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anter/o
front
abdomin/o
abdomen
caud/o
tail
crur/o
leg
crani/o
skull
cervic/o
neck
cephal/o
head
brachi/o
arm
aden/o
gland
carcin/o
cancer
cardi/o
heart
chem/o
chemical
cis/o
to cut
dermat/o
skin
enter/o
small intestine
gastr/o
stomach
gynec/o
female
hemat/o
blood
hydr/o
water
immun/o
immune
laryng/o
voice box
morph/o
shape
nephr/o
kidney
neur/o
nerve
opthalm/o
eye
ot/o
ear
path/o
disease
pulmon/o
lung
rhin/o
nose
ur/o
urine
urinary tract
a-
without
away from
an-
without
ante-
before
in front of
anti-
against
auto-
self
brady-
slow
dys-
painful
difficult
endo-
within
inner
epi-
upon
over
eu-
normal
good
hetero-
different
homo-
same
hyper-
over
above
hypo-
under
below
infra-
under
beneath
below
in
ter
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among
between
in
tra
-
within
inside
m
a
cro-
large
m
i
cro-
small
neo-
new
pan-
all
para-
beside
beyond
near
per-
through
peri-
around
post-
after
pre-
before
in front of
pseudo-
True
False
false
retro-
backward
behind
sub-
below
under
super-
above
excess
supra-
above
tachy-
rapid
fast
trans-
through
across
ultra-
beyond
excess
bi-
two
hemi-
half
mono-
one
multi-
many
nulli-
none
poly-
many
quad-
4
semi-
partial
half
tri-
3
uni-
1
-algia
pain
-cele
hernia
protusion
-cise
cut
-cyte
cell
-dynia
pain
-ectasis
dilation
-
gen
that which produces
-gen
esis
produces
generates
-gen
ic
producing
produced by
-ia
state
condition
-iasis
abnormal condition
-ism
state of
-itis
inflammation
-logist
one who studies
-logy
study of
-lysis
destruction
-malacia
abnormal softening
-megaly
enlargement
large
-oma
tumor
mass
-osis
abnormal condition
-pathy
disease
-plasia
development
growth
-plasm
formation
development
-ptosis
drooping
-rrhage
excessive
abnormal flow
-rrhea
discharge
flow
-rrhexis
rupture
-sclerosis
hardening
-stenosis
narrowing
-therapy
treatment
-trophy
nourishment
development
-ac
pertaining to
-al
pertaining to
-an
pertaining to
-ar
pertaining to
-ary
pertaining to
-eal
pertaining to
-iac
pertaining to
-ic
pertaining to
-ic
pertaining to
-ical
pertaining to
-ile
pertaining to
-ior
pertaining to
-ory
pertaining to
-ose
pertaining to
-ous
pertaining to
-tic
pertaining to
-centesis
puncture to withdraw fluid
-ectomy
surgical removal
-o
sto
my
surgically create an opening
-ot
omy
cutting into
-pexy
surgical fixation
-plasty
surgical repair
-rrhaphy
suture
-gram
record a picture
-graph
instrument for recording
-meter
instrument for measuring
-metry
process for measuring
-scope
intrument for viewing
-scopy
process of visually examing
dist/o
away
dors/o
back
epitheli/o
epithelium
glute/o
buttocks
infer/o
below
later/o
side
medi/o
middle
muscul/o
muscle
neur/o
nerve
organ/o
organ
pelv/o
pelvis
peritone/o
peritoneum
pleur/o
pleura
poster/o
back
proxim/o
near
pub/o
genital region
somat/o
body
spin/o
spine
super/o
above
system/o
system
thorac/o
chest
ventr/o
belly side
vertebr/o
vertebrae
viscer/o
internal organs
AP
anteroposterior
CV
cardiovascular
ENT
ear,nose, and throat
GI
gastrointestinal
GYN
gynecology
lat
lateral
LE
lower extremity
LLQ
left lower quadrant
LUQ
left upper quadrant
MS
musculoskeletal
OB
obstetrics
PA
posterioranterior
RLQ
right lower quadrant
RUQ
right upper quadrant
UE
upper extremity
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Medical Terminology
Description
Ch.1 medical terminolgy
Updated
2010-02-10T01:44:27Z
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