Ch. 5 Medical Terminology - Word Roots Flashcards
abdomin/o
amdomen
acou/o
hear
aden/o
gland
adip/o
fat
alb/o
white
alges/o
pain
andr/o
man, male
angi/o
vessel
angin/o
blood vessel
ankyl/o
fused, stiff
aort/o
aorta
append/o
appendix
arteri/o
artery
arthr/o
joint
asthen/o
weak
atel/o
incomplete
ather/o
fat
atri/o
atrium
audi/o
to hear
aur/o
ear
aut/o
self
bacteri/o
bacteria
bi
life; two
bil/i
bile
blast/o
germ, bud, developing cell
blephar/o
eyelid
brachi/o
arm
bronch/i
airway, bronchus
bucc/o
cheek
burs/o
pouch or sac
calc/i
calcium
capn/o
carbon dioxide
carcin/o
cancer
cardi/o
heart
carp/o
wrist
cartil/o
cartilage, gristle
caud/o
tail
cec/o
blind intestine, cecum
cel/o
hernia, protrusion
cent/e
to puncture (a body cavity)
cent/i
1/100 or 100
cephal/o
head
cerebr/o
brain, cerebrum
cervic/o
neck
chol/e
bile
chondr/o
cartilage
chrom/o
color
chron/o
time
cleid/o
clavicle
col/o
colon
colp/o
vagina
condyl/o
knuckle of a joint
cor/o
pupil
corne/o
cornea
cost/o
rib
crani/o
cranium, skull
crin/o
to secrete
cubitous
elbow
cutane/o
skin
cyan/o
blue
cycl/o
circle or cycle
cyst/o
bladder
cyt/o
cell
derm(at)/o
skin
digit
finger or toe
dipl/o
two or double
dips/o
thirst
diverticul/o
diverticulum, a small blind pouch
disk/o
a flat shape, intervertebral disk
dist/o
distant, away
dors/o
back
duct/o
lead, move
duoden/o
duodenum
ech/o
to bounce, sound
ede
swelling
elast/o
change shape
elect/o
electricity
embol/o
a plug
embry/o
embryo
emesis
vomit
emmetr/o
according to measure
encephal/o
brain
enter/o
small intestine
episi/o
vulva
erythr/o
red
esthesi
sensation or perception
febr
fever
flex
bend
foramen
opening
fract
break
gastr/o
stomach
gest
carry, produce, congestion
glyc/o
sugar, sweet
gno
know
gyn/o
woman, female
hem(at)/o
blood
hepat/o
liver
heter/o
other, different
hom/o
same
hydr/o
water
idi/o
person, self
lact/o
milk
leuk/o
white
lingu/o
tongue
mal/o
abnormal, bad
medi/o
middle
melan/o
black, dark
men/o
month, menstruation
mening/o
usually refers to meninges
meyel/o
marrow or spinal chord
my/o
muscle
nephr/o
kidney
neur/o
nerve
ocul/o
eye
opthalm/o
eye
oste/o
bone
ot/o
ear
ov/o
egg
palpate
to examine by touch
path/o
disease
ped/o
child or foot
percuss
to examine by striking
phag/o
eat
pharyng/o
throat
phot/o
light
pleur/o
rib, side
pneum(at)/o
lungs, air
pod(i)
foot
pseud/o
false
psych/o
mind
pto
fall
ptyal/o
saliva
pulmon/o
lungs
pur, py
pus
pyr/o
fire, heat
quadr/o; quar
four
ren/o
kidney
rhin/o
nose
sangui(n)/o
blood
scler/o
hard
sebum
fatty secretion of sebaceous glands.
sect/o
cut
sept/o
wall, divider; seven
serum
clear portion of blood
sinus
cavity, channel, hollow space
som(at)
body
spir/o
coil, breathe
stern/o
sternum (breastbone)
stomat/o
mouth
thorac/o
chest
tom/o
cut
toxic/o
poisonous
trich/o
hair
ur/o
urine
uter/o
uterus, womb
varic/o
dilated vein
vas/o
blood vessel
viscer/o
internal organs
xen/o
foreign (material)
xer/o
dry