medterm ch14

ACR/O-

extremities, height, and pointed
acro/megal/y
extremities/enlarged/refers to
acro/phob/ia
height/fear/refers to
acr/om/ial
extremity/shoulder/refer to

ADEN/O-

gland
aden/ectomy
gland/removal

-CRINE

secrete
endo/crine
within/secrete (into blood)
exo/crine
outside/secrete (into duct or canal)

DIPS/O-

thirst or thirsty
poly/dips/ia
many/thirst or thirsty/refer to
multi/dips/ia
many/thirst or thirsty/pertain to

ECCRINE-

secreting or to secrete
eccri/tic
secreting or to secrete/state of or quality of

FLU-

flowing
in/fluenza
inward/condition of flowing

GALACT/O-

milk
galacto/poiesis
milk/production

GANGLI/O-

knot, swelling, or collection
gangli/ectomy
knot, swelling, or collection/excision

-GEN

origin, develop, to produce, to form, to make
carcino/gen
crab-like/to produce
carcino/gen/esis
crab-like/origin or beginning/process of

GER/O-

old or old age
ger/iatr/ic
old or old age/treat or cure/study of or science of

GLANDUL/O-

little acorn or gland
glandul/ar
little acorn or gland/refers to

GLI/O-

glue or glue-like
gli/oma
glue or glue-like/tumor
(alt. spelling: GLIA-)

GLYCO-

sugar
glyco/pen/ia
sugar/decrease or lower/refers to

GOITER

swelling (throat)
goiter/ectomy
swelling (throat)/removal of thyroid goiter

GOUT

a drop
gout
a drop

HORMON/O-

to urge on
hormon/al
to urge on/refers to

IMMUN/O-

safe, protect, immune
immun/o/log/y
safe, protect, immune/science of/process of

LIENO-

spleen
lien/itis
spleen/inflamed

LYMPH/O-

watery
lymph/oma
watery/tumor or swelling

MYX/O-

mucus
myx/oma
mucus/tumor or swelling
myx/oid
mucus/resembles

NEO-

new
neo/plasm
new/growth

-OSE

sugar
malt/ose
malt/sugar

PARA-

near, beside, beyond, around, similar, abnormal
para/thyr/oid
near/shield shaped/resembling

PAUS/O-

stoppage
meno/paus/al
monthly/stoppage/refers to

PITUIT/O-

phlegm or glue-like mucus
pituit/ary
phlegm or glue-like mucus/refer to

SACCHAR/O-

sugar
sacchar/ide
sugar/likeness

SECRETO-

separating or to separate
secreat/or
separating or to separate/one who

SPLEN/O-

spleen
splen/o/tom/y
spleen/cut into/procedure of

THYM/O-

soul, emotion, flowery smell
thym/us
soul, emotion, flowery smell/refers to

THYR/O-

shield or shield-shaped
thyr/oid
shield or shield-shaped/resembling

TROP/O- (TROP/IN)

stimulate or to turn
gonado/tropin
teste or ovary/stimulate
trop/ism
to turn/state of