Chapter 3 Terms
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eapric on September 29, 2011
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medical and technical terminology
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 ad- | to, toward, near |
| a-, ab- | away from, from |
| sub- | under |
| capn- | carbon dioxide, smoke |
| ox(y)-, ox(i)- | oxygen, acid |
| ferr(i)-, ferr- | iron |
| corn(i)-, corn(u)- | horn, horn-like (bicornate, cornuate) |
| kerat- horn, horn-like | keratodermatitis |
| lith- | stone, calculus |
| hal(i)-, hal- | salt (haliphagia, halophillic) |
| sal(i)- | salt (salimeter) |
| hyal- | glass, glassy (hyaloid) |
| vitr(i)- | glass, glassy (vitriform) |
| glyc-, gluc- | sugar (glycemia) |
| sacchar- | sugar (saccharolytic) |
| myc-, mycet- | fungus |
| seb-, seb(i)- | grease |
| adip- | fat (adipogenous) |
| lip- | fat (lipoma) |
| amyl- | starch |
| muc-, muc(i)- | mucus, mucus membrane |
| myx- | mucus |
| py- | pus |
| ptyal- | saliva |
| sial- | saliva |
| ole- | oil |
| acet-, acet(i)- | acid, vinegar |
| hydr- | water |
| hidr- | sweat |
| galact- | milk (agalactia) |
| lact-, lact(i)- | milk (lacteal) |
| pyr-, pyret- | fire, fever |
| aden- | gland |
| carcin- | cancer |
| crin- | secret |
| -agogue | agent inducing flow |
| -ase | enzyme |
| -in | substance |
| -ad | toward, in the direction of |
| -ate | having |
| -eal | relating to |
| -form | having the shape of |
| -ose | full of, pertaining to |
| -fy | to make |
| -ferous, -ferent | bearing, carrying |
| -genic, -genous | causing, caused by |
| -omatous | pertaining to tumors |
| -oma | tumor |
| -omatosis | tumorous condition |
| poiesis | production |
| -rrhea | flow |
| -therapy | treatment |
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