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General Medical Terminology and Latin/Greek terms
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03/19/2011
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Term
Ab-
 Definition
Departing from, away from

ie: ab/normal, ab/duct
Term
ad-
and
af-
 Definition
ad- to or toward
-
af- toward (only)
Term
agon-
 Definition
contest
Term
ana-
 Definition
apart, up, again
Term
anastomos-
 Definition
come together
Term
angin-
 Definition
choked
Term
ante-
 Definition
preceding, before
Term
ap-, api-
 Definition
tip, extremity
Term
append-
 Definition
hang to
Term
auscult-
 Definition
listen
Term
azyg-
 Definition
unpaired
Term
baro-
 Definition
pressure
Term
bili-
 Definition
bile
Term
bili-
&
chole
 Definition
both mean bile
Term
caput-
 Definition
head
Term
carneo-
 Definition
flesh
Term
cec-
 Definition
blind
Term
cele-
vs
-cele
 Definition
abdomen
vs
hernia or protrusion
Term
cervic-
 Definition
neck, cervix of the uterus
Term
chiasm-
 Definition
crossing
Term
coccy-
 Definition
beak-shaped
Term
cochlea
 Definition
snail shell; the inner part of the ear is shaped like this, and thus called the cochlea
Term
coel-
 Definition
hollow
Term
corn-
&
cornu-
 Definition
Horn
Term
cort-
 Definition
bark; outer layer
Term
cusp-
 Definition
pointed
Term
decid-
 Definition
Falling off
Term
dendr-
 Definition
tree, branch
Term
desm-
 Definition
bond
Term
diastol-
 Definition
stand apart
Term
diure-
 Definition
urinate; diuretic, a drug that increases urine output
Term
ejac-
 Definition
to shoot forth (LOL no joke!)
Term
embol-
 Definition
wedge
Term
en-
&
em-
 Definition
in, inside
Term
enceph-
 Definition
brain
Term
eso-
vs
endo-
 Definition
within
vs
within, inner
Term
eu-
 Definition
normal or well
Term
excret-
 Definition
separate
Term
fasci- fascia-
 Definition
bundle, band
Term
fenestr-
 Definition
window
Term
ferr-
 Definition
iron
Term
flagell-
 Definition
whip
Term
flat-
 Definition
blow, blown (FLATulence)
Term
folli-
 Definition
bag, bellows
Term
fontan-
 Definition
fountain
Term
foram-
 Definition
opening
Term
foss-
 Definition
ditch
Term
gam-, gamet-
 Definition
married, spouse
Term
gangli-
 Definition
swelling, or knot
Term
germin-
 Definition
grow
Term
gero- & geront-
 Definition
old man
Term
gest-
 Definition
carried
Term
glom-
 Definition
ball
Term
gompho-
 Definition
nail
Term
gon- & gono-
 Definition
seeds
Term
hiat-
 Definition
gap
Term
hippo-
 Definition
horse
ie: hippocampus (shaped like a sea horse)
Term
hirsut-
 Definition
hairy
Term
holo-
 Definition
whole
Term
hormon-
 Definition
to excite
Term
hyal-
 Definition
clear
ie: hyaline cartilage
Term
intercal-
 Definition
insert
ie: intercalated discs
Term
jugul-
 Definition
throat
Term
juxta-
 Definition
near, close to
Term
kera-
 Definition
horn
Term
labi- & labri-
 Definition
lip
Term
lamina
 Definition
layer or sheet
Term
lat-
 Definition
wide
ie: latissimus dorsi
Term
luci-
 Definition
clear
ie: stratum lucidum
Term
macula
 Definition
spot
Term
lut-
&
xanth-
 Definition
yellow
Term
magn-
 Definition
large
Term
mater
 Definition
mother
Term
medull-
 Definition
narrow
Term
meio-
 Definition
less
Term
meningo-
 Definition
membrane
Term
meso-
 Definition
middle
Term
mer/o
 Definition
a part
Term
mnem-
 Definition
memory
Term
mur-
 Definition
wall
Term
muta-
 Definition
change
Term
narc/o
 Definition
numbness
Term
noci-
 Definition
harmful
ie: the pain receptors--nociceptors
Term
noto-
 Definition
back
Term
onc/o
 Definition
a mass
Term
oo- (pronounced "O-oo")
 Definition
egg
Term
pia
 Definition
tender
Term
pleur-
 Definition
side
Term
plex- or plexus
&
retin, retic-
 Definition
both mean net, network
Term
propri-
 Definition
one's own
ie: proprioception--awarenes of body parts and movement
Term
ptos-
 Definition
fall/droop
ie: renal ptosis--kidneys drift below their normal position
Term
rect-
 Definition
straight
Term
rheum-
 Definition
watery flow, change, or flux
Term
ruga-
&
Rhytid/o
 Definition
fold, wrinkle
Term
salta-
 Definition
leap
ie: saltatory conduction
Term
sanguin-
&
hemat/o
&
hem/o
 Definition
blood
Term
saphen-
 Definition
visible, clear
Term
serrat-
 Definition
saw
Term
sphin-
 Definition
squeez
Term
splanchn-
&
viscer/o
 Definition
organ
Term
spondyl-
 Definition
vertebra
Term
tact-
 Definition
touch
Term
telo-
 Definition
the end
Term
Thyro
 Definition
A shield
Term
trapez-
 Definition
table
Term
trop-
 Definition
turn, change
Term
troph
 Definition
nourish
Term
tuber-
 Definition
swelling
Term
tunic-
 Definition
covering
Term
tympan-
 Definition
drum
Term
valen-
 Definition
strength
Term
vert-
 Definition
turn
ie: vertebral column
Term
-apsi
 Definition
juncture; synapse
Term
-bryo
 Definition
swollen
Term
-crine
 Definition
separate
Term
-dips
 Definition
thirst, dry
Term
-ethesi
 Definition
sensation
Term
-ferrent
 Definition
carry
Term
-fuge
 Definition
driving out
Term
-lemma
 Definition
sheath, husk
Term
-nom
 Definition
govern
Term
-phylax
 Definition
to guard or preserve
Term
-stalsis
 Definition
compression
ie: peristalsis
Term
-zyme
 Definition
ferment
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