life
- gastr/o
- stomach
- encephal/o
- brain
- enter/o
- small intestine
- thromb/o
- clotting
- gnos/o
- knowledge
- electr/o
- electricity
- arthr/o
- joint
- cyt/o
- cell
- rhin/o
- nose
- psych/o
- mind
- carcin/o
- cancer, cancerous
- ur/o
- urinary tract
- onc/o
- tumor
- neur/o
- nerve
-
derm/o
dermat/o - skin
- ren/o
- kidney
- radi/o
- x-ray
- gynec/o
- woman, female
- cephal/o
- head
- crin/o
- secrete, (to form and give off)
- ped/o
- child
- path/o
- disease
- aden/o
- gland
- cis/o
- to cut
- sarc/o
- flesh
- ophthalm/o
- eye
- erythr/o
- red, (red blood cell)
-
hem/o
hemat/o - blood
- hepat/o
- liver
- cyst/o
- urinary bladder; a sac or cyst containing fluid
- iatr/o
- treatment