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Medical Terminology
Chapter 1: Basic Word Structure
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Undergraduate 3
01/21/2012
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aden/o
 Definition
gland
Term
arthr/o
 Definition
joint
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bi/o
 Definition
life
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carcin/o
 Definition
cancerous, cancer
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cardi/o
 Definition
heart
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cephal/o
 Definition
head
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cerebr/o
 Definition
cerebrun (largest part of the brain)
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cis/o
 Definition
to cut
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crin/o
 Definition
to secret (to form and give off)
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cyst/o
 Definition
urinary bladder; a sac or a cyst (sac containing fluid)
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cyt/o
 Definition
cell
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derm/o, dermat/o
 Definition
skin
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electr/o
 Definition
electricity
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encephal/o
 Definition
brain
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enter/o
 Definition
intestines (usually the small intestine)
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erythr/o
 Definition
red
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gastr/o
 Definition
stomach
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glyc/o
 Definition
sugar
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gnos/o
 Definition
knowledge
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gynec/o
 Definition
woman, female
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hem/o, hemat/o
 Definition
blood
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hepat/o
 Definition
liver
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iatr/o
 Definition
treatment, physician
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leuk/o
 Definition
white
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log/o
 Definition
study of
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nephr/o
 Definition
kidney
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neur/o
 Definition
nerve
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onc/o
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tumor
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ophthalm/o
 Definition
eye
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oste/o
 Definition
bone
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path/o
 Definition
disease
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ped/o
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child
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psych/o
 Definition
mind
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radi/o
 Definition
x-rays
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ren/o
 Definition
kidney
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rhin/o
 Definition
nose
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sarc/o
 Definition
flesh
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sect/o
 Definition
to cut
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thromb/o
 Definition
clot, clotting
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ur/o
 Definition
urinary tract, urine
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-ac
 Definition
pertaining to
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-al
 Definition
pertaining to
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-algia
 Definition
pain
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-cyte
 Definition
cell
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-ectomy
 Definition
excision, removal
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-emia
 Definition
blood condition
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-genic
 Definition
pertaining to producing, produced by, or produced in
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-globin
 Definition
protein
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-gram
 Definition
record
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-ic, -ical
 Definition
pertaining to
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-ion
 Definition
process
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-ist
 Definition
specialist
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-itis
 Definition
inflammation
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-logy
 Definition
process of study
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-oma
 Definition
tumor, mass, swelling
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-opsy
 Definition
process of viewing
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-osis
 Definition
condition, usually abnormal (slight increase in numbers when used with blood cells)
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-pathy
 Definition
disease condition
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-scope
 Definition
instrument to visually examine
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-scopy
 Definition
process of visually examining with an endoscope
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-sis
 Definition
state of; condition
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-tomy
 Definition
process of cutting, incision
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-y
 Definition
process, condition
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a-, an-
 Definition
no, not, without
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aut-, auto-
 Definition
self, own
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dia-
 Definition
through, complete
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end-, endo-
 Definition
within
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epi-
 Definition
above, upon
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ex-, exo-
 Definition
out, outside of, outward
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hyper-
 Definition
excessive, above, more than normal
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hypo-
 Definition
deficient, below, under, less than normal
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in-
 Definition
into, in
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peri-
 Definition
surrounding, around
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pro-
 Definition
before, forward
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re-
 Definition
back, backward, again
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retro-
 Definition
behind
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sub-
 Definition
below, under
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trans-
 Definition
across, through
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