Med-Term Final
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Gastr | Stomach |
| Cardi | heart |
| megal | enlarged |
| itis | inflamation |
| dermat | skin |
| plast | surgical repair |
| cerebr | brain |
| path | disease |
| ectomy | surgical removal |
| enter | intestine |
| osis | any- condition |
| otomy | cut into |
| aden | gland |
| angi | blood vessels |
| oma | tumor |
| nephr | kidney |
| hepat | liver |
| arthr | joints |
| blephar | eyelid |
| ologist | specialist |
| rhin | nose |
| gingiv | gum |
| malacia | soft |
| ology | study of |
| spasm | involuntary contraction |
| algia | pain |
| crani | skull |
| end | inside |
| hemi | half |
| oid | like |
| hyper | above |
| cyst | bladder |
| chole | bile |
| hypo | below |
| scop | observe |
| hyster | uterus |
| ostomy | create an opening |
| para | beside |
| lysis | loosening, destruction |
| cervic | neck |
| chondr | cartilage |
| cyan | blue |
| hem | blood |
| ost | bone |
| psycho | mind |
| lip | fat |
| my | muscle |
| lith | stone |
| ophthalm | eye |
| proct | anus |
| cost | ribs |
| gram | record |
| acro | extremities |
| rhexis | break |
| carcin | cancer |
| penia | decrease |
| gen | original |
| burso | sac |
| retro | backwards |
| trip | friction |
| strept | twist |
| desis | binding |
| mani | madness |
| glosso | tongue |
| trophy | development |
| supra | above |
| ptosis | falling |
| dyn | pain |
| mast | breast |
| rrhaphy | suture |
| dent | teeth |
| cephal | head |
| auto | self |
| epi | upon |
| hydro | water |
| lobo | section |
| emesis | vomiting |
| contra | against |
| iasis | condition |
| trans | across |
| brady | slow |
| ectasis | expansion |
| cyt | cell |
| odont | tooth |
| leuk | white |
| esthesia | sensation |
| cantho | angle at end of eye lid |
| steno | narrow, contract |
| cheil | lips |
| cele | hernia |
| benign | mild |
| semen | seeds |
| celio | abandon |
| erythro | red |
| vaso | vessel |
| melan | black |
| cauda | tail |
| lingua | tongue |
| myring | eardrum |
| spondyl | spinal column |
| ovar | egg |
| centesis | punture |
| oto | ear |
| bili | bile |
| squam | scale |
| mening | membrane |
| cec | blind passage |
| macul | spots |
| pexy | suspension |
| onco | tumor |
| or | mouth |
| sub | under |
| spiro | coil |
| lacrim | tear |
| viscero | organ |
| lact | milk |
| onych | nail |
| thorac | chest |
| pyle | gale |
| vesic | bladder |
| sphenic | wedge |
| myel | spinal cord |
| anti | against |
| myco | fungus |
| hallux | great toe |
| physio | nature |
| bucco | cheek |
| palpebr | eyelid |
| plasia | development |
| rug | wrinkle, fold crease |
| aur | ear |
| acoust | hearing |
| colp(o) | vagina |
| phon | voice |
| leio | smooth |
| core | heart |
| ren | kidney |
| orchi | testis |
| encephal | brain |
| thalam | inner chamber |
| plexus | braid |
| cilia | eyelash |
| dendr | tree,breaching |
| phleb | vein |
| pilo | hair |
| histo | tissue |
| stoma | mouth |
| tympan | ear drum |
| umbilic | nasal |
| salpingo | tube |
| helio | sun |
| astr | star-shaped |
| asthenia | weakness |
| fascia | sheet/band |
| iso | equal |
| tarso | ankle |
| tope | place |
| pod | foot |
| malign | bad |
| adnexa | ties |
| ocul | eye |
| lapar | abdominal wall |
| dacry | tear |
| ment | mind |
| part | labor |
| scler(a) | hard |
| somato | body |
| trachel | neck |
| sinus | hollow space |
| hypno | sleep |
| sept | wall |
| scirr(h) | hard |
| antr | cavity |
| crine | to secrete |
| dura | hard |
| pneum | lung |
| phage | to eat |
| phren | mind |
| corne | horny |
| plak | plate |
| iris | rainbow |
| kerat | horny |
| pulmo | lung |
| ptyal | saliva |
| alveol | cavity |
| oophor | ovary |
| oment | covering |
| sedat | calm |
| furca | fork-shaped |
| radic | root |
| radi | ray |
| fistul | pipe |
| edema | swelling |
| dactyl | finger-toe |
| metabole(e) | change |
| pariet | wall |
| ependym | wrapping |
| gravid | pregnant |
| aer | air |
| glyco | sweet |
| tarso | framework of upper eyelid |
| cheir | hand |
| calc | heel, stone |
| cine | move |
| digit | finger |
| dors | back |
| gangli | swelling |
| gemin | twin |
| grad | walk |
| gran | grain |
| labi | lip |
| micr | small |
| peps | digest |
| pleur | rib,side |
| mamm | breat |
| colla | glue |
| later | side |
| rachi | spinal column |
| phob | fear |
| phot | light |
| dys | bad |
| cut | skin |
| en | in |
| peri | about,around |
| pro | in front of |
| mechano | machine |
| dynam | power |
| osmo | odor |
| traumat | wound |
| trich | hair |
| maxill | upper jaw bone |
| an, a | without |
| phak | lens |
| pre | in front of, before |
| strict | draw tight |
| turbin | shaped like a top |
| ameb | change |
| semi | half |
| neo | new |
| hormone | excite |
| therm | heat |
| syn or sym | together |
| vuls(e) | twitch |
| post | after |
| metr | uterus |
| tegument | skin |
| pan | all |
| poly | many |
| ramus | branch |
| neuro | nerve |
| thromb | clot |
| ab | away from |
| plegia | paralysis |
| ante | before |
| thel | nipple |
| ex | out |
| lien | splean |
| tumor | swelling |
| vestibule | enterance |
| puer | child |
| sarc | flesh |
| proli | offspring |
| macro | large |
| lal | speech |
| intra | within |
| inter | between |
| infra | beneath |
| cryo | cold |
| mal | bad |
| glom | balls |
| tens | stretch |
| spas | pull,draw |
| somni | sleep |
| pharmac | drug |
| lumbo | loins |
| ger | old |
| capit | head |
| ventr | front |
| cau | burn |
| vert | turn |
| clas | break |
| eu | good |
| fiss | split |
| ambi | both |
| brachy | short |
| amphi | both sides |
| duct | tube |
| heter | other |
| poster | back part |
| gyn | female |
| hom | same |
| cata | down |
| schiz | split |
| olfact | smell |
| pseud | false |
| infer | udner |
| pachy | thick |
| phrag | fence |
| platy | flat |
| orth | straight |
| xer | dry |
| sta | stand, fix |
| proxim | nearest |
| morph | shape |
| necr | death |
| dia | through |
| di | double |
| fac | factory |
| pect | chest |
| lymph | watery fluid |
| ton | stretch |
| rrhe | burst,flow |
| per | through |
| volv | turn |
| lept | slender, thin |
| blast | build up |
| meta | beyond |
| apo | away from |
| mi | less |
| scol | curved |
| eury | broad |
| dis | apart |
| med | middle |
| rrhag | burst |
| splanchn | internal organ |
| arter | artery |
| appendic | appendix |
| thyro | thyroid |
| splen | splein |
| ovario | ovary |
| adreno | adrenal gland |
| basi | base |
| pelvis | pelvis |
| vena | vein |
| urethra | urethra |
| utero | uterus |
| sacro | sacrum |
| pharyng | pharynx |
| duodeno | duodenum |
| ureter | ureter |
| laryng | larynx |
| bronch | bronchus |
| col | colon |
| esophag | esophagus |
| bi | two |
| tri | three |
| ile | ileum |
| ili | ilium |
| lig | ligament |
| therap | therapy |
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