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Medical terminology chapter 1
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Undergraduate 1
11/03/2011
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Term
GASTR/O
 Definition
STOMACH
Term
WORD ROOT
 Definition
TYPE OF WORD PARTS THAT INDICATES THE PART OF THE BODY
Term
COMBINING FORM
 Definition
TYPE OF WORD PARTS THAT NEEDED TO COMBINE AT THE END OF THE WORD ROOT
Term
SUFFIX
 Definition

IT INDICATES THE PROCEDURE, CONDITION, DISORDER, OR DISEASE

 
Term
SUFFIX
 Definition
IT ALWAYS COMES AT THE END OF A WORD
Term
PREFIX
 Definition
IT INDICATES LOCATION, TIME, NUMBER, OR STATUS
Term
PREFIX
 Definition
IT COMES AT THE END OF A WORD
Term
"O"
 Definition
THE COMMON LETTER THAT IS COMMONLY USE IN COMBINING WORD
Term
TONSILL/O
 Definition
TONSILS
Term
-ITIS
 Definition
INFLAMMATION
Term
-ECTOMY
 Definition
SURGICAL REMOVAL
Term
CRANI/O
 Definition
SKULL
Term
-UM
 Definition
NOUN ENDING
Term
CARDI/O
 Definition
HEART
Term
-AC
 Definition
PERTAINING TO
Term
-OSIS
 Definition
ABNORMAL CONDITION
Term
CYAN/O
 Definition
BLUE
Term
ERYTHR/O
 Definition
RED
Term
LEUK/O
 Definition
WHITE
Term
MELAN/O
 Definition
BLACK
Term
POLI/O
 Definition
GRAY
Term
-CYTE
 Definition
CELLS
Term
MYEL/O
 Definition
SPINAL CORD
Term
MYEL/O
 Definition
BONE MARROW
Term
NEUR/O
 Definition
NERVE
Term
-PLASTY
 Definition
SURGICAL REPAIR
Term
ENTER/O
 Definition
SMALL INTESTINE
Term
PATH
 Definition
DISEASE
Term
-OLOGY
 Definition
STUDY OF
Term
-ALGIA
 Definition
PAIN
Term
-DYNIA
 Definition
PAIN
Term
-MALACIA
 Definition
ABNORMAL SOFTENING
Term
ARTERI/O
 Definition
ARTERY
Term
-SCLEROSIS
 Definition
ABNORMAL HARDENING
Term
-MEGALY
 Definition
ENLARGEMENT
Term
HEPAT/O
 Definition
LIVER
Term
-NECROSIS
 Definition
TISSUE DEATH
Term
-STENOSIS
 Definition
ABNORMAL NARROWING
Term
-CENTESIS
 Definition
SURGICAL PUNCTURE TO REMOVE EXCESS FLUID
Term
-GRAPHY
 Definition
PROCESS OF PRODUCING A PICTURE OR RECORD
Term
ANGI/O
 Definition
BLOOD VESSEL
Term
-GRAM
 Definition
PICTURE OR RECORD
Term
-SCOPY
 Definition
VISUAL EXAMINATION
Term
MY/O
 Definition
MUSCLE
Term

-RRHAGE

-RRHAGIA

 Definition
BLEEDING
Term
HEM/O
 Definition
BLOOD
Term
-RRHAPHY
 Definition
SURGICAL SUTURING
Term
-RRHEA
 Definition
FLOW OR DISCHARGE
Term
DIA-
 Definition
THROUGH
Term
-RRHEXIS
 Definition
RUPTURE
Term
NAT/O
 Definition
BIRTH
Term
-AL
 Definition
PERTAINING TO
Term
PRE-
 Definition
BEFORE
Term
PERI-
 Definition
SURROUNDING
Term
POST-
 Definition
AFTER
Term
AB-
 Definition
AWAY FROM
Term
AD-
 Definition
TOWARD
Term
DYS-
 Definition
BAD, DIFFICULT, PAINFUL
Term
EU-
 Definition
GOOD, NORMAL, WELL, EASY
Term
HYPER-
 Definition
EXCESSIVE OR INCREASED
Term
HYPO-
 Definition
DEFICIENT OR DECREASED
Term
INTER-
 Definition
BETWEEN OR AMONG
Term
INTRA-
 Definition
WITHIN OR INSIDE
Term
SUB-
 Definition
BELOW, UNDER, LESS
Term

SUPER-

SUPRA-

 Definition
EXCESSIVE OR ABOVE
Term
OT/O
 Definition
EAR
Term
RHIN/O
 Definition
NOSE
Term
LARYNG/O
 Definition
LARYNX
Term
LITH/O
 Definition
STONE
Term
-OTOMY
 Definition
SURGICAL INCISION
Term
-OSTOMY
 Definition
SURGICAL OPENING
Term
APPENDIC/O
 Definition
APPENDIX
Term
END/O
 Definition
WITHIN
Term
ATHER/O
 Definition
FATTY SUBSTANCE OR PLAQUE
Term
ARTHR/O
 Definition
JOINTS
Term
-OMA
 Definition
TUMOR (BENIGN)
Term
COL/O
 Definition
COLON
Term
MYC/O
 Definition
FUNGUS
Term
-OLOGIST
 Definition
SPECIALIST
Term
NEO-
 Definition
NEW
Term
PYEL/O
 Definition
RENAL PELVIS
Term
PYR/O
 Definition
FEVER OR HEAT
Term
PY/O
 Definition
PUS
Term
VIR/O
 Definition
VIRUS
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