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Ch 2 Medical Terminology
U of M Phar1001
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Undergraduate 1
02/26/2009

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-er
Definition
one who
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-iatrician
Definition
practitioner
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-logist
Definition
one who studies; specialist
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-ac
Definition
pertaining to
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-iatrics
Definition
medical profession or treatment
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-ology
Definition
study or science of
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cardi/o
Definition
heart
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crin/o
Definition
to secrete
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dermat/o
Definition
skin
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esthesi/o
Definition
feeling or sensation
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gastr/o
Definition
stomach
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ger/a
Definition
elderly
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gynec/o
Definition
female
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immun/o
Definition
immmune
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ne/o
Definition
new
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neur/o
Definition
nerve
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obstetr/o
Definition
midwife
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onc/o
Definition
tumor
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ophthalm/o
Definition
eye
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ot/o
Definition
ear
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ped/o
Definition
child (ped/o also sometimes means foot)
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laryng/o
Definition
larynx
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path/o
Definition
disease
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psych/o
Definition
mind
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radi/o
Definition
radiation (sometimes radius)
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rhin/o
Definition
nose
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ur/o
Definition
urinary tract (sometimes urine)
Term
-centesis
Definition
surgical puncture to aspirate or remove fluid. ex. amniocentesis
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-ectomy
Definition
excision (surgical removal or cutting out)
ex. appendectomy
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-lysis
Definition
process of destorying, lossening, freeing
ex. hemolysis
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-pexy
Definition
surgical fixation (fastening in a fixed postition) ex. Mastopexy
Term
-plasty
Definition
surgical repair ex. Mammoplasty
Term
-rrhaphy
Definition
suture
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-scopy
Definition
visual examination with a lighted instrument (not always a surgical procedure) ex. microscopy
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-stomy
Definition
formation of an opening ex. tracheostomy
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-tome
Definition
an instrument used for cutting
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-tomy
Definition
incision ex. tracheotomy
Term
-tripsy
Definition
surgical crushing ex. Lithotripsy
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aden/o
Definition
gland
Term
angi/o
Definition
vessel
Term
append/o
Definition
appendix
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bi/o
Definition
life or living
Term
blephar/o
Definition
eyelid
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cerebr/o
Definition
brain
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chir/o
Definition
hand
Term
col/o
Definition
colon or large intestine
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cutane/o
Definition
skin
Term
faci/o
Definition
face
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hepat/o
Definition
liver
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mamm/o
Definition
breast
Term
muscul/o
Definition
muscle
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myel/o
Definition
bone marrow or spinal cord
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oste/o
Definition
bone
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plum/o
Definition
lungs
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tonsill/o
Definition
tonsil
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trache/o
Definition
trachea
Term
vas/o
Definition
vessel; ductus deferens
Term
-algia
Definition
pain
Term
-cele
Definition
hernia
Term
-ectasia
Definition
dilatation
Term
-ectasis
Definition
dilatation
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my/o
Definition
muscle
Term
pulmon/o
Definition
lungs
Term
pneum/o
Definition
lungs
Term
pneumon/o
Definition
lungs
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-dynia
Definition
pain
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-ist
Definition
one who
Term
-al
Definition
pertaining to
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-ic
Definition
pertaining to
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-logic
Definition
pertaining to
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-logical
Definition
pertaining to
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-iatry
Definition
medical profession or treatment
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enter/o
Definition
intestines*(sometimes refered to the small intestine specifically)
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ger/o
Definition
elderly
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geront/o
Definition
elderly
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appendic/o
Definition
appendix
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nat/o
Definition
birth
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mast/o
Definition
breast
Term
derm/a
Definition
skin
Term
dermat/o
Definition
skin
Term
encephal/o
Definition
brain
Term
-edema
Definition
swelling
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-emesis
Definition
vomiting
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-emia
Definition
condition of the blood
Term
-ia
Definition
condition
Term
-iasis
Definition
condition
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-itis
Definition
inflammation
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-lith
Definition
stone
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-malacia
Definition
soft, softening
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-mania
Definition
excessive preoccupation
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-megaly
Definition
enlargement
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-oid
Definition
resembling
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-oma
Definition
tumor
Term
-osis
Definition
condition
Term
-pathy
Definition
disease
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-penia
Definition
deficiency
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-phobia
Definition
abnormal fear
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-ptosis
Definition
prolapse (sagging)
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-rrhage
Definition
excessive bleeding
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-rrhagia
Definition
excessive bleeding
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-rrhea
Definition
flow or discharge
Term
-rrhexis
Definition
rupture
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-spasm
Definition
twitching,cramp
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-stasis
Definition
stopping, controlling
Term
-able, ible
Definition
capable of, able to
Term
-ac
Definition
pertaining to
Term
-al
Definition
pertaining to
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-an
Definition
pertaining to
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-ar
Definition
pertaining to
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-ary
Definition
pertaining to
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-eal
Definition
pertaining to
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-ic
Definition
pertaining to
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-ive
Definition
pertaining to
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-tic
Definition
pertaining to
Term
-ase
Definition
enzyme
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-eum
Definition
membrane
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-ium
Definition
membrane
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-ia
Definition
condition or theory
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-ism
Definition
condition or theory
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-iac
Definition
one who suffers
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-opia
Definition
vision
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-ose
Definition
sugar
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-ous
Definition
pertaining to or characterized by
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-y
Definition
state or condition
Term
amyl/o
Definition
starch
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glyc/o
Definition
sugar
Term
hemat/o
Definition
blood
Term
lact/o
Definition
milk
Term
lip/o
Definition
fat
Term
muc/o
Definition
mucus
Term
prote/o
Definition
protein
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protein/o
Definition
protein
Term
pyr/o
Definition
fire
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