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Medical Terminology
Define and match medical terms with their meanings
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| A | B |
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| ab | away from, not |
| acousti | hearing, sound |
| acro | extremities |
| aden | gland |
| adnexa | ties |
| adreno | adreno gland |
| aer | air |
| algia | pain |
| alveol | cavity |
| ambi | both, around both sides |
| ameb | change |
| amphi | around both sides |
| an, a | without, not |
| angi | vessel |
| ant | pertaining to |
| ante | before |
| anti | against |
| antr | cavity |
| apo | away from |
| appendic | appendix |
| arter | artery |
| arthr | joint |
| asthenia | weakness |
| aur | ear |
| auto | self |
| basi | base |
| benign | mild, not cancerous |
| bi | two |
| bili | bile |
| blast | bud |
| blephar | eyelid |
| brachy | short |
| braid | slow |
| bronch | bronhus |
| bucco | cheek |
| burso | sac |
| calc | heel, stone |
| cantho | angle at the end of the eyelid |
| capit | head |
| carcin | cancer |
| cardi | heart |
| cata | down, under |
| cau | burn |
| cauda | tail |
| cec | blind passage |
| cele | seal |
| celio | abdomen |
| centesis | puncture |
| cephal | head |
| cerebr | brain |
| cervic | neck |
| cheil | lip |
| cheir | hand |
| chole | bile |
| chondr | cartiledge |
| cilia | eyelash |
| cine | move, movement |
| clas | break, destroy |
| col | colon |
| colla | glue |
| colpo | hollow |
| contra | against, counter |
| cor | heart |
| corne | horny |
| cost | rib |
| counter | against, opposite to |
| crani | skull |
| crine | to secrete |
| cryo | cold |
| cut | skin |
| cyan | blue |
| cyst | sac containing fluid |
| cyt | cell |
| dacry | tear |
| dactyl | finer, toe |
| dendr | tree, branching |
| dent | teeth |
| dermat | skin |
| desis | binding |
| di | twice |
| dia | diet pill |
| digit | finger, toeq |
| dis | apart |
| dors | back |
| duct | tube |
| duodeno | duodenumf |
| dura | hard |
| dyn | pain |
| dynam | power |
| dys | bad |
| ectasis | expansion |
| ectomy | surgical removal |
| edema | swelling |
| emesis | vomiting |
| en | in |
| encephal | brain |
| end | inside, within |
| enter | intestines |
| ependym | wrapping |
| epi | upon |
| erythro | red |
| esophag | esophogus |
| esthesia | sensation |
| eu | good |
| eury | broad, wide |
| ex | out, away from |
| fac | make |
| fasia | sheet, band |
| fiss | split |
| fistul | pipe |
| furca | fork-shaped |
| gangli | swelling |
| gastr | stomach |
| gemin | twin |
| gen | original, production |
| ger | old |
| gingiv | gum |
| glom | ball |
| glosso | tongue |
| glyco | sweet |
| grad | walk, take steps |
| gram | record, write |
| gran | grain, particles |
| gravid | pregnant |
| gyn | female |
| hallux | great toe |
| helio | sun |
| hem | blood |
| hemi | half |
| hepat | liver |
| hetero | other, different |
| histo | tissue |
| hom | same |
| hormone | excite |
| hydro | water |
| hyper | above, more than normal |
| hypno | sleep |
| hypo | under, beneath |
| hyster | uterus |
| iasis | condition |
| infer | under, below |
| infra | beneath |
| inter | between |
| intra | within |
| iris | rainbow (eye membrane) |
| iso | equal |
| itis | inflammation |
| kerat | horny, hornlike |
| labi | lip |
| lacrim | tear |
| lact | milk |
| lapar | abdominal wall |
| laryng | larynx |
| later | side |
| leio | smooth |
| lept | slender, thin |
| leuk | white |
| lien | spleen |
| lingua | tongue |
| lip | fat |
| lith | stone |
| lobo | section |
| lumbo | loins |
| lymph | watery fluid |
| lysis | loosen, destruction |
| macro | large |
| macul | spot |
| mal | bad |
| malacia | soft condition |
| malign | bad |
| mamm | breast |
| mani | madness |
| mast | breast |
| maxill | upper jawbone |
| mechano | machine |
| med | middle |
| megal | enlarged |
| melan | black |
| mening | membrane |
| ment | mind |
| meta | beyond, change |
| metabole | change |
| metr | uterus |
| mi | less |
| micr | small |
| morph | form, shape |
| myco | fungus |
| myel | marrow (spinal cord) |
| myring | eardrum |
| necr | dead |
| neo | new |
| nephr | kidney |
| neuro | nerve |
| ocul | eye |
| odont | tooth |
| oid | like, resembling |
| olfact | smell |
| ologist | specialist |
| ology | study of |
| oma | tumor |
| oment | covering |
| onco | tumor |
| onych | nail, claw |
| oophor | ovary |
| ophthalm | eye |
| or | mouth |
| orchi | testis |
| orth | straight |
| osis | condition |
| osmo | odor |
| ost | bone |
| ostomy | to create an opening |
| oto | ear |
| otomy | cut into |
| ovar | egg |
| pachy | thick |
| palpebr | eyelid |
| pan | all |
| para | beside, beyond |
| pariet | wall |
| part | labor |
| path | disease |
| pect | chest |
| penia | decrease |
| peps | digest |
| per | throughout |
| peri | about, around |
| pexy | suspension |
| phage | to eat |
| phak | lens |
| pharmac | drug |
| phleb | vein |
| phob | fer |
| phon | voice |
| phot | light |
| phrag | fence |
| phren | mind |
| physio | nature |
| pilo | hair |
| plak | plate |
| plasia | development |
| plast | surgical repair |
| platy | flat, broad |
| plegia | paralysis |
| pleur | rib, side |
| plexus | braid |
| pneum | lung, air |
| pod | foot |
| poly | many |
| post | after, behind |
| poster | back part |
| pre | in front of, before |
| proct | anus |
| proli | offspring |
| proxim | nearest, near |
| pseud | false |
| psycho | mind |
| ptosis | falling |
| ptyal | saliva |
| puer | child |
| pulmon | lung |
| pyle | gate |
| rachi | spinal column |
| radi | ray |
| radic | root |
| ramus | branch |
| ren | kidney |
| retro | backward |
| rhag | burst forth |
| rhaphy | suture |
| rhe | to flow |
| rhexis | break, burst |
| rhin | nose |
| rug | wrinkle, fold, crease |
| salpingo | tube |
| sarc | flesh |
| schiz | to split |
| scirr | hard |
| sclera | hard |
| scol | curved |
| scop | look, observe |
| sedat | quiet |
| semen | seed |
| semi | half |
| sept | wall, fence |
| sinus | hollow space |
| somato | body |
| somni | sleep |
| spas | pull, draw |
| spasm | involuntary contractions |
| sphenic | wedge |
| spiro | coil |
| splanchn | internal organs |
| spondyl | spinal column |
| squam | scale |
| sta | stand |
| steno | narrow |
| stoma | mouth |
| strept | twish |
| strict | draw tight |
| sub | under |
| supra | above |
| syn | together |
| tarso | ankle |
| tarso | framework of the upper eyelid |
| tegument | covering or skin |
| tens | stretch |
| thalam | inner chamber |
| thel | nipple |
| therm | heat |
| thorac | chest |
| thromb | lump |
| ton | stretching |
| tope | place |
| trachel | neck |
| trans | through, across |
| traumat | wound |
| trich | hair |
| trip | rub |
| trophy | development |
| tumor | swelling |
| turbin | shaped like a top |
| tympan | eardrum |
| umbilic | navwl |
| vaso | vessel |
| ventr | front |
| vert | turn |
| vesic | bladdwer |
| vestibule | entrance |
| viscero | organ |
| volv | valve |
| vulse | twitch or pull |
| xer | dry |
| arter | artery |
| appendic | appendix |
| thyro | thyroid |
| splen | spleen |
| ovario | ovary |
| adreno | adrenal gland |
| basi | base |
| pelvis | pelvis |
| vena | vein |
| urethra | urethra |
| utero | uterus |
| sacro | sacrum |
| pharyng | pharynx |
| dueodeno | duodenum |
| ureter | ureter |
| laryng | larynx |
| bronch | bronchus |
| col | colon |
| esophag | esophagus |
| bi | 2 |
| tri | 3 |
| ile | ileum |
| ili | ilium |
| lig | ligament |
| therap | therapy |
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