Diagnostic and Therapeutic Terminology (greek or latin word element) part 2 Flashcards
SAN/O
(să‐nō)
SANIT/O
(san‐ĭ‐tō)
Current Usage: Health
Ety: L. sanus, ‐a, ‐um, healthy
L. sanitas, sanitatis, f. health
Ex: Sane, insanity
HYGIEN/O
(hī‐jēn‐ō)
HYGIEI/O
(hī‐jē‐ō)
Current Usage: Health
Ety: Gr. hygieine, healthful
Gr. hygieia, health
Ex: Hygienist, hygieiology
Loan Word:
Hygiene (hī′jēn″)
ANTHROP/O
(an‐thrŏ‐pō)
Current Usage: Human
Ety: Gr. anthropos, a human being
Ex: Anthropoid, anthropology
*HOM/O
(ho‐mō)
HOMIN/O
(hŏm‐ĭn‐ō)
Current: Human
Ety: L. homo, hominis, m. a human being
Ex: Homicidal, hominid
Loan word:
Homo (hō′mō)
IDI/O
(ĭd‐ē‐ō)
Current: Individual, distinct
Ety: Gr. idios, private, personal, peculiar
Ex: Idiopathic, idioglossia
DEM/O
(de‐mō)
Current: People
Ety: Gr. demos, people of a country or land
Ex: Epidemic, demographics
ETHN/O
(ĕth‐nō)
Current: Race, culture
Ety: Gr. ethnos, race, nation
Ex: Ethnography, ethnocentric
*GEN/O
(jē′nō)
Current: Race, kind, hereditary, gene
Ety: Gr. genos, kind, race, descent; genea, stock, descent
L. genus, ‐eris, n. family
Ex: Genodermatosis, genogram
Loan word:
Genus (jē′nŭs, jen′ŭs)
ANDR/O
(an‐drō)
Current: Male, masculine, stamen of a flower
Ety: Gr. aner, andros, man; stamen of flower
Ex: Androgen, android
VIRIL/O
(vĭr‐ĭl‐ō)
Current: Male, masculine
Ety: L. virilis, ‐e, male fr. L. vir, viri, m. man, male
Ex: Virilism, virile
GYN/O
(jin‐ō) or (gīn‐ō)
GYNEC/O
(jin‐ĕkō) or
(gīn‐ĕkō)
Current: Female, feminine, pistil of a flower (gynoecium)
Ety: Gr. gyne, gynaikos, woman
Ex: Androgynous, gynecoid
FEMIN/O
(fem‐ĭn‐ō)
Current: Female, feminine
Ety: L. femina, ‐ae, f. woman, female
Ex: Feminine, feminism
*PED/O
(pē‐dō)
Current: Child
Ety: Gr. pais, paidos, child
Ex: Pediatric, pedodontics
PUERIL/O
(pū‐ĕ‐rĭ‐lō)
Current: Child
Ety: L. puerilis, ‐e child‐like
fr. L. puer, ‐i, m. child
Ex: Puerile, puerilism
GER/O
(jer‐ō)
GERONT/O
(jer‐ŏn‐tō)
Current: Elderly, Old age
Ety: Gr. geron, gerontos, old person
Ex: Geriatrics, gerontology
PRESBY/O
(prez‐bĭ‐ō)
Current: Elderly, old age
Ety: Gr. prespys, presbytes, elder, old person
Ex: Presbyacusia, presbyiatrics
SEN/O
(sĕ‐nō)
SENIL/O
(sē‐nĭ‐lō)
Current: Elderly, old age
Ety: L. senex, senis, n. old, old person
L. senilis, ‐e, old
Ex: Senescence, senility
