Medical Terminology Midterm Study Guide
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 a-,an- | no, without |
| aden/o | gland |
| adip/o | fat |
| andr/o | pain |
| ante- | before |
| anter/o | front |
| anti- | against |
| arthr/o | joint |
| balan/o | glans penis |
| bi/o | life |
| -blast | immature |
| brady- | slow |
| cardi/o | heart |
| cata- | down |
| -cele | hernia |
| -centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid |
| cephal/o | head |
| cheil/o | lip |
| -chezia | defecation |
| cholangi/o | bile vessel |
| cholecyst/o | gallbladder |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| chrom/o | color |
| cis/o | to cut |
| col/o | colon |
| contra- | against |
| crani/o | skull |
| crin/o | to excrete |
| cry/o | cold |
| crypt/o | hidden |
| -cyesis | pregnancy |
| cyst/o | urinary bladder |
| cyt/o | cell |
| -cyte | cell |
| dactyl/o | fingers, toes |
| dermat/o | skin |
| dia- | complete |
| dips/o | thirst |
| dors/o | back |
| -dynia | pain |
| -ectasis | widening |
| -ectomy | removal |
| -emia | blood condition |
| encephal/o | brain |
| endo- | within |
| enter/o | small intestines |
| epi- | above |
| erythr/o | red |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| -genic | produced by or in |
| -globin | protein |
| gloss/o | tongue |
| glyc/o | sugar |
| gnos/o | knowledge |
| -gram | record |
| -graph | instrument for recording |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| gynec/o | women |
| hemat/o | blood |
| hemi- | half |
| hepat/o | liver |
| hist/o | tissue |
| hydr/o | water |
| hyper- | excessive |
| hypo- | deficient |
| iatr/o | physician |
| infra- | below |
| inguin/o | groin |
| inter- | between |
| intra- | within |
| isch/o | to hold back |
| -ism | condition |
| -itis | inflammation |
| kary/o | nucleus |
| later/o | side |
| log/o | study |
| leuk/o | white |
| lith/o | stone |
| -lithiasis | condition of stones |
| -lithotomy | incision of removal of a stone |
| -logy | study of |
| -lysis | breakdown |
| macro- | large |
| -malacia | softening |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| meta- | change |
| morph/o | shape, form |
| mort/o | death |
| natr/o | sodium |
| nephr/o | kidney |
| neur/o | nerves |
| olig/o | scanty |
| -oma | tumor |
| onc/o | tumor |
| ophthalm/o | eye |
| -opsy | process of viewing |
| orch/o | testis |
| -orexia | appetite |
| -ose | full of |
| oste/o | bone |
| -pathy | disease |
| -penia | deficiency |
| peri- | through |
| -pexy | fixation |
| -phobia | fear |
| -phoria | feeling |
| -plasia | formation |
| -plasm | formation |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -pnea | breathing |
| poly- | many |
| proct/o | anus and rectum |
| psych/o | mind |
| -ptosis | drooping |
| pyel/o | renal pelvis |
| radi/o | x-rays |
| retro- | behind |
| rhin/o | nose |
| -rrhage | bursting fourth of blood |
| sarc/o | flesh |
| -sclerosis | hardening |
| -scope | instrument for viewing |
| seps/o | infection |
| sialadeno/o | salivary gland |
| -somes | bodies |
| somn/o | sleep |
| -stasis | controlling |
| steat/o | fat |
| -stenosis | tightening |
| stomat/o | mouth |
| -stomy | incision to form a mouth |
| sub- | under |
| tachy- | rapid |
| terat/o | monster |
| test/o | testis |
| -therapy | treatment |
| -tomy | incision |
| trans- | through |
| -tresia | opening |
| -trophy | development |
| -type | picture |
| ur/o | urine |
| -uria | urination |
| varic/o | varicose veins |
| viscer/o | internal organs |
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