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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Aden/o | Gland Adenoma: Neoplasm of glandular epithelium |
| angi/o | vessel angioplasty: Surgical repair of a blood vessel |
| arteri/o | artery endarteritis: inflamation of the lining of an artery |
| arthr/o | joint arthroscope: instrument for examining the interior of a joint |
| audi/o | hearing audiologist: specialist in the study and treatment of hearing disorders |
| bio | life biopsy: removal and examination of living tissue |
| blast/o | immature form, growing form osteoblast: growing cell that produces bone tissue |
| branchi/o | arm antebrachium: forearm |
| bronch/o | bronchus bronchogenic: originating in the bronchus |
| bronchi/o | bronchus bronchiectasis: chronic dilation of the bronchi |
| carcin/o | cancer carcinogen: agent that causes cancer |
| cardi/o | heart cardiomyopathy: any disease affecting the heart muscle |
| cerebr/o | brain cerebrospinal: pertaining to the brain an spinal cord |
| cephal/o | head hydrocephalus: accumulation of excess cerebrospinal fluid in the brain |
| cervic/o | neck, cervix cervical: pertaining to the neck or cervix |
| chole | bile cholithiasis: presence or formation of gallstones |
| cholecyst/o | gallbladder cholecystectomy: surgical removal of the gallbladder |
| chondr/o | cartilage endochondral: located or occurring within the cartilage |
| cleid/o | clavicle cleidomastoid: pertaining to the mastoid process and clavicle. |
| col/o | colon colostomy: surgical formation of an opening between the colon and the surface of the body |
| colp/o | vagina colpocele: hernia into the vagina |
| cost/o | rib intercostal: between the ribs |
| crani/o | skull craniostomy: surgery on the cranium |
| cyst/o | sac, bladder cystitis: inflammation of the urinary bladder |
| cyt/o | cell cytology: study of cells |
| derm, dermat/o | skin hypodermic: beneath the skin dermatosis: any skin disease |
| encephal/o | brain encephalitis: inflammation of the brain |
| enter/o | intestine enterotoxin: toxin that acts on the cells lining the intestine |
| gastr/o | stomach epigastric: above the stomach |
| genesis | origin spermatogenesis: formation of sperm cells |
| glomerul/o | glomerulus glomerulonephritis: inflammation of the glomeruli of the kidney |
| gloss/o | tongue hypoglossal: under the tongue |
| hem/o, hemat/o | blood hemoglobin: pigment that carries oxygen in RBC's hematoma: localized collection of clotted blood |
| hepat/o | liver hepatomegaly: enlargement of the liver |
| hist/o | tissue histologist: one who studies tissues |
| hydr/o | water, fluid hydrophilic: readily absorbing water |
| hyster/o | uterus hysterectomy: surgical removal of the uterus |
| ile/o | ileum ileocecal: pertaining to the ileum and cecum |
| ili/o | ilium iliac: pertaining to the ilium |
| kerat/o | cornea, horny layer of the skin keratoplasty: plastic surgery of the cornea/ corneal grafting keratosis: any horny growth, such as a callus or wart |
| labi/o | lip, labium labiodental: pertaining to the lips and teeth |
| lact/o | milk lactogenic: promoting formation of milk |
| laryng/o | larynx laryngospam: spasmodic closing of the larynx |
| lith/o | stone sialolith: stone in the salivary gland or duct |
| lymph/o | lymph lymphadenopathy: any disease of the lymph |
| mast/o | breast mastectomy: surgical removal of a breast |
| medull/o | central part, medulla oblongata medullary: pertaining to the central region of a structure or to the medulla oblongata |
| men/o | menses menarche: beginning of menstrual cycle |
| mening/o | meninges meningocele: hernia of meninges |
| metr/o | uterus endometrium: lining of uterus |
| my/o | muscle myofiber: muscle cell |
| myc/o | fungus dermatomycosis: any fungal infection if the skin |
| myel/o | marrow, spinal cord myelodysplasia: defective formation of the spinal cord myelogenous: originating in bone marrow |
| myring/o | tympanic membrane myringotomy: incision of the tympanic membrane |
| nas/o | nose paranasal: near the nose |
| necr/o | death necrosis: death of tissue |
| nephr/o | kidney hydronephritis: accumulation of fluid in the renal pelvis due to obstruction |
| neur/o | nerve neuralgia: pain along the path of a nerve |
| ocul/o | eye oculomotor: pertaining to eye movements |
| odont/o | tooth orthodontics: branch of dentistry, that deals with prevention and correction of irregularities in the teeth |
| onc/o | tumor, swelling oncolytic: destructive of tumor cells |
| onych/o | nail paronychia: infection of the area around a nail |
| oo | egg, ovum oocyte: developing ovum |
| oophor/o | ovary oophorectomy: removal of ovary |
| opthalm/o | eye exophthalmia: protrusion of eyeball |
| orchi/o, orchid/o | testis orchidoptosis: dropping of the testis orchioplexy: surgical fixation of an undescended testis in the scrotum |
| os, oste/o | bone ossification: formation of bone periosteum: membrane that covers the bone |
| ot/o | ear otosclerosis: formation of bone tissue in the inner ear leading to hearing loss |
| ovari/o | ovary ovariorrhexis: rupture of an ovary |
| path/o | disease pathophysiology: study of the physiology of disease |
| ped/o | child, foot pediatrics: branch of medicine that deals with the care of children pedometer: instrument for recording numbers of steps |
| phag/o | eating phagocyte: cell that takes in and destroys waste or foreign particles |
| phak/o, phac/o | lens of eye phacolysis: destruction of the lens |
| phleb/o | vein phlebotomist: one who draws blood from a vein |
| pneum/o, pneumon/o | lung, air, breathing pneumothorax: accumulation of air in the pleural space pneumonia: inflammation of the lung |
| proct/o | rectum proctology: endoscopic exam of the rectum |
| psych/o | mind psychogenic: of mental or emotional origin |
| ptosis | drooping blepharoptosis: drooping of the eyelid |
| py/o | pus empyema: accumulation of pus in a body cavity |
| pyel/o | pelvis, renal pelvis pyelography: X-ray study of the renal pelvis and ureter |
| pylor/o | pylorus pylorospasm: spasm of the pylorus |
| rachi/o | spine rachiocentesis: lumbar tap |
| ren/o | kidney suprarenal: above the kidney |
| rhin/o | nose rhinorrhea: discharge of thin mucous from the nose |
| salping/o | tube, oviduct salpingectomy: surgical removal of the oviduct |
| scler/o | hardening arteriosclerosis: hardening of the arteries |
| splen/o | spleen splenectomy: removal of spleen |
| thorac/o | chest, thorax thoracotomy: surgical incision of the chest wall |
| thromb/o | blood clot thrombosis: formation or presence of a blood clot, usually causing obstruction of a vessel |
| tox/o, toxic/o | poison toxoid: modified bacterial toxin used to produce immunity toxicology: study of poisons |
| trache/o | trachea tracheostomy: surgical creation of an opening onto the trachea |
| trich/o | hair trichology: study of hair |
| ureter/o | ureter ureterectasis: dilation of ureter |
| urethra/o | urethra urethrostenosis: narrowing of the urethra |
| ur/o | urine anuria: lack of urine formation |
| vas/o | vessel, duct vasomotor: pertaining to changes in the diameter if a vessel |
| vesic/o | urinary bladder vesical: pertaining to the urinary bladder |
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