Medical terminology
Unit Five
|
Root or affix
|
Definition
|
| algesia |
abnormal sensitivity |
| cheil/o |
lip |
| col/o |
colon |
| dactyl/o |
fingers or toes |
| dipl/o |
two, double |
| drom/o |
running with, symptoms |
| ectasia |
dilatation, stretching |
| enter/o |
intestine |
| esophag/o |
esophagus |
| esthesia |
feelings |
| gingiv/o |
gums |
| gloss/o |
tongue |
| hepat/o |
liver |
| ile/o |
ileum |
| jejun/o |
jejunum |
| myel/o |
spinal cord, bone marrow |
| pancreat/o |
pancreas |
| phas/o |
speech |
| phleb/o |
veins |
| plast/o |
formation |
| proct/o |
rectum and anus |
| psych/o |
mind |
| rect/o |
rectum |
| stomat/o |
mouth |
| therm/o |
heat |
| dia- |
through |
| macro- |
large |
| micro- |
small |
| poly- |
many |
| pro- |
before |
| syn- |
together |
| -clysis |
irrigation |
| -ectasia |
dilatation, dilation |
| -gnosis |
know |
| -opia |
vision |
| -orrhexis |
rupture |
| -plegia, -plegic |
paralysis |
| -tripsy |
crushing |
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