Medical Terminology II
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86 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 genetic | orgin; producing; causing |
| gast | stomach |
| cyt | cell |
| hyper | high; excessive; more than normal |
| al | like; similar; pertaining to |
| algia | pain |
| ambi | both ; both sides |
| angi | vessel |
| arter | artery |
| auto | self |
| brady | slow |
| bi | twice; double ; both |
| cardi | pertaining to the heart |
| cephal | head; pertaining to the head |
| chol | bile; gallbladder |
| cide | causing death |
| cost | rib |
| cyst | bladder; bag; sac |
| derm | pertaining to the skin |
| dys | difficult; painful; bad |
| ectomy | surgical removal of |
| emia | blood |
| encephala | brain |
| enter | intestine |
| fore | in front of |
| gast | stomach |
| genetic | orgin; producing; causing |
| genous | kind; type |
| gingiv | gums; gingiva |
| gly | sugar |
| gram | tracing; picture; record |
| graph | diagram; instrument for recording |
| hepat | liver |
| hetero | other; unlike ; different |
| hist | tissue |
| hydro | water |
| hypo | decreased |
| latero | side |
| hyster | uterus |
| ia | condition of being abnormal |
| inter | between; among |
| itis | inflammation |
| kinesis | motion |
| lith | stone; calculus |
| logy | study of |
| mast | breast |
| megaly | large or enlarged |
| meno | monthly or menustration |
| micro | small |
| my | muscle |
| necr | death |
| neo | new |
| niph | kidney |
| neur | nerve; nervous system |
| olig | few; less than normal; small |
| ology | study of |
| oma | tumor; swelling |
| ophthalm | eye |
| ost | bone |
| osis | condition; state; process |
| otomy | surgically cutting into |
| path | disease |
| penia | lack of; deficiency |
| peri | around |
| phag | eat; ingest |
| phleb | vein |
| plasty | surgical correction or repair |
| pnea | breathing |
| pneum | lung |
| poly | many |
| proct | rectum; anus |
| pseudo | false |
| rhin | nose |
| rrhagia | sudden or excessive flow |
| rrhea | flow; discharge |
| sclerosis | dryness or hardness |
| scope | examining instrument |
| semi | half; part |
| septi | poison |
| steno | contracted; narrow |
| tach | rapid; fast |
| thromb | clot; thrombus |
| trach | trachea; windpipe |
| trans | across; over; beyond |
| ur | urine; urinary tract |
| vas | vessel; duct |
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