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Medical Terminology 1
for Chabner's The Language of Medicine
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Medical
Post-Graduate
09/03/2009
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Term
adeno
 Definition
gland
Term
arthro
 Definition
joint
Term
bio
 Definition
life
Term
carcino
 Definition
cancerous
Term
cardio
 Definition
heart
Term
cephalo
 Definition
head
Term
cerebro
 Definition
cerebrum
Term
ciso
 Definition
to cut
Term
crino
 Definition
to secrete
Term
cysto
 Definition
urinary bladder or a sac or cyst
Term
cyto
 Definition
cell
Term
dermo
 Definition
skin
Term
electro
 Definition
electricity
Term
encephalo
 Definition
brain
Term
entero
 Definition
intestines
Term
erythro
 Definition
red
Term
gastro
 Definition
stomach
Term
gnoso
 Definition
knowledge
Term
gyneco
 Definition
woman
Term
hemato
 Definition
blood
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hepato
 Definition
liver
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iatro
 Definition
treatment or physician
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leuko
 Definition
white
Term
nephro
 Definition
kidney
Term
neuro
 Definition
nerve
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onco
 Definition
tumor
Term
ophthalmo
 Definition
eye
Term
osteo
 Definition
bone
Term
patho
 Definition
disease
Term
pedo
 Definition
child
Term
psycho
 Definition
mind
Term
radio
 Definition
x-rays
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reno
 Definition
kidney
Term
rhino
 Definition
nose
Term
sarco
 Definition
flesh
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sarco
 Definition
flesh
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secto
 Definition
to cut
Term
thrombo
 Definition
clot
Term
uro
 Definition
urinary tract or urine
Term
-ac, -al, -ic, -ical
 Definition
pertaining to
Term
-algia
 Definition
pain
Term
-cyte
 Definition
cell
Term
-ectomy
 Definition
excision, removal
Term
-emia
 Definition
blood condition
Term
-genic
 Definition
pertaining to producing, produced by, produced in
Term
-globin
 Definition
protein
Term
-gram
 Definition
record
Term
-ion
 Definition
process
Term
-ist
 Definition
specialist
Term
-itis
 Definition
inflammation
Term
-itis
 Definition
inflammation
Term
-logy
 Definition
process of study
Term
-oma
 Definition
tumor, mass, swelling
Term
-opsy
 Definition
process of viewing
Term
-osis
 Definition
a condition, possibly abnormal
Term
-pathy
 Definition
disease condition
Term
-scope
 Definition
instrument to visually examine
Term
-scopy
 Definition
process of visually examining
Term
-sis
 Definition
state of, condition
Term
-tomy
 Definition
process of cutting, incision
Term
-y
 Definition
process, condition
Term
a-, an-
 Definition
no, not, without
Term
aut-, auto-
 Definition
self, own
Term
dia-
 Definition
through, complete
Term
end-, endo-
 Definition
within
Term
epi-
 Definition
above, upon
Term
ex-
 Definition
out
Term
exo-
 Definition
outside of, outward
Term
hyper-
 Definition
excessive, above, more than normal
Term
hypo-
 Definition
deficient, below, under, less than normal
Term
in-
 Definition
into, in
Term
peri-
 Definition
surrounding, around
Term
pro-
 Definition
before, forward
Term
re-
 Definition
back, backward, again
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retro-
 Definition
behind
Term
sub-
 Definition
below, under
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trans-
 Definition
across, through
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