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Medical Terminology
Medical Term Definition a/an without, not ab away from abdomin/o abdomen acr/o extremity ad toward adeno gland adipo fat
- algia pain andro male angio vessel ante before, in front of antero anterior, front anti against arterio artery arthro joint ation process, condition audio hearing auto self, own bacterio bacteria bi two brachio arm brachy short brady slow broncho bronchus
- capnia carbon dioxide carcino cancer cardio heart cardia heart condition
- cele hernia, swelling cephalo head cerebro cerebrum
- cide killing circum around
- cision a cutting contra against, opposite cranio cranium
- crine secrete cutaneo skin cyano blue cysto bladder cyto cell de- cessation derm skin di double disto far, farthest dorso back
duct to lead
- duction act of leading Medical Term Definition dys bad, painful
- ectomy excision
- emia blood en/endo in, within encephalo brain epi above erythro red
- esis condition eu normal ex out gastro stomach gluco sugar
- gnosis knowing gyn female hem blood hemi one half hepato liver histo tissue homeo same, alike hydro water hypo under, below hyper excessive, above hystero uterus
- ia condition
- iasis abnormal condition idio unknown immuno immune
- ine pertaining to infero lower, below inter between intra in, within iso same, equal
- itis inflammation
- ization process jaund yellow kinesio/-kinesia movement laparo abdomen latero side leuko white lipo fat
- lysis destruction of macro large
- malacia softening mammo breast
- mania state of mental disorder, frenzy
postero back of body, posterior
- prandial meal pre before Medical Term Definition presby old age procto anus, rectum proximo near, nearest pseudo false psych mind pub pelvis bone pyo pus pyelo renal pelvis quadri four recto rectum reno kidney retro backward, behind rhino nose
- rrhage/-rrhagia bursting forth
- rrhea discharge
- rrhexis rupture sacro sacrum
- sarcoma malignant tumor sclera hardening; sclera (white of eye)
- scopy visual examination semi one half
- sis state of; condition
- stasis standing still
- stenosis narrowing
- stomy forming an opening sub under, below super upper, above tachy rapid thermo heat thrombo blood clot
- tocia childbirth, labor tomo to cut
- tomy incision toxo poison tri three
- trophy development, nourishment
- ule small, minute
- uria urine utero uterus vaso vessel ventro belly, belly side
- version turning viscero internal organs vol volume
xantho yellow
