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Medical Terminology Unit 1

  1. abdomin/o
    abdomen
  2. acr/o
    extremities
  3. adnex/o
    adjacent, accessory
  4. anatom/o
    body structures
  5. anter/o
    front
  6. blast/o
    immature/ embryonic cell
  7. caud/o
    tail
  8. celi/o
    belly, abdomen
  9. cephal/o
    head
  10. cyan/o
    blue
  11. cyto/o
    cell
  12. dermat/o
    derm/o
    skin
  13. dist/o
    distant from origin
  14. dors/o
    back
  15. epitheli/o
    epithelial
  16. eti/o
    cause of disease
  17. hist/o
    tissue
  18. later/o
    side
  19. mediastin/o
    mediastinum
  20. medi/o
    middle
  21. megal/o
    enlarged
  22. morpho/o
    form
  23. muc/o
    mucus
  24. pelv/o
    pelvis
  25. physi/o
    function
  26. pleur/o
    lung cavity
  27. poster/o
    back
  28. proxim/o
    closer to origin
  29. ser/o
    serum or serous membrane
  30. thorac/o
    chest
  31. ventr/o
    front
  32. peri-
    surrounding
  33. -centesis
    surgical punctrue
  34. -cyte
    cell
  35. -ia
    condition
  36. -ist
    specialis
  37. -itis
    inflammation
  38. -logist
    one who studies
  39. -logy
    study of
  40. -megaly
    enlarged
  41. -meter
    instrument to measure
  42. -metry
    process of measuring
  43. -osis
    condition
  44. -paralysis
    loss of movement and feeling
  45. -pathy
    disease
  46. -tic, -ous, -ic,-al, -ar, -ible, -able
    adjective endings
  47. -um, -y, -a, -us
    noun endings
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souimet05
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Medical Terminology Unit 1
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Medical Terminology FSHN 367x
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