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Building a Medical Vocabulary
GVSU HPR100 class.
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Medical
Undergraduate 1
01/20/2009
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Term
prefix
 Definition
written alone is usually followed by a hyphen. It is placed in front of the root word
Term
suffix
 Definition
written alone is usually proceeded by a hyphen. It is placed behind the root word.
Term
-er, -ist
 Definition
one who
Term
-ac, -al, -ic, -logic, -logical
 Definition
pertaining to
Term
-atrician
 Definition
practitioner
Term
-logist
 Definition
one who studies; specialist
Term
-iatrics, -iatry
 Definition
medical profession or treatment
Term
-logy
 Definition
study or science of
Term
cardi(o)
 Definition
heart
Term
crin(o)
 Definition
to secrete
Term
demat(o)
 Definition
skin
Term
esthesi(o)
 Definition
feeling or sensation
Term
gastr(o), enter(o)
 Definition
stomach, intestine (sometimes enter(o) refers specifically to the small intestine)
Term
ger(a), ger(o), geront(o)
 Definition
elderly or aged
Term
gynec(o)
 Definition
female
Term
immun(o)
 Definition
immune
Term
ne(o), nat(o)
 Definition
new, birth
Term
neur(o)
 Definition
nerve
Term
obstetr(o)
 Definition
midwife
Term
onc(o)
 Definition
tumor
Term
ophthalm(o)
 Definition
eye
Term
orth(o)
 Definition
straight
Term
ot(o)
 Definition
ear
Term
laryng(o)
 Definition
larynx
Term
path(o)
 Definition
disease
Term
ped(o)
 Definition
child or foot
Term
psych(o)
 Definition
mind
Term
radi(o)
 Definition
radiant energy, radiation (sometimes radius)
Term
rheumat(o)
 Definition
rheumatism
Term
rhin(o)
 Definition
nose
Term
ur(o)
 Definition
urinary tract (sometimes urine)
Term
bi(o)
 Definition
life or living
Term
dent(i), dent(o), odont(o)
 Definition
tooth
Term
opt(o), optic(o)
 Definition
vision
Term
or(o)
 Definition
mouth
Term
pharmac(o)
 Definition
drugs or medicine
Term
therapeut(o)
 Definition
treatment
Term
an-
 Definition
no, not or without
Term
endo-
 Definition
inside
Term
-crine
 Definition
secrete
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