All Terminology Flashcards
1
Q
a-, an-
A
no, not, without
2
Q
ab-
A
away from
3
Q
-ac
A
pertaining to
4
Q
acanth/o
A
spiny, thorny
5
Q
acous/o
A
hearing
6
Q
acr/o
A
extremities, top
7
Q
actin/o
A
light
8
Q
acu/o
A
sharp, severe, sudden
9
Q
-acusis
A
hearing
10
Q
ad-
A
toward
11
Q
-ad
A
toward
12
Q
aden/o
A
gland
13
Q
aer/o
A
air
14
Q
af-
A
toward
15
Q
agglutin/o
A
clumping, sticking together
16
Q
-agon
A
assemble, gather
17
Q
alb/o
A
white
18
Q
albumin/o
A
protein, (albumin)
19
Q
alges/o
A
sensitivity to pain
20
Q
-algesia
A
sensitivity to pain
21
Q
-algia
A
pain
22
Q
all/o
A
other
23
Q
ambly/o
A
dim, dull
24
Q
-amine
A
nitrogen compound
25
amyl/o
starch
26
an/o
anus
27
-an
pertaining to
28
ana-
up, apart, backward, again, anew
29
andr/o
male
30
angi/o
vessel
31
anis/o
unequal
32
ankyl/o
stiff
33
ante-
forward, before
34
anter/o
front
35
anthrac/o
coal
36
anthr/o
antrum of the stomach
37
anxi/o
uneasy, anxious
38
-apheresis
removal
39
aphth/o
ulcer
40
apo-
off, way
41
aque/o
water
42
-ar
pertaining to
43
-arche
beginning
44
arthr/o
joint
45
-arthria
articulate
46
articul/o
joint
47
-ary
pertaining to
48
-ase
enzyme
49
-asthenia
lack of strength
50
atel/o
incomplete
51
ather/o
plaque
52
-ation
process, condition
53
audi/o, audit/o
hearing
54
aur/o
ear
55
azot/o
urea,nitrogen
56
balan/o
glans penis
57
bar/o
pressure,weight
58
bas/o
base
59
bi-
two
60
bil/i
bile,gall
61
-blast
embryonic, immature cell
62
-blastoma
immature tumor
63
blephar/o
eyelid
64
bol/o
cast,throw
65
brachi/o
arm
66
brachy-
short
67
brady-
slow
68
bucc/o
cheek
69
cac/o
bad
70
calc/o
calcium
71
cali/o
calyx (renal)
72
calic/o
calyx (renal)
73
capn/o
CO2
74
-capnia
CO2
75
carcin/o
cancerous, cancer
76
carp/o
wrist bones
77
cata-
down
78
caud/o
tail, lower body
79
caus/o
burn,burning
80
cauter/o
heat,burn
81
cec/o
cecum
82
-cele
hernia
83
celi/o
belly,abdomen
84
-centesis
surgical puncture to remove fluid
85
cephal/o
head
86
cervic/o
neck, cervix
87
-chalasia, -chalasis
relaxation
88
cheil/o
lip
89
chem/o
drug, chemical
90
-chezia
defecation
91
chir/o
hand
92
chlor/o
green
93
chlorhydr/o
HCL
94
chol/e
bile,gall
95
cholangi/o
bile vessel
96
cholecyst/o
gallbladder
97
choledoch/o
common bile duct
98
chondr/o
cartilage
99
chore/o
dance
100
chori/o
chorion ( outermost membrane of the fetus)
101
chrom/o
color
102
chron/o
time
103
chym/o
to pour
104
cib/o
meal
105
-cide
killing
106
-cidal
pertaining to killing
107
cine/o
movement
108
cirrh/o
orange-yellow
109
cis/o
to cut
110
-clasis
to break
111
-clast
to break
112
claustr/o
enclosed space
113
-clysis
irrigation, washing
114
col/o
colon
115
coll/a
glue
116
colp/o
vagina
117
comat/o
deep sleep
118
comi/o
to care for
119
con-
together with
120
coni/o
dust
121
-constriction
narrowing
122
contra-
against,opposite
123
cor/o
pupil
124
core/o
pupil
125
corpor/o
body
126
cortic/o
cortex (outer region)
127
cost/o
rib
128
crani/o
skull
129
cras/o
mixture,temperament
130
crin/o
secrete
131
-crine
secrete,separate
132
-crit
separate
133
crypt/o
hidden
134
culd/o
cul-de-sac
135
-cusis
hearing
136
cycl/o
ciliary body of eye, cycle, circle
137
-cyesis
pregnancy
138
cyst/o
urinary bladder,cyst,sac of fluid
139
-cytosis
condition of cells, increase in number
140
dacry/o
tear
141
dacryocyst/o
tear sac,lacrimal sac
142
dactyl/o
fingers,toes
143
de-
lack of,down,less,removal of
144
dem/o
people
145
desicc/o
drying
146
-desis
bind, tire together
147
dia-
complete,through
148
diaphor/o
sweat
149
dipl/o
double
150
dips/o
thirst
151
dist/o
far,distant
152
dors/o
back of body
153
dorsi-
back
154
-dote
to give
155
-drome
to run (syndrome)
156
duct/o
to lead,carry
157
dur/o
dura mater
158
-dynia
pain
159
dys-
bad,painful,difficult,abnormal
160
-eal
pertaining to
161
ec-, ecto-
outside,out
162
echo-
reflected sound
163
-ectasia, -ectasis
dilation,widening
164
-ectomy
removal,excision,resection
165
-elasma
flat plate
166
em-
in
167
-ema
condition
168
-emia
blood condition
169
-emic
pertaining to blood condition
170
emmetr/o
in due measure
171
en-
in,within
172
encephal/o
brain
173
end-
in, within
174
endo-
in,within
175
enter/o
intestines (usually small)
176
esosin/o
red,rosy,dawn-colored
177
epi-
above,upon,on
178
episi/o
vulva
179
epitheli/o
skin
180
-er
one who
181
erg/o
work
182
erythem/o
flushed,redness
183
-esis
action,condition,state of
184
eso-
inward
185
esthes/o, esthesi/o, -esthesia
nervous sensation
186
estr/o
female
187
eti/o
cause
188
eu-
good,normal
189
-eurysm
widening
190
ex-, exo-
out,away from
191
exanthemat/o
rash
192
extra-
outside
193
faci/o
face
194
fasci/o
fascia
195
-ferent
to carry
196
fibr/o
fiber
197
-fication
process of making
198
-fida
split
199
flex/o
bend
200
fluor/o
luminous
201
follicul/o
follicle, small sac
202
-form
resembling,in the shape of
203
furc/o
forking,branching
204
-fusion
to pour,to come together
205
galact/o
milk
206
gastr/o
stomach
207
-gen
substance that produces
208
-genesis
producing,forming
209
-genic
produced by or in
210
ger/o,geront/o
old age
211
gest/o, gester/o
pregnancy
212
gingiv/o
gum
213
glauc/o
gray
214
gli/o
glial cell, neurological cell
215
-globin, -globulin
protein
216
gloss/o
tongue
217
gnos/o
knowledge
218
gon/o
seed
219
gonad/o
sex gland
220
goni/o
angle
221
-grade
to go
222
-gram
record
223
-graph
instrument for recording
224
-graphy
process of recording
225
gravid/o, -gravida
pregnancy
226
gynec/o
woman,female
227
hem/o, hemat/o
blood
228
hemi-
half
229
-hexia
state of
230
hidr/o
sweat
231
hist/o, histi/o
tissue
232
home/o
sameness,unchanging,constant
233
hypn/o
sleep
234
hypophys/o
pituitary gland
235
hyster/o
uterus,womb
236
-ia
condition
237
-iac
pertaining to
238
-iasis
abnormal condition
239
iatr/o
physician,treatment
240
-ic, -ical
pertaining to
241
ichthy/o
dry,scaly
242
-icle
small
243
idi/o
unknown,individual,distinct
244
-ile
pertaining to
245
ile/o
ileum (intestine)
246
ili/o
ilium (bone)
247
-in, -ine
a substance
248
-ine
a substance,pertaining to
249
inter-
between
250
intra-
within,into
251
iod/o
iodine
252
ion/o
ion,to wander
253
-ion
process
254
-ior
pertaining to
255
ipsi-
same
256
ir-
in
257
ir/o, irid/o
iris
258
is/o
same,equal
259
isch/o
hold back,back
260
ischi/o
ischium
261
-ism
process,condition
262
-ist
specialist
263
-itus
condition
264
-ium
structure tissue
265
jaund/o
yellow
266
kal/i
potassium
267
kay/o
nucleus
268
kerat/o
cornea,hard,horny tissue
269
kern-
nucleus (collection of nerve cells in the brain)
270
ket/o, keton/o
ketones,acetones
271
kines/o
movement
272
klept/o
to steal
273
kyph/o
humpback
274
labi/o
lip
275
lact/o
milk
276
lapar/o
abdominal wall, abdomen
277
-lapse
slide,fall,sag
278
laryng/o
larynx (voice box)
279
later/o
side
280
leiomy/o
smooth (visceral) muscle
281
-lemma
sheath,covering
282
-lepsy
seizure
283
lept/o
thin,slender
284
-leptic
pertaining to seizing, taking hold of
285
leth/o
death
286
leuk/o
white
287
lex/o, -lexia
word,phrase
288
lingu/o
tongue
289
-listhesis
slipping
290
lith/o
stone,calculus
291
-lithiasis
condition of stones
292
-lithotomy
incision (for removal) of a stone
293
lob/o
lobe
294
log/o
to study
295
lord/o
curve,swayback
296
-lucent
to shine
297
lute/o
yellow
298
lux/o
slide
299
lymphaden/o
lymph gland (node)
300
-lysis
breakdown,separation,destruction,loosening
301
-lytic
reducing,destroying,separating,breakdown
302
macro-
large
303
mal-
bad
304
-malacia
softening
305
mamm/o
breast
306
-mania
obsessive preoccupation
307
mast/o
breast
308
meat/o
meatus (opening)
309
medi/o
middle
310
medull/o
medulla (inner section),middle,soft,marrow
311
mega-
large
312
-megaly
enlargement
313
melan/o
black
314
men/o
menses,menstruation
315
ment/o
mind,chin
316
meso-
middle
317
meta-
change,beyond
318
-meter
measure
319
metr/o, metri/o
uterus
320
mi/o
smaller,less
321
-mimetic
mimic,copy
322
-mission
to send
323
morph/o
shape,for
324
mort/o
death
325
-mortem
death
326
-motor
movement
327
muc/o
mucus
328
mucos/o
mucous membrane (mucosa)
329
mut/a
genetic change
330
my/o
muscle
331
myc/o
fungus
332
mydr/o
wide
333
myel/o
spinal cord,bone marrow
334
myom/o
muscle tumor
335
myos/o
muscle
336
myring/o
tympanic membrane
337
myx/o
mucus
338
narc/o
numbness,stupor,sleep
339
nas/o
nose
340
nat/i
birth
341
natr/o
sodium
342
necr/o
death
343
nect/o
bind,tie,connect
344
neo-
new
345
nephr/o
kidney
346
neutr/o
neither,neutral,neutrophil
347
nid/o
nest
348
noct/o
night
349
norm/o
rule,order
350
nos/o
disease
351
nulli-
none
352
nyct/o
night
353
obstetr/o
pregnancy,childbirth
354
odont/o
tooth
355
odyn/o
pain
356
-oid
resembling,derived from
357
-ole
little,small
358
olig/o
scanty
359
om/o
shoulder
360
-oma
tumor,mass,fluid collection
361
omphal/o
umbilicus
362
onc/o
tumor
363
-one
hormone
364
onych/o
nail
365
o/o
egg
366
oophor/o
ovary
367
-opaque
obscure
368
-opia,opsia
vision condition
369
-opsy
view of
370
or/o
mouth
371
orch/o,orchi/o,orchid/o
testis
372
-orexia
appetite
373
orth/o
straight
374
-ose
full of,pertaining to,sugar
375
-osis
condition
376
-osmia
smell
377
-ostosis
condition of bone
378
ot/o
ear
379
-otia
ear condition
380
-ous
pertaining to
381
ov/o
egg
382
ovul/o
egg
383
-oxia
oxygen
384
oxy-
rapid,sharp,acid
385
oxysm/o
sudden
386
pachy-
heavy,thick
387
palpebr/o
eyelid
388
pan-
all
389
papill/o
nipple-like,optic disk
390
par-
other than,abnormal
391
para-
near,beside,abnormal,apart from,along the side of
392
-para
to bear,bring forth (live births)
393
-parous
to bear,bring forth
394
-paresis
weakness
395
-pareunia
sexual intercourse
396
-partum
birth,labor
397
-pathy
disease,emotion
398
ped/o
child,foot
399
pend/o
hang
400
-penia
deficiency
401
pen/o
penis
402
-pepsia
digestion
403
per-
through
404
peri-
surrounding
405
perone/o
fibula
406
-pexy
fixation,to put in place
407
phac/o
lens of eye
408
phag/o, -phage
eat,swallow
409
-phagia
condition of eating,swallowing
410
phak/o
lens of eye
411
phall/o
penis
412
pharyng/o
pharynx (throat)
413
phas/o, -phasia
speech
414
phe/o
dusky,dark
415
-pheresis
removal
416
phil/o
like,love,attraction
417
-phil,-philia
attraction for
418
phleb/o
vein
419
phon/o,-phonia
voice,sound
420
phor/o
to bear
421
-phoresis
carry,transmission
422
-phoria
to bear,carry,feeling
423
phot/o
light
424
phren/o
diaphragm,mind
425
-phthisis
wasting away
426
-phylaxis
protection
427
-physis
to grow
428
phyt/o,-phyte
plant
429
pil/o
hair
430
-plakia
plaque
431
plant/o
sole of foot
432
plas/o, -plasia
development,formation,growth
433
-plasm
formation,structure
434
-plastic
pertaining to formation
435
-plasty
surgical repair
436
ple/o
more,many,varied
437
-plegia,-plegic
paralysis,palsy
438
plex/o
network of nerves
439
-pnea
breathing
440
pneum/o
lung,air,gas
441
pod/o
foot
442
-poiesis
formation
443
-poetin
substance that forms
444
poikil/o
varied,irregular
445
pol/o
extreme
446
polio-
gray matter
447
pont/o
pons
448
-porosis
condition of pores
449
-prandial
pertaining to eating or mealtime
450
-praxia
action
451
presby/o
old age
452
primi-
first
453
pro-
before,forward
454
proct/o
anus and rectum
455
pros-
before,forward
456
prot/o
first
457
proxim/o
near
458
prurit/o
itching
459
pseudo-
false
460
psych/o
mind
461
-ptosis
drooping,falling,prolapse
462
-ptysis
spitting
463
pub/o
pubis
464
purul/o
pus
465
py/o
pus
466
pyel/o
renal pelvis
467
pyr/o
fever,fire
468
pyret/o
fever
469
pyrex/o
fever
470
rachi/o
spinal column,vertebrae
471
radicul/o
nerve root
472
re-
back,again,backward
473
ren/o
kidney
474
reticul/o
network
475
retro-
behind,back,backward
476
rhabdomy/o
striated (skeletal) muscle
477
rheumat/o
watery flow
478
rhin/o
nose
479
rhytid/o
wrinkle
480
roentgen/
xrays
481
-rrhage
bursting forth
482
-rrhagia
bursting forth
483
-rrhaphy
suture
484
-rrhea
flow,discharge
485
-rrhexis
rupture
486
salping/o
fallopian tube,auditory tube
487
-salpinx
fallopian tube,oviduct
488
sarc/o
flesh (connective tissue)
489
-schisis
split
490
schiz/o
split
491
scirrh/o
hard
492
scler/o
sclera (white of the eye), hard
493
-sclerosis
hardening
494
scoli?o
crooked,bent
495
-scope
instrument for visual examination
496
-scopy
visual examination
497
scot/o
darkness
498
seb/o, sebace/o
sebum
499
sect/o
to cut
500
semi-
half
501
semini/i
semen,seed
502
seps/o
infection
503
sial/o
saliva
504
sialedn/o
salivary gland
505
sider/o
iron
506
silic/o
glass
507
-sis
state of,condition
508
-sol
solution
509
somat/o
body
510
-some
body
511
somn/o
sleep
512
-somnia
sleep
513
son/o
sound
514
-spadia
to tear,cut
515
-spasm
sudden contraction of muscles
516
sphygm/o
pulse
517
-sphyxia
pulse
518
splanchn/o
viscera (internal organs)
519
spir/o
to breathe
520
spondyl/o
vertebra
521
squam/o
scale
522
-stalsis
contraction
523
staphyl/o
clusters,uvula
524
-stasis
stopping,controlling
525
-static
pertaining to stopping,controlling
526
steat/o
fat,sebum
527
ster/o,stere/o
solid
528
steth/o
chest
529
-sthenia
strength
530
-stitial
pertaining to standing or positioned
531
stomat/o
mouth
532
-stomia
condition of the mouth
533
-stomy
new opening to form a mouth
534
strept/o
twisted chains
535
-suppression
stopping
536
sym-
together,with
537
syn-
together,with
538
syncop/o
to cut off,cut short,faint
539
syndesm/o
ligament
540
syring/o
tube
541
tachy-
fast
542
tax/o
order,coordination
543
tel/o
complete
544
tele/o
distant
545
ten/o
tendon
546
-tension
pressure
547
terat/o
monster,malformed fetus
548
thalass/o
sea
549
the/o
put,place
550
thec/o
sheath
551
thel/o
nipple
552
thromb/o
clot
553
-thymia
mind (condition of)
554
-thymic
pertaining to mind
555
-tic
pertaining to
556
toc/o
labor birth
557
-tocia, -tocin
labor,birth
558
tom/o
to cut
559
-tome
instrument to cut
560
-tomy
process of cutting
561
ton/o
tension
562
tone/o
to stretch
563
top/o
place,position,location
564
-tory
pertaining to
565
trans-
across,through
566
-tresia
opening
567
trich/o
hair
568
-tripsy
crushing
569
troph/o, -trophy
nourishment,development
570
-tropia
to turn
571
-tropic
pertaining to stimulating
572
-tropin
stimulate,act on
573
-type
classification,picture
574
-ule
small,little
575
ultra-
beyond,excess
576
-um
structure,tissue,thing
577
ungu/o
nail
578
ur/o
urine,urinary tract
579
-uria
urination,condition of urine
580
-us
structure,thing
581
uve/o
uvea,vascular layer of eye
582
vag/o
vagus nerve
583
varic/o
varicose veins
584
vas/o
vessel,duct,vas deferens
585
vener/o
venereal (sexual contact)
586
ventr/o
belly side of body
587
-verse
to turn
588
-version
to turn
589
vesic/o
urinary bladder
590
vesicul/o
seminal vesicle
591
vestibul/o
vestibule of the inner ear
592
viscer/o
internal organs
593
vit/o
life
594
vitr/o
vitreous body (of the eye)
595
vitre/o
glass
596
viv/o
life
597
vol/o
to toll
598
xanth/o
yellow
599
xer/o
dry
600
-y
condition,process
601
zo/o
animal life
602
xiph/o
sword
