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HOSA Medical Terminology

  1. ab-
    from, away
  2. -ac
    pertaining to
  3. acr/o
    extermities
  4. ad-
    to, toward, near
  5. aden-
    gland, glandular
  6. adren-
    adrenal gland
  7. -al
    alike, similar, pertaining to
  8. alba-
    white
  9. -algia
    pain
  10. ambi-
    both, both sides
  11. -ase
    enzyme
  12. athr/o-
    joint
  13. -asthenia
    weakness, lack of strength
  14. auto-
    self
  15. bio-
    life
  16. blephar/o-
    eyelid
  17. branchy-
    short
  18. brady-
    slow
  19. bucc/a-
    cheek
  20. carin/o-
    cancer, malignancy
  21. cardi/o-
    heart
  22. cerebro-
    brain
  23. cerv/ic-
    neck, neck of uterus
  24. cheil/o-
    lip
  25. chlor/o
    green
  26. circum-
    around, about
  27. colp/o-
    blue
  28. cost/a
    rib
  29. cryo-
    cold
  30. cut-
    skin
  31. cyan/o-
    blue
  32. chrom/o-
    color
  33. dacryo/o-
    tear, tear duct
  34. dactyl/o-
    finger, toe
  35. derm-
    skin
  36. dextr/o-
    to the right
  37. dia-
    through, between, part
  38. -ectasis
    expansion, dilation, stretching
  39. -ectomy
    surgical removal of
  40. -emesis
    vomit
  41. -emia
    blood
  42. enccephal/o-
    brain
  43. endo-
    within, innermost
  44. enter/o
    intenistine
  45. epi-
    upon, over, above
  46. erythro-
    red
  47. eu-
    easy, normal, well
  48. faci-
    face
  49. ferous
    producing
  50. fore-
    in front of
  51. -form
    having the form of, shape
  52. -fuge
    driving away, expelling
  53. galacto-
    milk, glacatose
  54. gast/ro-
    stomach
  55. geront/o
    elderly, old age
  56. geingiv-
    guns,gingiva
  57. gyn-
    woman, female
  58. hepat/o-
    liver
  59. hist/o-
    tissue
  60. hydro-
    water
  61. hypno-
    sleep
  62. hyster/o-
    uterus
  63. iso-
    equal, alike, same
  64. -itis
    inflammation, inflammation of
  65. kerat/o-
    cornea of eye
  66. lacrima-
    tears
  67. leuko-
    white
  68. lingu-
    tongue
  69. mal-
    bad, abnormal, poor
  70. megaly-
    large, enlarged
  71. melano-
    black
  72. meno-
    monthly, menstruation
  73. myel/o-
    bone marrow, spinal cord
  74. narc/o-
    sleep, numb, stupor
  75. -natal
    birth
  76. noct-
    night, at night
  77. odont/o-
    tooth
  78. -ology
    study of, science of
  79. -oma
    tumor, a swelling
  80. -oophor
    ovary, female egg cell
  81. opt-
    vision, eye
  82. or/o-
    mouth
  83. orch/ido-
    testes, testicles
  84. -orrhea
    flow, discharge
  85. -osis
    condition, state, process
  86. pan-
    all, complete, entire
  87. -phagia
    to eat, consume, swallow
  88. phleb/o-
    vein
  89. pnea-
    breathing
  90. pyr/o-
    heat, fever
  91. quad-
    four
  92. rect/o-
    rectum
  93. rhin/o-
    nose, pertaining to the nose
  94. semi-
    half, part
  95. soma/to-
    body
  96. trich/o-
    hair
  97. -trophy
    nutrition, growth, development
  98. uria-
    urine
  99. vit/a-
    necessary for life
  100. xanth/o-
    yellow
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HOSA Medical Terminology
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