Chapter 1: Intro To Med Term Flashcards
Tonsils
Tonsil/o
Stomach
Gastr/o
Skull
Crani
Heart
Cardi/o
Noun ending
Um
Pertaining to
Ac
Abnormal condition or disease
Osis
Inflammation
Itis
Blue
Cyan/o
Red
Erythr/o
White
Leuk/o
Black
Melan/o
Gray
Poli/o
Cell
Cyte
Spinal cord
Myel
Neur/o
Nerve
Surgical repair
Plasty
Small intestine
Enter/o
Disease
Path
Study of
Ology
Pain and suffering
Algia or Dynia
Abnormal softening
Malacia
Artery
Arteri/o
Enlargement
Megaly
Liver
Hepat/o
Tissue death
Necrosis
Abnormal hardening
Sclerosis
Abnormal narrowing
Stenosis
Surgical puncture to remove fluid for diagnostic purposes or to remove excess fluid
Centesis
Abdomen
Abdomin/o
Process of producing a picture or record
Graphy
Blood vessel
Angi/o
Picture or record
Gram
Surgical repair
Plasty
Visual examination
Scopy
Bleeding
Rrhage or rrhagia
Blood
Hem/o
Bursting forth of blood
Rrhage
Surgical suturing to close a wound and includes the use of sutures, staples or surgical clue
Rrhaphy
Muscle
My/o
Flow or discharge and refers to flow of most body fluids
Rrhea
Rupture
Rrhexis
Before
Pre
Birth
Nat
Pertaining to
Al
Surrounding
Peri
After
Post
Away from
Ab
Bad, difficult or painful
Dys
Excessive or increased
Hyper
Between or among
Inter
Under, less or below
Sub
Toward or in direction of
Ad
Good, normal, well or easy
Eu
Deficient or decreased
Hypo
Within or inside
Intra
Above or excessive
Super or supra
Ears
Ot/o
Stone
Lith
Surgical incision
Otomy
Appendix
Appendic
Within
End
Plaque or fatty substance
Ather/o
Tumor
Oma
Joint
Arthr/o
Pain
Algia
Surgical removal
Ectomy
Appendix
Append
Surgical creation of an artificial opening to the body surface
Ostomy
Colon
Col
Cutting or a surgical incision
Otomy
Fungus
Myc/o
Bone marrow or spinal cord
Myel/o
Specialist
Ologist
New
Neo
Renal pelvis
Pyel/o
Pus
Py/o
Skin
Derma
Fever or fire
Pyr/o
Virus or poison
Vir