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Common Medical Terms

These are terms that you will need to know for the entire semester. Memorize them. You may use this list for the quiz, but you will HAVE to know them the first week of class.

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cardi/o	heart
cyan/o	blue
erthry/o	red
leuk/o	white
melan/o	black
poli/o	gray
neur/o	nerve
cyte	cell
itis	inflammation
plasty	surgical repair
gastr/o	stomach
enter/o	small intestine
osis	condition of
myel	spinal cord
crani	skull
tonsill/o	tonsils
algia	pain
malacia	abnormal softening
sclerosis	abnormal hardening
arterio	artery
centesis	surgical puncture to remove fluid
ectomy	surgical removal
append	appendix
graphy	process of recording a picture
gram	actual picture
myo	muscle
scopy	visual examination
rrhage	bursting forth
hemo	blood
rrhapy	suture or stitch
rrhea	rhexis
rrhexis	rupture of
nat	brith
pre	before
peri	surrounding
post	after
ot/o	ear
rhin/o	nose
laryng/o	larynx or throat
ab	away from
ad	toward
dys	bad
eu	true
hyper	increased or excessive
hypo	deficient or decreased
inter	between
intra	within
sub	under or below
supra	above or excessive
lith	stone
otomy	surgical incision
edema	excess fluid in body tissue
ather/o	plaque or fatty substance
oma	tumor
athr/o	joint