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Medical Terminology

  1. -al
    Pertaining to
  2. -itis
    Inflammation of
  3. -osis
    Abnormal condition
  4. -um
    Structure
  5. -algia
    Pain
  6. a-
    No, not, without
  7. neo-
    New
  8. inter-
    Between
  9. per-
    Through
  10. sub-
    Under, below
  11. anter/o
    Front
  12. poster/o
    Back
  13. thorac/o
    Chest
  14. ot/o
    Ear
  15. later/o
    Side
  16. lapar/o
    Abdomen
  17. lumb/o
    Lower back
  18. cervic/o
    Neck
  19. cyt/o
    Cell
  20. hist/o
    Tissue
  21. arthr/o
    Joint
  22. dactyl/o
    Finger, toe
  23. myel/o
    Bone marrow
  24. chondr/o
    Cartilage
  25. plant/o
    Sole of foot
  26. oste/o
    Bone
  27. my/o
    Muscle
  28. humer/o
    Upper arm bone
  29. syndesm/o
    Ligament
  30. olecran/o
    Elbow
  31. squam/o
    Scaly
  32. follicul/o
    Follicle
  33. pil/o
    Hair
  34. sudor/i
    Sweat
  35. kerat/o
    Hard, horny
  36. melan/o
    Black
  37. derm/o
    Skin
  38. adip/o
    Fat
  39. sebac/o
    Oil, sebrum
  40. onych/o
    Nail
  41. or/o
    Mouth
  42. proct/o
    Rectum and anus
  43. sial/o
    Saliva
  44. lip/o
    Fat
  45. pharyng/o
    Throat
  46. hepat/o
    Liver
  47. odont/o
    Teeth
  48. gloss/o
    Tongue
  49. chol/e
    Bile
  50. enter/o
    Small intestine
  51. nephr/o
    Kidney
  52. pyel/o
    Renal pelvis
  53. cyst/o
    Bladder, sac
  54. ureter/o
    Ureter
  55. ur/o
    urine, urinary system
  56. -uria
    Urinary condition
  57. poly-
    Excessive
  58. olig/o
    Scanty
  59. lith/o
    Stone
  60. hydr/o
    Water
  61. orchid/o
    Testicle
  62. -genesis
    Production
  63. crypt-
    Hidden
  64. semin/i
    Semen
  65. scrot/o
    Scrotum
  66. phall/o
    Penis
  67. balan/o
    Glas penis
  68. andr/o
    Male
  69. vesicul/o
    Seminal vesicle
  70. vas/o
    Ductus deferens
  71. nat/o
    Birth, born
  72. salping/o
    Fallopian tubes
  73. mast/o
    Breast
  74. gynec/o
    Female
  75. men/o
    Menstruation
  76. thel/e
    Nipple
  77. ov/o
    Egg
  78. colp/o
    Vagina
  79. gravid/o
    Pregnancy
  80. -partum
    Delivery, parturition
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