Medical Terminology One
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88 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 a-(an-before vowels or h) | Not, without |
| amphi-, ampho- | both, on both sides of, around |
| ana- (an- before vowels or h) | up, back, again |
| anti- (ant- before vowels or h) | against, opposite |
| apo- (ap- before vowels or h) | from, off, away |
| cata- (cat- before vowels or h) | down, against, according to, very |
| dia- (di before vowels or h) | through, across, between |
| ALG- | pain |
| ARTH- | joint, speech sound, articulation |
| BI- | Life |
| BALL-, BOL-, -BLE | to throw, to put |
| BRADY- | slow |
| CRYPT- | hidden |
| DROM- | running, course |
| GE- | earth |
| HOD-, OD- | road, way |
| MNE- | to remember |
| MORPH- | FORM |
| ODONT- | TOOTH |
| PHOR-, PHER- | TO BEAR, TO GO |
| PLEX- | STROKE |
| PLEG- | PARALYSIS |
| POD-, -PUS | FOOT |
| PROCT- | ANUS, RECTUM |
| STOL-, STAL-, -STLE | TO SEND, TO CONTRACT |
| STOM-, STOMAT- | MOUTH, OPENING |
| TROP-, TREP- | TO TURN, RESPONSE TO STIMULUS |
| UR- | URINE, URINARY SYSTEM |
| URE- | TO URINATE |
| dys- | bad, disordered, difficult |
| es-, eis | inward, into |
| ec-(ex-before vowels or h) | out, out of, outside |
| en- (em, el-) | in, into, inward |
| en- + anti- | opposite |
| endo- ento- (end-, end- before vowels or h | within, inner |
| epi- (ep- before vowels or h | upon, on, to, in addition to |
| eu- | well, good, normal |
| exo-, ecto- | outside, external |
| BUL- (BOUL-) | will |
| CARDI- | HEART |
| CEPHAL | HEAD |
| CHONDR-, CHONDRI | CARTILAGE, GRANULE |
| DEM- | PEOPLE, COUNTRY |
| DERM-, DERMAT- | SKIN |
| GAM- | MARRIAGE, UNION |
| LECITH- | YOLK |
| OPHTHALM- | EYE |
| OST(E)- | BONE |
| PHYLL- | LEAF |
| PHYT- | PLANT, GROWTH |
| PLAS(T) | TO FORM, TO MOLD |
| SOM-, SOMAT- | BODY |
| THEC(A)- | CASE, SHEATH |
| THERM- | HEAT |
| TOM- | TO CUT, SECTION |
| TOP- | PLACE |
| TROPH- | NOURISH, DEVELOPMENT |
| ZO- | ANIMAL, LIVING BEING |
| hyper- | over, excessive, more than normal |
| hypo- | below, deficient, less than normal, somewhat |
| meta (met-before vowels or h) | after, change, transfer |
| para- (par- before vowels or h) | beside, resembling, disordered, associated |
| peri- | around, near |
| pro- | before, in front of, forward |
| pros- | toward, in addition to, fronting |
| syn- (sym-,syl-, sy-, sys-) | with, together |
| acou- (acu-) | to hear |
| ambly- | dull |
| anth- | flower |
| chrom-,chromat-, chro- | color |
| Dactyl- | finger, toe |
| De- | to bind |
| Desm- | ligament |
| Enter- | intestine |
| Erg- | work |
| Esthe-, (aesthe) | to feel, to percieve |
| Ger-, Geront- | old person, old age |
| Gnath- | jaw |
| Gno- | to know |
| Graph- | to write |
| -gram | thing written |
| Hepat-, Hepar- | liver |
| Kine-, (Cine-) | to move |
| Lex- | to read |
| My-, Mys-, Myos- | muscle |
| Nephr- | kidney |
| osm- | smell |
| the- | to put, to place |
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