Book2 Flashcards
keraun/o
lightning
kern-
nucleus (collection of nerve cells in the brain)
ket/o
ketones; acetones
keton/o
ketones; acetones
kines/o
movement
kinesi/o
movement
-kinesis
movement
klept/o
to steal
koil/o
hollow, concave, depressed
kraur/o
dry
kym/o
waves
kyph/o
humpback
-labile
unstable, perishable
labi/o
lip
lacrim/o
tear; tear duct; lacrimal duct
lact/o
milk
lal/o, -lalia
speech, babble
lamin/o
lamina
lampr/o
clear
lapar/o
abdominal wall; abdomen
-lapse
to slide, fall, sag
laryng/o
larynx (voice box)
later/o
side
lecith/o
yolk, ovum
lei/o
smooth
leiomy/o
smooth (visceral) muscle
-lemma
sheath; covering
lepid/o
Flakes, scales
lepr/o
leprosy
-lepsy
seizure
lept/o
thin, slender
-leptic
to seize, take hold of
leth/o
death
leuk/o
white
levo-
left
lex/o
word; phrase
-lexia
word; phrase
lien/o
spleen
ligament/o
ligament
ligat/o
binding, tying
lim/o
hunger
lingu/o
tongue
lip/o
fat; lipid
-lipsis
omit, fail
-listhesis
condition of stones
lith/o
stone, calculus
-lithotomy
incision (for removal) of a stone
lob/o
lobe
logad/o
whites of the eyes
-logist
specialist
log/o
study
-logy
study (process of)
loph/o
ridge
lord/o
curve; swayback
lox/o
oblique, slanting
-lucent
to shine
lumb/o
lower back; loin
lumin/o
light
lute/o
yellow
lux/o
to slide
lymph/o
lymph
ly/o
to dissolve, loosen
lymphaden/o
limph gland (node)
lymphangi/o
lymph vessel
-lysis
breakdown; separation; destruction; loosening
-lytic
to reduce, destroy, separate; breakdown
macro-
large
mal-
bad
-malacia
softening
malleol/o
malleolus
mamm/o
breast
mandibul/o
mandible (lower jaw bone)
-mania
obsessive preoccupation
-masesis
mastication, chewing
mast/o
breast
mastoid/o
mastoid process (behind the ear)
maxill/o
maxilla (upper jaw bone)
meat/o
meatus (opening)
medi/o
middle
medic/o
to heal, healing
mediastin/o
mediastinum
medi/o
middle
medull/o
medulla (inner section); middle; soft, marrow
mega-
large
-megaly
enlargement
melan/o
black
mel/o
limb, limbs
men/o
menses; menstruation
mening/o
meninges (membranes covering the spinal cord & brain)
meningi/o
meninges
ment/o
mind; chin
mer/o
part
meso-
middle
meta-
change; beyond
metacarp/o
metacarpals (hand bones)
metatars/o
metatarsals (foot bones)
-meter
measure
method/o
procedure, technique
metr/o
uterus (womb); measure
metri/o
uterus (womb)
-metry
process of measuring
mi/o
smaller; less
micro-
small
-mimesis
imitation, simulation
-mimetic
mimic; copy
-mission
to send
-mnesia
memory
mogi-
difficult
mon/o
one; single
morph/o
shape; form
mort/o
death
-mortem
death
-motor
movement
muc/o
mucus
mucos/o
mucous membrane (mucosa)
multi-
many
muscul/o
muscle
mut/a
genetic change
mutagen/o
causing genetic change
my/o
muscle
myc/o
fungus
mydr/o
wide
myel/o
spinal cord; bone marrow
myocardi/o
myocardium (heart muscle)
myom/o
muscle tumor
myos/o
muscle
myring/o
tympanic membrane (eardrum)
myx/o
mucus
narc/o
numbness; stupor; sleep
nas/o
nose
nat/i
birth
natr/o
sodium
necr/o
death
nect/o
to bind, tie, connect
neo-
new
nephr/o
kidney
neur/o
nerve
neutr/o
neither; neutral; neutrophil
nid/o
nest
nine
noni-
noci-
to cause harm, injury or pain
noct/o
night
nod/o
knot
-noia
mind, will
nom/o
custom, law
nomen-
name
norm/o
rule; order
nos/o
disease
nucle/o
nucleus
nulli-
none
nutri/o, nutrit/o
to nourish
nyct/o
night
obstetr/o
pregnancy; birth
ocul/o
eye
odont/o
tooth
odyn/o
pain
-oid
resembling; derived from
-ole
little; small
ole/o
oil
olecran/o
olecranon (elbow)
olig/o
scanty
om/o
shoulder
-oma
tumor; mass; fluid collection
omphal/o
umbilicus (navel)
onc/o
tumor
-one
hormone
one
mono, uni
one and a half
bi, di
onych/o
nail (of fingers or toes)
o/o
egg
oophor/o
ovary
-opaque
obscure
ophry/o
eyebrow
ophthalm/o
eye
-opia
vision condition
opisth/o
backward, behind
-opsia
vision condition
-opsy
view of
opt/o
eye; vision
optic/o
eye; vision
-or
one who
or/o
mouth
orch/o
testis
orchi/o
testis
orchid/o
testis
-orexia
appetite
organ/o
organ
orth/o
straight
osche/o
scrotum
-ose
full of; pertaining to; sugar
-osis
condition, usually abnormal
-osmia
smell
osphresi/o
sense of smell
ossicul/o
ossicle (small bone)
oste/o
bone
-ostosis
condition of bone
ot/o
ear
-otia
ear condition
-ous
pertaining to
ov/o
egg
ovari/o
ovary
ovul/o
egg
ox/o
oxygen
-oxia
oxygen
oxy-
swift; sharpp; acid
oxysm/o
sudden
pachy-
heavy; thick
-pagus
conjoined twins
palat/o
palate (roof of mouth)
pale/o
old
pali-
recurrence, repetition
palliat/o
to soothe, relieve
palpebr/o
eyelid
palp/o, palpat/o
to touch gently
palpit/o
flutter, throbbing
pan-
all
pancreat/o
pancreas
pant/o
all, whole
papill/o
nipple-like; optic disc
papul/o
papule, pimple
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
parasit/o
parasite
parathyroid/o
parathyroid glands
-paresis
weakness
-pareunia
sexual intercourse
-partum
birth; labor
patell/a
patella
patell/o
patela
path/o
disease
-pathy
disease; emotion
pector/o
chest
pedicul/o
louse
ped/o
child; foot
pelv/i
pelvis; hip region
pelv/o
pelvis; hip region
pend/o
to hang
-penia
deficiency
-pepsia
digestion
per-
through
percuss/o
to tap
peri-
surrounding
perine/o
perineum
peritone/o
peritoneum
per/o
deformed, maimed
perone/o
fibula
perspir/o
breathe through
petr/o
stone, petrous region of temporal bone
-pexy
fixation; to put in place
phac/o
lens of eye
phag/o
eat; swallow
-phage
eat; swallow
-phagia
eating; swallowing
phak/o
lens of eye
phalang/o
phalanges (of fingers and toes)
phall/o
penis
phaner/o
visible, apparent
pharmac/o
drug
pharmaceut/o
drug
pharyng/o
throat (pharynx)
phas/o
speech
-phasia
speech
phe/o
dusky; dark
-pheresis
removal
phil/o
like; love; attraction to
-phil
attraction for
-philia
attraction for
phim/o
muzzle
phleb/o
vein
phob/o
fear
-phobia
fear
phon/o
voice; sound
-phonia
voice; sound
-phor/o
to bear
-phoresis
carrying; transmission
-phoria
to bear, carry; feeling (mental state)
phosphat/o
phosphate
phot/o
light
phren/o
diaphragm; mind
-phthisis
wasting away
-phylaxis
protection
phyl/o
race, species, type
physi/o
nature; function
physic/o
physical, natural
-physis
to grow
phys/o
air, gas
phyt/o
plant
-phyte
plant
picr/o
bitter
pies/i, -piesis
pressure
pil/o
hair
pimel/o
fat, fatty
pineal/o
pineal gland
pin/o
to drink
pituitar/o
pituitary gland
-plakia
plaque
plan/o
flat, level, wandering
plant/o
sole of the foot
plas/o
development; formation
-plasia
development; formation
-plasm
formation; structure
-plastic
pertaining to formation
-plasty
surgical repair
platy-
broad, flat
ple/o
more; many
-plegia
paralysis; palsy
-plegic
paralysis; palsy
pleur/o
pleura
plex/o
plexus; network (of nerves)
-pnea
breathing
pneum/o
lung; air; gas
pneumon/o
lung; air; gas
pod/o
foot
-poiesis
formation
-poietin
substance that forms
poikil/o
varied; irregular
pol/o
extreme
polio-
gray matter (of brain or spinal cord)
poly-
many; much
polyp/o
polyp; small growth
pont/o
pons ( a part of the brain)
por/o, -pore
opening, passageway
-porosis
condition of pores (spaces)
-posia
drinking
posit/o
arrangement, place
post-
after; behind
poster/o
back (of body); behind
-prandial
meal
-praxia
action
pre-
before; in front of
presby/o
old age
primi-
first
pro-
before; forward
proct/o
anus and rectum
pros-
before; forward
pros/o
forward, anterior
prosop/o
face
prostat/o
prostate gland
prot/o
first
prote/o
protein
proxim/o
near
prurit/o
itching
psamm/o
sand, sand-like material
pseudo-
FALSE
psor/o
itching
psych/o
mind
psychr/o
cold
-pterygium
abnormality of the conjunctiva
-ptosis
droop; sag; prolapse; protrude
ptyal/o
saliva
-ptysis
spitting
pub/o
pubis (anterior part of hip bone)
pulmon/o
lung
puls/o, pulsat/o
to beat, beating
-puncture
to pierce a surface
pupill/o
pupil (dark center of eye)
purpur/i
purple
purul/o
pus
py/o
pus
pycn/o
thick, dense
pyel/o
renal pelvis
pyl/e
portal vein
pylor/o
pylorus; pyloric sphincter
pyr/o
fever; fire
pyret/o
fever
pyrex/o
fever
quadri-
four, square
qual-
quality, characteristic
quant-
how much
quasi-
to some degree, as if
quart-
fourth, four
quer-
to seek, search
quercin
oak
quint-
fifth, five
quota-
how many
rachi/o
spinal column; vertebrae
radi/o
x-rays; radioactivity; radius (lateral lower arm bone)
radicul/o
nerve root
re-
back; again; backward
-receptor, -ceptor
receiver
rect/o
rectum
ren/o
kidney
respir/o
breath
resuscit/o
to revive
reticul/o
network
retin/o
retina
retro-
behind; back; backward
rhabd/o
rod
rhabdomy/o
striated (skeletal) muscle
rhe/o
flow, current, stream
rheumat/o
watery flow
rhin/o
nose
rhiz/o
root
rhod/o
red, rosy
rhytid/o
wrinkle
roentgen/o
x-rays
rose/o
rosy
rot/o, rotat/o
turn, revolve
-rrhage
bursting forth (of blood)
-rrhagia
bursting forth (of blood)
-rrhaphy
suture
-rrhea
flow; discharge
-rrhexis
rupture
rhythm/o
rhythm
rubr/o, rubr/i
red
sacchar/o
sugar
sacr/o
sacrum
salping/o
fallopian tube; auditory (eustachian) tube
-salpinx
fallopian tube; oviduct
sangu/i
blood
sanit/a
health
sapr/o
rotten, decay
sarc/o
flesh (connective tissue)
scapul/o
scapula; shoulder blade
-schisis
to split
schist/o
split, cleft
schiz/o
split
sinistr/o
left
scint/i
spark
scirrh/o
hard
scler/o
sclera (white of eye)
-sclerosis
hardening
scolec/o
worm
scoli/o
crooked; bent
-scope
instrument for visual examination
-scopy
visual examination
scot/o
darkness
seb/o
sebum
sebace/o
sebum
sect/o
to cut
semi-
half
semin/i
semen; seed
-sepsis
putrefaction
seps/o
infection
sept/o
partition
ser/o
serum, serous
seven
hepta-, sept-, septi-
sial/o
saliva
sialaden/o
salivary gland
sider/o
iron
sigmoid/o
sigmoid colon
silic/o
glass
sinus/o
sinus
-sis
state of; condition
sit/o
food
six
hex-, hexa-, sex-
skelet/o
skeleton
-sol
solution
somat/o
body
-some
body
somn/o
sleep
-somnia
sleep
son/o
sound
-spadia
to tear; cut
span/o
scanty, scarce
-spasm
sudden contraction of muscles
spectr/o
image, spectrum
sperm/o
spermatozoa; sperm cells
spermat/o
spermatozoa; sperm cells
sphen/o
wedge; sphenoid bone
spher/o
globe-shaped; round
sphygm/o
pulse
-sphyxia
pulse
splanchn/o
viscera (internal organs)
spin/o
spine (backbone)
spir/o
to breathe
splen/o
spleen
spondyl/o
vertebra (backbone)
squam/o
scale
-stalsis
contraction
staped/o
stapes (middle ear bone)
staphyl/o
clusters; uvula
-stabile
stable, fixed
-stalsis
contraction
staped/o
stapes
-stasis
to stop; control; place
-stat
device/instrument for keeping something stationary
-static
pertaining to stopping; controlling
steat/o
fat; sebum
sten/o
narrowed, constricted
-stenosis
tightening; stricture
ster/o
solid structure; steroid
stere/o
solid; three-dimensional
stern/o
sternum (breastbone)
steth/o
chest
-sthenia
strength
stich/o
rows
stigmat/o
mark, point
-stitial
to set; pertaining to standing or positioned
stomat/o
mouth
-stomia
condition of the mouth
-stomy
new opening (to form a mouth)
strept/o
twisted chains
-stroma
supporting tissue of an organ
styl/o
pole or stake
sub-
under; below
submaxill/o
mandible (lower jaw bone)
succ/o
juice
