English to Medical Word Parts Flashcards
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abdomen
A
abdomin/o, lapar/o
2
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abnormal condition
A
-osis
3
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abnormal condition of dust
A
-coniosis
4
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abnormal, bad, difficult, painful
A
dys-
5
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above
A
supra-
6
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above, excessive, more than normal, too much (as in they really used quite a few words to describe this)
A
hyper-
7
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above, upon
A
epi-
8
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across, through
A
trans-
9
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adenoids
A
adenoid/o
10
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adrenal gland
A
adren/o
11
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after, behind
A
post-
12
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against
A
anti-
13
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air, lung
A
pneum/o
14
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along the side of, beside, near
A
para-
15
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alveolus
A
alveol/o
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amnion
A
amni/o
17
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anus
A
an/o
18
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anus and rectum
A
proct/o
19
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aorta
A
aort/o
20
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appendix
A
append/o, appendic/o
21
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armpit
A
axill/o
22
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artery
A
arteri/o
23
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artificial replacement
A
prosth/o
24
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attraction to
A
-philia
25
away from
ab-
26
back, behind
poster/o
27
backbone, spine, vertebra
spin/o
28
backbone, vertebra
spondyl/o
29
backbone, vertebra
vertebr/o
30
bacterium
-coccus
31
bad
mal-
32
before
pre-
33
before, forward
ante-, pro-, pros-
34
behind, back
re-, retro-
35
below
infra-
36
below, deficient, less than normal, too little (as in they probably were afraid of being hypodescriptive)
hypo-
37
below, under
sub-
38
between
inter-
39
beyond
ultra-
40
beyond, change
meta-
41
birth
-partum, nat/i
42
blood
hemat/o, hem/o
43
blood condition
-emia
44
blood vessel
vascul/o
45
blue
cyan/o
46
bone
oste/o
47
bone marrow (with -blast, -cyte, -genous, -oma)
myel/o
48
brain
encephal/o
49
breakdown, destruction, separation
lys/o, -lysis
50
breast
mamm/o, mast/o
51
breathing
-pnea
52
bronchial tube
bronch/o
53
calcaneus (heel bone)
calcane/o
54
cancer, cancerous
carcin/o
55
capillary
capillar/o
56
cartilage
chondr/o
57
cell
-cyte, cyto
58
cerebellum
cerebell/o
59
cerebrum
cerebr/o
60
chest
thorac/o
61
child
ped/o
62
clavicle (collarbone)
clavicul/o
63
clot
thromb/o
64
cold
cry/o
65
colon
colon/o
66
colon (large intestine)
col/o
67
common bile duct
choledoch/o
68
condition
-ia, -sis
69
condition, process
-ism, -y
70
constriction
-spasm
71
control, stop; place, to stand
-stasis
72
death
-mortem, necr/o
73
deficiency
-penia
74
development, formation, growth
plas/o, -plasm
75
development, nourishment
troph/o, -trophy
76
diaphragm
phren/o
77
dilation, stretching, widening
-ectasia, -ectasis
78
discharge, flow
-rrhea
79
disease
nos/o, path/o, -pathy
80
drug, chemical
chem/o
81
duodenum
duoden/o
82
dura mater (outermost meningeal layer)
dur/o
83
dust
coni/o
84
ear
aur/o, ot/o
85
eardrum
myring/o, tympan/o
86
egg
o/o
87
electricity
electr/o
88
endocrine glands
endocrin/o
89
endometrium
endometr/o, endometri/o
90
enlargement
-megaly
91
epiglottis
epiglott/o
92
esophagus
esophag/o
93
excess flow of blood
-rrhage, -rrhagia
94
excision (resection, removal); process of cutting out
-ectomy
95
eye
ocul/o, ophthalm/o, opt/o, optic/o
96
eyelid
blephar/o
97
fallopian tube; eustachian tube
salping/o, -salpinx
98
fast
tachy-
99
fat
lip/o
100
fatty plaque
ather/o
101
femur, thigh bone
femor/o
102
fibrous tissue
fibr/o
103
fibula
perone/o
104
fibula (smaller lower leg bone)
fibul/o
105
fingers or toes
dactyl/o
106
fixation (surgical)
-pexy
107
flesh
sarc/o
108
flow, fluid
rheumat/o
109
formation
-poiesis
110
formation, growth
-plasia
111
front
anter/o
112
gallbladder
cholecyst/o
113
gland
aden/o
114
groin
inguin/o
115
hardening
-sclerosis
116
head
cephal/o
117
heart
cardi/o, coron/o
118
hernia
-cele
119
hip bone
pelv/o
120
humerus (upper arm bone)
humer/o
121
ileum (third part of small intestine)
ile/o
122
in, inner, within
en-
123
in, into
in-
124
incision, process of cutting into
-tomy
125
infection
sept/o, septic/o
126
inflammation
-itis
127
instrument to record
-graph
128
instrument to view or visually examine
-scope
129
intestines (usually small intestine)
enter/o
130
jejunum
jejun/o
131
joint
arthr/o
132
kidney
nephr/o, ren/o
133
knowledge
gnos/o
134
larynx
laryng/o
135
lens of the eye
phak/o
136
life
bi/o
137
ligament
ligament/o
138
liver
hepat/o
139
loin, waist region
lumb/o
140
lung
pneumon/o, pulmon/o
141
lymph
lymph/o
142
lymph nodes
lymphaden/o
143
lymph vessel
lymphangi/o
144
many, much
poly-
145
measure
-meter
146
measurement
-metry
147
mediastinum
mediastin/o
148
medulla oblongata
medull/o
149
meninges (membranes covering brain and spinal cord)
mening/o
150
menstruation
men/o
151
metacarpals (hand bones)
metacarp/o
152
metatarsals (foot bones)
metatars/o
153
midwife
obstetr/o
154
mind
phren/o, psych/o
155
mouth
or/o, stomat/o
156
movement
-motor
157
muscle
muscul/o, my/o, myos/o
158
nail
onycho/o, ungu/o
159
narrowing
-stenosis
160
neck
cervic/o
161
nerve
neur/o
162
new
neo-
163
nipple
theli/o, thel/o
164
no, not
a-, an-
165
nose
nas/o, rhin/o (hmm, rhinovirus?)
166
old age
ger/o
167
one
uni-
168
one who specializes in study of
-logist
169
opening
-stomy
170
out, outside
ex-, exo-, extra-, ec-, ecto-
171
ovary
oophor/o, ovari/o
172
pain
-algia, -dynia
173
pancreas
pancreat/o
174
paralysis
-plegia
175
parathyroid gland
parathyroid/o
176
penis
balan/o
177
peritoneum (membrane around abdominal organs)
peritone/o
178
pertaining to
-ac, -al, -an, -ar, -ary, -eal, -ic, -ical, -ine, -ior, -ous, -tic
179
pertaining to producing, produced by
-genic
180
pertaining to the body
-somatic
181
pertaining to, resembling
-oid
182
pharynx, throat
phalang/o
183
pituitary gland
hypophys/o, pituitar/o
184
pleura (membranes surrounding the lungs)
pleur/o
185
practitioner
-ian
186
pressure
-tension
187
process of cutting
-cision
188
process of cutting into
-section
189
process of recording, to record
-graphy
190
process of study, study of
-logy
191
process of viewing
-opsy
192
process of visual examination
-scopy
193
process, condition
-ation
194
producing, forming
-genesis
195
production, formation
-gen
196
prolapse, sagging
-ptosis
197
prostate gland
prostat/o
198
protein
-globin
199
put, place
-thesis
200
record
-gram
201
rectum
rect/o
202
red
erythr/o
203
renal pelvis (central section of the kidney)
pyel/o
204
retina of the eye
retin/o
205
rib
cost/o
206
rule, order
norm/o
207
sacrum
sacr/o
208
scrotal sac, scrotum
scrot/o
209
secrete
crin/o
210
secretion
-crine
211
self
aut-
212
sensation
esthesi/o
213
separation
-crit
214
shoulder blade
scapul/o
215
side
later/o
216
skin
cutane/o
217
skin
dermat/o, derm/o
218
skin (surface tissues)
epitheli/o
219
skull
crani/o
220
slide
-lapse
221
sliding
-listhesis
222
slow
brady-
223
small artery
arteriol/o
224
small bronchial tube
bronchiol/o
225
smell
osm/o
226
smooth muscle
leiomy/o
227
softening
-malacia
228
sound
son/o
229
specialist
-ist
230
speech
-phasia
231
spinal cord (with -cele, -gram, -itis)
myel/o
232
spitting
-ptysis
233
spleen
splen/o
234
sternum (breastbone)
stern/o
235
stomach
gastr/o
236
stone
lith/o, -lith
237
stop, control
-stat
238
straight
orth/o
239
striated (skeletal muscle)
rhabdomy/o
240
structure
-um
241
sugar
glyc/o
242
surgical puncture to remove fluid
-centesis
243
surgical repair
-plasty
244
surrounding
peri-
245
suture
-rrhaphy
246
tailbone
coccyg/o
247
tendon
tendin/o, ten/o
248
testicle, testis
orch/o, orchi/o, orchid/o
249
thirst
-dipsia
250
thorough, complete
dia-
251
three
tri-
252
through
per-
253
thymus gland
thym/o
254
thyroid gland
thyr/o, thyroid/o, thyroaden/o
255
tibia or shin bone
tibi/o
256
time
chron/o
257
to care for
comi/o
258
to cut
cis/o
259
to hold back
isch/o
260
to produce
gen/o
261
to put, place
top/o
262
tonsils
tonsill/o
263
tooth
dent/I, odont/o
264
toward
ad-
265
trachea, windpipe
trache/o
266
treatment
iatr/o, -therapy
267
tumor
onc/o
268
tumor, mass, swelling
-oma
269
two
bi-
270
ulna
uln/o
271
up, apart
ana-
272
ureter
ureter/o
273
urethra
urethr/o
274
urinary bladder
cyst/o, vesic/o
275
urine condition
-uria
276
urine, urinary tract
ur/o
277
uterus
hyster/o, uter/o
278
uterus; to measure
metr/o, metri/o
279
vagina
colp/o, vagin/o
280
vas deferens, vessel
vas/o
281
vein
phleb/o, ven/o
282
venule
venul/o
283
vessel (blood)
angi.o
284
vomiting
-emesis
285
water
hydr/o
286
weight
bari/o
287
white
leuk/o
288
with, together
con-, syn-
289
with, together (use before b, p, and m)
sym-
290
within
intra-
291
within, in, inner
endo-
292
woman, female
gynec/o
293
wrist bones (carpals)
carp/o
294
x-ray; radius (lateral lower arm bone)
radi/o
