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
ichthy/o
dry,scaly
-icle
small
idi/o
unknown,individual,distinct
-ile
pertaining to
ile/o
ileum (intestine)
ili/o
ilium (bone)
-in, -ine
a substance
-ine
a substance,pertaining to
inter-
between
intra-
within,into
iod/o
iodine
ion/o
ion,to wander
-ion
process
-ior
pertaining to
ipsi-
same
ir-
in
ir/o, irid/o
iris
is/o
same,equal
isch/o
hold back,back
ischi/o
ischium
-ism
process,condition
-ist
specialist
-itus
condition
-ium
structure tissue
jaund/o
yellow
kal/i
potassium
kay/o
nucleus
kerat/o
cornea,hard,horny tissue
kern-
nucleus (collection of nerve cells in the brain)
ket/o, keton/o
ketones,acetones
kines/o
movement
klept/o
to steal
kyph/o
humpback
labi/o
lip
lact/o
milk
lapar/o
abdominal wall, abdomen
-lapse
slide,fall,sag
laryng/o
larynx (voice box)
later/o
side
leiomy/o
smooth (visceral) muscle
-lemma
sheath,covering
-lepsy
seizure
lept/o
thin,slender
-leptic
pertaining to seizing, taking hold of
leth/o
death
leuk/o
white
lex/o, -lexia
word,phrase
lingu/o
tongue
-listhesis
slipping
lith/o
stone,calculus
-lithiasis
condition of stones
-lithotomy
incision (for removal) of a stone
lob/o
lobe
log/o
to study
lord/o
curve,swayback
-lucent
to shine
lute/o
yellow
lux/o
slide
lymphaden/o
lymph gland (node)
-lysis
breakdown,separation,destruction,loosening
-lytic
reducing,destroying,separating,breakdown
macro-
large
mal-
bad
-malacia
softening
mamm/o
breast
-mania
obsessive preoccupation
mast/o
breast
meat/o
meatus (opening)
medi/o
middle
medull/o
medulla (inner section),middle,soft,marrow
mega-
large
-megaly
enlargement
melan/o
black
men/o
menses,menstruation
ment/o
mind,chin
meso-
middle
meta-
change,beyond
-meter
measure
metr/o, metri/o
uterus
mi/o
smaller,less
-mimetic
mimic,copy
-mission
to send
morph/o
shape,for
mort/o
death
-mortem
death
-motor
movement
muc/o
mucus
mucos/o
mucous membrane (mucosa)
mut/a
genetic change
my/o
muscle
myc/o
fungus
mydr/o
wide
myel/o
spinal cord,bone marrow
myom/o
muscle tumor
myos/o
muscle
myring/o
tympanic membrane
myx/o
mucus
narc/o
numbness,stupor,sleep
nas/o
nose
nat/i
birth
natr/o
sodium
necr/o
death
nect/o
bind,tie,connect
neo-
new
nephr/o
kidney
neutr/o
neither,neutral,neutrophil
nid/o
nest
noct/o
night
norm/o
rule,order
nos/o
disease
nulli-
none
nyct/o
night
obstetr/o
pregnancy,childbirth
odont/o
tooth
odyn/o
pain
-oid
resembling,derived from
-ole
little,small
olig/o
scanty
om/o
shoulder
-oma
tumor,mass,fluid collection
omphal/o
umbilicus
onc/o
tumor
-one
hormone
onych/o
nail
o/o
egg
oophor/o
ovary
-opaque
obscure
-opia,opsia
vision condition
-opsy
view of
or/o
mouth
orch/o,orchi/o,orchid/o
testis
-orexia
appetite
orth/o
straight
-ose
full of,pertaining to,sugar
-osis
condition
-osmia
smell
-ostosis
condition of bone
ot/o
ear
-otia
ear condition
-ous
pertaining to
ov/o
egg
ovul/o
egg
-oxia
oxygen
oxy-
rapid,sharp,acid
oxysm/o
sudden
pachy-
heavy,thick
palpebr/o
eyelid
pan-
all
papill/o
nipple-like,optic disk
par-
other than,abnormal
para-
near,beside,abnormal,apart from,along the side of
-para
to bear,bring forth (live births)
-parous
to bear,bring forth
-paresis
weakness
-pareunia
sexual intercourse
-partum
birth,labor
-pathy
disease,emotion
ped/o
child,foot
pend/o
hang
-penia
deficiency
pen/o
penis
-pepsia
digestion
per-
through
peri-
surrounding
perone/o
fibula
-pexy
fixation,to put in place
phac/o
lens of eye
phag/o, -phage
eat,swallow
-phagia
condition of eating,swallowing
phak/o
lens of eye
phall/o
penis
pharyng/o
pharynx (throat)
phas/o, -phasia
speech
phe/o
dusky,dark
-pheresis
removal
phil/o
like,love,attraction
-phil,-philia
attraction for
phleb/o
vein
phon/o,-phonia
voice,sound
phor/o
to bear
-phoresis
carry,transmission
-phoria
to bear,carry,feeling
phot/o
light
phren/o
diaphragm,mind
-phthisis
wasting away
-phylaxis
protection
-physis
to grow
phyt/o,-phyte
plant
pil/o
hair
-plakia
plaque
plant/o
sole of foot
plas/o, -plasia
development,formation,growth
-plasm
formation,structure
-plastic
pertaining to formation
-plasty
surgical repair
ple/o
more,many,varied
-plegia,-plegic
paralysis,palsy
plex/o
network of nerves
-pnea
breathing
pneum/o
lung,air,gas
pod/o
foot
-poiesis
formation
-poetin
substance that forms
poikil/o
varied,irregular
pol/o
extreme
polio-
gray matter
pont/o
pons
-porosis
condition of pores
-prandial
pertaining to eating or mealtime
-praxia
action
presby/o
old age
primi-
first
pro-
before,forward
proct/o
anus and rectum
pros-
before,forward
prot/o
first
proxim/o
near
prurit/o
itching
pseudo-
false
psych/o
mind
-ptosis
drooping,falling,prolapse
-ptysis
spitting
pub/o
pubis
purul/o
pus
py/o
pus
pyel/o
renal pelvis
pyr/o
fever,fire
pyret/o
fever
pyrex/o
fever
rachi/o
spinal column,vertebrae
radicul/o
nerve root
re-
back,again,backward
ren/o
kidney
reticul/o
network
retro-
behind,back,backward
rhabdomy/o
striated (skeletal) muscle
rheumat/o
watery flow
rhin/o
nose
rhytid/o
wrinkle
roentgen/
xrays
-rrhage
bursting forth
-rrhagia
bursting forth
-rrhaphy
suture
-rrhea
flow,discharge
-rrhexis
rupture
salping/o
fallopian tube,auditory tube
-salpinx
fallopian tube,oviduct
sarc/o
flesh (connective tissue)
-schisis
split
schiz/o
split
scirrh/o
hard
scler/o
sclera (white of the eye), hard
-sclerosis
hardening
scoli?o
crooked,bent
-scope
instrument for visual examination
-scopy
visual examination
scot/o
darkness
seb/o, sebace/o
sebum
sect/o
to cut
semi-
half
semini/i
semen,seed
seps/o
infection
sial/o
saliva
sialedn/o
salivary gland
sider/o
iron
silic/o
glass
-sis
state of,condition
-sol
solution
somat/o
body
-some
body
somn/o
sleep
-somnia
sleep
son/o
sound
-spadia
to tear,cut
-spasm
sudden contraction of muscles
sphygm/o
pulse
-sphyxia
pulse
splanchn/o
viscera (internal organs)
spir/o
to breathe
spondyl/o
vertebra
squam/o
scale
-stalsis
contraction
staphyl/o
clusters,uvula
-stasis
stopping,controlling
-static
pertaining to stopping,controlling
steat/o
fat,sebum
ster/o,stere/o
solid
steth/o
chest
-sthenia
strength
-stitial
pertaining to standing or positioned
stomat/o
mouth
-stomia
condition of the mouth
-stomy
new opening to form a mouth
strept/o
twisted chains
-suppression
stopping
sym-
together,with
syn-
together,with
syncop/o
to cut off,cut short,faint
syndesm/o
ligament
syring/o
tube
tachy-
fast
tax/o
order,coordination
tel/o
complete
tele/o
distant
ten/o
tendon
-tension
pressure
terat/o
monster,malformed fetus
thalass/o
sea
the/o
put,place
thec/o
sheath
thel/o
nipple
thromb/o
clot
-thymia
mind (condition of)
-thymic
pertaining to mind
-tic
pertaining to
toc/o
labor birth
-tocia, -tocin
labor,birth
tom/o
to cut
-tome
instrument to cut
-tomy
process of cutting
ton/o
tension
tone/o
to stretch
top/o
place,position,location
-tory
pertaining to
trans-
across,through
-tresia
opening
trich/o
hair
-tripsy
crushing
troph/o, -trophy
nourishment,development
-tropia
to turn
-tropic
pertaining to stimulating
-tropin
stimulate,act on
-type
classification,picture
-ule
small,little
ultra-
beyond,excess
-um
structure,tissue,thing
ungu/o
nail
ur/o
urine,urinary tract
-uria
urination,condition of urine
-us
structure,thing
uve/o
uvea,vascular layer of eye
vag/o
vagus nerve
varic/o
varicose veins
vas/o
vessel,duct,vas deferens
vener/o
venereal (sexual contact)
ventr/o
belly side of body
-verse
to turn
-version
to turn
vesic/o
urinary bladder
vesicul/o
seminal vesicle
vestibul/o
vestibule of the inner ear
viscer/o
internal organs
vit/o
life
vitr/o
vitreous body (of the eye)
vitre/o
glass
viv/o
life
vol/o
to toll
xanth/o
yellow
xer/o
dry
-y
condition,process
zo/o
animal life
xiph/o
sword
