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Medical Terminology Unit 3

  1. aden/o
    gland
  2. ather/o
    fatty, porridge-like
  3. carcin/o
    cancer
  4. cephal/o
    head
  5. cerebr/o
    cerebrum
  6. emes/o, emet/o emetic/o
    vomitng
  7. encephal/o
    brain, inside brain
  8. fibr/o
    fibrous
  9. hist/o
     tissue
  10. lei/o
    smooth
  11. lip/o
    fat
  12. lymph/o
     lymphatic
  13. melan/o
     dark pigmented, black
  14. mening/o
    meninges
  15. my/o
     muscle
  16. myel/o
     spinal cord, bone marrow
  17. nat/o
     birth
  18. ne/o
     new
  19. neur/o
    nerve
  20. onc/o
     tumor
  21. oste/o
    bone
  22. papill/o
    small elevation of tissue
  23. pariet/o
     wall
  24. periton/o
    peritoneum
  25. pleur/o
    lung linging or membrane
  26. poli/o 
    gray
  27. psych/o
    mind
  28. rhad/o
    rod shaped
  29. spin/o
    spinal
  30. viscer/o
    organ
  31. anti-
    against
  32. dys-
    difficult, painful
  33. hydro-
    water
  34. hyper-
    above, increased
  35. hypo-
    below, decreased
  36. neo-
    new
  37. -algia
    pain
  38. -blast
    embryonic or immature
  39. -cele
    hernia
  40. -ectomy
    excision
  41. -genesis
    generate, develop
  42. -iatrist
    spcialis, physician
  43. -malacia
    softening
  44. -oid
    like, resembling
  45. -oma
    tumor, abnormal growth
  46. -ous
    material, condition
  47. -pathy
    disease
  48. -philia
    love
  49. -phobia
    fear
  50. -plasia
    development
  51. -plasm
    growth of tissue
  52. -tomy
    incision
  53. -trophy
    development
  54. -tropic
    affecting
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Medical Terminology Unit 3
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Nervous System and Tumors
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