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Ch 2 Medical Terminology
U of M Phar1001
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Medical
Undergraduate 1
02/26/2009
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-er
 Definition
one who
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-iatrician
 Definition
practitioner
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-logist
 Definition
one who studies; specialist
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-ac
 Definition
pertaining to
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-iatrics
 Definition
medical profession or treatment
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-ology
 Definition
study or science of
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cardi/o
 Definition
heart
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crin/o
 Definition
to secrete
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dermat/o
 Definition
skin
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esthesi/o
 Definition
feeling or sensation
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gastr/o
 Definition
stomach
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ger/a
 Definition
elderly
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gynec/o
 Definition
female
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immun/o
 Definition
immmune
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ne/o
 Definition
new
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neur/o
 Definition
nerve
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obstetr/o
 Definition
midwife
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onc/o
 Definition
tumor
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ophthalm/o
 Definition
eye
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ot/o
 Definition
ear
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ped/o
 Definition
child (ped/o also sometimes means foot)
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laryng/o
 Definition
larynx
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path/o
 Definition
disease
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psych/o
 Definition
mind
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radi/o
 Definition
radiation (sometimes radius)
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rhin/o
 Definition
nose
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ur/o
 Definition
urinary tract (sometimes urine)
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-centesis
 Definition
surgical puncture to aspirate or remove fluid. ex. amniocentesis
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-ectomy
 Definition
excision (surgical removal or cutting out)
ex. appendectomy
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-lysis
 Definition
process of destorying, lossening, freeing
ex. hemolysis
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-pexy
 Definition
surgical fixation (fastening in a fixed postition) ex. Mastopexy
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-plasty
 Definition
surgical repair ex. Mammoplasty
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-rrhaphy
 Definition
suture
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-scopy
 Definition
visual examination with a lighted instrument (not always a surgical procedure) ex. microscopy
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-stomy
 Definition
formation of an opening ex. tracheostomy
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-tome
 Definition
an instrument used for cutting
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-tomy
 Definition
incision ex. tracheotomy
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-tripsy
 Definition
surgical crushing ex. Lithotripsy
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aden/o
 Definition
gland
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angi/o
 Definition
vessel
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append/o
 Definition
appendix
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bi/o
 Definition
life or living
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blephar/o
 Definition
eyelid
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cerebr/o
 Definition
brain
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chir/o
 Definition
hand
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col/o
 Definition
colon or large intestine
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cutane/o
 Definition
skin
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faci/o
 Definition
face
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hepat/o
 Definition
liver
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mamm/o
 Definition
breast
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muscul/o
 Definition
muscle
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myel/o
 Definition
bone marrow or spinal cord
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oste/o
 Definition
bone
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plum/o
 Definition
lungs
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tonsill/o
 Definition
tonsil
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trache/o
 Definition
trachea
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vas/o
 Definition
vessel; ductus deferens
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-algia
 Definition
pain
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-cele
 Definition
hernia
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-ectasia
 Definition
dilatation
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-ectasis
 Definition
dilatation
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my/o
 Definition
muscle
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pulmon/o
 Definition
lungs
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pneum/o
 Definition
lungs
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pneumon/o
 Definition
lungs
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-dynia
 Definition
pain
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-ist
 Definition
one who
Term
-al
 Definition
pertaining to
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-ic
 Definition
pertaining to
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-logic
 Definition
pertaining to
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-logical
 Definition
pertaining to
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-iatry
 Definition
medical profession or treatment
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enter/o
 Definition
intestines*(sometimes refered to the small intestine specifically)
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ger/o
 Definition
elderly
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geront/o
 Definition
elderly
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appendic/o
 Definition
appendix
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nat/o
 Definition
birth
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mast/o
 Definition
breast
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derm/a
 Definition
skin
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dermat/o
 Definition
skin
Term
encephal/o
 Definition
brain
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-edema
 Definition
swelling
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-emesis
 Definition
vomiting
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-emia
 Definition
condition of the blood
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-ia
 Definition
condition
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-iasis
 Definition
condition
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-itis
 Definition
inflammation
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-lith
 Definition
stone
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-malacia
 Definition
soft, softening
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-mania
 Definition
excessive preoccupation
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-megaly
 Definition
enlargement
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-oid
 Definition
resembling
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-oma
 Definition
tumor
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-osis
 Definition
condition
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-pathy
 Definition
disease
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-penia
 Definition
deficiency
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-phobia
 Definition
abnormal fear
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-ptosis
 Definition
prolapse (sagging)
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-rrhage
 Definition
excessive bleeding
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-rrhagia
 Definition
excessive bleeding
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-rrhea
 Definition
flow or discharge
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-rrhexis
 Definition
rupture
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-spasm
 Definition
twitching,cramp
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-stasis
 Definition
stopping, controlling
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-able, ible
 Definition
capable of, able to
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-ac
 Definition
pertaining to
Term
-al
 Definition
pertaining to
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-an
 Definition
pertaining to
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-ar
 Definition
pertaining to
Term
-ary
 Definition
pertaining to
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-eal
 Definition
pertaining to
Term
-ic
 Definition
pertaining to
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-ive
 Definition
pertaining to
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-tic
 Definition
pertaining to
Term
-ase
 Definition
enzyme
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-eum
 Definition
membrane
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-ium
 Definition
membrane
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-ia
 Definition
condition or theory
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-ism
 Definition
condition or theory
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-iac
 Definition
one who suffers
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-opia
 Definition
vision
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-ose
 Definition
sugar
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-ous
 Definition
pertaining to or characterized by
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-y
 Definition
state or condition
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amyl/o
 Definition
starch
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glyc/o
 Definition
sugar
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hemat/o
 Definition
blood
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lact/o
 Definition
milk
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lip/o
 Definition
fat
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muc/o
 Definition
mucus
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prote/o
 Definition
protein
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protein/o
 Definition
protein
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pyr/o
 Definition
fire
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