The language of medicine ed. 9 chapter one
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 aden/o | gland |
| arthr/o | joint |
| bi/o | life |
| carcin/o | cancer, cancerous |
| cardi/o | heart |
| cephal/o | head |
| cis/o & sect/o | to cut |
| crin/o | secrete |
| cyst/o | urinary bladder |
| cyt/o | cell |
| derm/o & dermat/o | skin |
| electr/o | electricity |
| encephal/o | brain, in head |
| enter/o | intestines (usually the small intestines) |
| erythr/o | red |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| gnos/o | knowledge |
| gynec/o | woman, female |
| hem/o & hemat/o | blood |
| hepat/o | liver |
| iatr/o | physician, treatment |
| leuk/o | white |
| nephr/o & ren/o | kidney |
| neur/o | nerve |
| onc/o | tumor |
| ophthalm/o | eye |
| oste/o | bone |
| path/o | disease |
| ped/o | child, foot |
| psych/o | mind |
| radi/o | x-rays, radioactivity, radius (lateral lower arm bone) |
| rhin/o | nose |
| sarc/o | flesh (connective tissue: bone , muscle, fat) |
| thromb/o | clot |
| ur/o | urine, urinary tract |
| -ac, -al , -ic & -ical | pertaining to |
| -algia | pain |
| -cyte | cell |
| -ectomy | removal, excision, resection |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -genic | produced by or in |
| -gram | record |
| -ion | process |
| -ist | specialist |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -logy | study (process of) |
| -oma | tumor, mass, collection of fluid |
| -opsy | view of |
| -osis | condition, usually abnormal |
| -pathy | disease, emotion |
| -scope | instrument for visual examination |
| -scopy | visual examination |
| -sis | state of; condition |
| -tomy | process of cutting |
| -y | condition, process |
| a- & an- | no, not, without |
| auto- & aut- | self, own |
| dia- | complete, through |
| end- & endo- | in, within |
| epi- | above, upon, on |
| ex- & exo | out, away from |
| hyper- | above, excessive |
| hypo- | deficient, below, under, less than normal |
| in- | in, into, not |
| peri- | surrounding |
| pro- | before, forward |
| re- | back, again, backward |
| retro- | behind, back, backward |
| sub- | under, below |
| trans- | across, through |
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