All Terminology Flashcards
a-, an-
no, not, without
ab-
away from
-ac
pertaining to
acanth/o
spiny, thorny
acous/o
hearing
acr/o
extremities, top
actin/o
light
acu/o
sharp, severe, sudden
-acusis
hearing
ad-
toward
-ad
toward
aden/o
gland
aer/o
air
af-
toward
agglutin/o
clumping, sticking together
-agon
assemble, gather
alb/o
white
albumin/o
protein, (albumin)
alges/o
sensitivity to pain
-algesia
sensitivity to pain
-algia
pain
all/o
other
ambly/o
dim, dull
-amine
nitrogen compound
amyl/o
starch
an/o
anus
-an
pertaining to
ana-
up, apart, backward, again, anew
andr/o
male
angi/o
vessel
anis/o
unequal
ankyl/o
stiff
ante-
forward, before
anter/o
front
anthrac/o
coal
anthr/o
antrum of the stomach
anxi/o
uneasy, anxious
-apheresis
removal
aphth/o
ulcer
apo-
off, way
aque/o
water
-ar
pertaining to
-arche
beginning
arthr/o
joint
-arthria
articulate
articul/o
joint
-ary
pertaining to
-ase
enzyme
-asthenia
lack of strength
atel/o
incomplete
ather/o
plaque
-ation
process, condition
audi/o, audit/o
hearing
aur/o
ear
azot/o
urea,nitrogen
balan/o
glans penis
bar/o
pressure,weight
bas/o
base
bi-
two
bil/i
bile,gall
-blast
embryonic, immature cell
-blastoma
immature tumor
blephar/o
eyelid
bol/o
cast,throw
brachi/o
arm
brachy-
short
brady-
slow
bucc/o
cheek
cac/o
bad
calc/o
calcium
cali/o
calyx (renal)
calic/o
calyx (renal)
capn/o
CO2
-capnia
CO2
carcin/o
cancerous, cancer
carp/o
wrist bones
cata-
down
caud/o
tail, lower body
caus/o
burn,burning
cauter/o
heat,burn
cec/o
cecum
-cele
hernia
celi/o
belly,abdomen
-centesis
surgical puncture to remove fluid
cephal/o
head
cervic/o
neck, cervix
-chalasia, -chalasis
relaxation
cheil/o
lip
chem/o
drug, chemical
-chezia
defecation
chir/o
hand
chlor/o
green
chlorhydr/o
HCL
chol/e
bile,gall
cholangi/o
bile vessel
cholecyst/o
gallbladder
choledoch/o
common bile duct
chondr/o
cartilage
chore/o
dance
chori/o
chorion ( outermost membrane of the fetus)
chrom/o
color
chron/o
time
chym/o
to pour
cib/o
meal
-cide
killing
-cidal
pertaining to killing
cine/o
movement
cirrh/o
orange-yellow
cis/o
to cut
-clasis
to break
-clast
to break
claustr/o
enclosed space
-clysis
irrigation, washing
col/o
colon
coll/a
glue
colp/o
vagina
comat/o
deep sleep
comi/o
to care for
con-
together with
coni/o
dust
-constriction
narrowing
contra-
against,opposite
cor/o
pupil
core/o
pupil
corpor/o
body
cortic/o
cortex (outer region)
cost/o
rib
crani/o
skull
cras/o
mixture,temperament
crin/o
secrete
-crine
secrete,separate
-crit
separate
crypt/o
hidden
culd/o
cul-de-sac
-cusis
hearing
cycl/o
ciliary body of eye, cycle, circle
-cyesis
pregnancy
cyst/o
urinary bladder,cyst,sac of fluid
-cytosis
condition of cells, increase in number
dacry/o
tear
dacryocyst/o
tear sac,lacrimal sac
dactyl/o
fingers,toes
de-
lack of,down,less,removal of
dem/o
people
desicc/o
drying
-desis
bind, tire together
dia-
complete,through
diaphor/o
sweat
dipl/o
double
dips/o
thirst
dist/o
far,distant
dors/o
back of body
dorsi-
back
-dote
to give
-drome
to run (syndrome)
duct/o
to lead,carry
dur/o
dura mater
-dynia
pain
dys-
bad,painful,difficult,abnormal
-eal
pertaining to
ec-, ecto-
outside,out
echo-
reflected sound
-ectasia, -ectasis
dilation,widening
-ectomy
removal,excision,resection
-elasma
flat plate
em-
in
-ema
condition
-emia
blood condition
-emic
pertaining to blood condition
emmetr/o
in due measure
en-
in,within
encephal/o
brain
end-
in, within
endo-
in,within
enter/o
intestines (usually small)
esosin/o
red,rosy,dawn-colored
epi-
above,upon,on
episi/o
vulva
epitheli/o
skin
-er
one who
erg/o
work
erythem/o
flushed,redness
-esis
action,condition,state of
eso-
inward
esthes/o, esthesi/o, -esthesia
nervous sensation
estr/o
female
eti/o
cause
eu-
good,normal
-eurysm
widening
ex-, exo-
out,away from
exanthemat/o
rash
extra-
outside
faci/o
face
fasci/o
fascia
-ferent
to carry
fibr/o
fiber
-fication
process of making
-fida
split
flex/o
bend
fluor/o
luminous
follicul/o
follicle, small sac
-form
resembling,in the shape of
furc/o
forking,branching
-fusion
to pour,to come together
galact/o
milk
gastr/o
stomach
-gen
substance that produces
-genesis
producing,forming
-genic
produced by or in
ger/o,geront/o
old age
gest/o, gester/o
pregnancy
gingiv/o
gum
glauc/o
gray
gli/o
glial cell, neurological cell
-globin, -globulin
protein
gloss/o
tongue
gnos/o
knowledge
gon/o
seed
gonad/o
sex gland
goni/o
angle
-grade
to go
-gram
record
-graph
instrument for recording
-graphy
process of recording
gravid/o, -gravida
pregnancy
gynec/o
woman,female
hem/o, hemat/o
blood
hemi-
half
-hexia
state of
hidr/o
sweat
hist/o, histi/o
tissue
home/o
sameness,unchanging,constant
hypn/o
sleep
hypophys/o
pituitary gland
hyster/o
uterus,womb
-ia
condition
-iac
pertaining to
-iasis
abnormal condition
iatr/o
physician,treatment
-ic, -ical
pertaining to