Exam 2 Units 5-8 Flashcards by Molly h

Coccus, cocci

Group, cocci = plural

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Dipl/o

Double

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Strept/o

Twisted

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Staphyl/o

Cluster/uvula

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Bacillus, bacilli

Rod-shaped

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Uvul/o

Palatine uvula - thing in the back of your throat

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Py/o

Pus

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-genic, -genesis

Producing or forming

-genic is the adjective form

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Onc/o

Tumor

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Ot/o

Ear

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-metry

Act of using an instrument to measure

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A-

Lack of/deficiency

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An-

Lack of/deficiency

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Brady-

Abnormally slow

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Dys-

Abnormal/difficult/painful/poor

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Tachy-

Abnormally fast

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Audi/o

Hearing

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Phon/o, -phonia

Voice, vocal sounds

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Tympan/o

Eardrum

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-rrhea

Flow or discharge

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Rhin/o

Nose

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Lith/o, lith

Calculus or stone

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Chol/e

Gall or bile

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-iasis

Pathological condition, infestation

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Cyst/o, -cyst

Urinary bladder

Fluid filled sac

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-gram

Picture

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-graphy

Use of device to record

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Phag/o, -phagia

Eat/swallow

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Pne/o, -pnea

Breathing

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Men/o

Menstruation

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Peps/o, -pepsia

Digestion

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Therm/o

Heat

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Hyper-

High, excess, above

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Hypo-

Low, deficient, below

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Micro-

Small

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Macro-

Large

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Dactyl/o

Fingers or toes

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Syn-, sym-

With, together, join

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Erg/o, -ergy

Work

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Drom/o, -drome

Run

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Pro-

Before

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Dips/o, -dipsia

Excessive thirst

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Phas/o, -phasia

Speech

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ur/o

urine

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-uria

condition of the urine

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poly-

many

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ren/o

kidney (latin)

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nephr/o

kidney (greek)

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-ptosis

prolapse or displacement

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pyel/o

renal pelvis

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ureter/o

ureter

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-rrhaphy

suturing or stitching

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colp/o

vagina

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urethr/o

urethra

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-rrhagia

excessive flow or discharge

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spermat/o

spermatozoa

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sperm/o, sperm/i

spermatozoa

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-lysis

destruction

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-cide

kill or destroy

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orchid/o, orchi/o, orch/o

testicle (greek)

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testicul/o

testicle (latin)

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crypt/o

hidden

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prostat/o

prostate gland

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semin/o

semen

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balan/o

glans penis

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pen/o

penis

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o/o

egg or ovum

oophor/o

ovary

-pexy

fixation, surgical replacement

salping/o

fallopian tubes

hyster/o

uterus as an organ

metr/o

uterine tissues

uter/o

womb, place of birth

end/o

within

cervic/o

neck-like structure, cervix in context

gynec/o, gyn/e

woman

dilation, dilatation

expand, increase in diameter

vas/o

vessel, tube, duct

stomat/o

mouth

-ostomy

a new opening

myc/o

fungus

cholangi/o

bile duct

gloss/o

tongue (greek)

lingu/o

tongue (latin)

sub-

below

-plegia, pleg/o

paralysis

cheil/o

lips

gingiv/o

gums

phag/o, -phagia

swallow

esophag/o

esophagus

stenosis

narrowing

-ectasia

stretching or dilation

enter/o

small intestine

dys-

difficult or painful

duoden/o

first part of small intestine

jejune/o

second part of small intestine

ile/o

third part of small intestine

-cele

herniation

appendic/o

appendix

col/o

colon/large intestine

diverticul/o

pockets that develop in the colon wall

-clysis

washing or irrigation

sigmoid/o

sigmoid colon

rect/o

rectum

proct/o

anus and rectum

hepat/o

liver

pancreat/o

pancreas

chol/e

gallbladder or bile

lith/o, -lith

calculus or stone

-ase

indicates an enzyme

carb/o

presence of carbon compounds

bar/o

weight, obesity

-tresia, tresis

hole or opening, perforation

splen/o

spleen

anastomosis

surgical connection between tubular structures

-ose

indicates a sugar

-ol

indicates alcohol

chyme

food mixed with gastric juices

bolus

chewed up food

peristalsis

rhythmic movement of a substance through a tube

para-

around

neur/o

nerve. neuron

-spasm, spasm/o

involuntary contraction

scler/o

hardening

afferent

inflowing, toward the center

efferent

outflowing, away from the center

-tripsy

surgical crushing

myel/o

bone marrow or spinal cord

-plasia

number of cells

-dysplasia

defective formation

psych/o

mind

psychosis

delusional condition of the mind

neurosis

emotional/behavioral disorder

-tropic, trop/o

to alter, to change

pharmac/o

drugs, medicine

narc/o

sleep, stupor, numbness

-lepsy

seizure

arteri/o

arteries

ather/o

fatty

end/o

within

hem/o

blood

hemat/o

blood

-phobia

abnormal fear

thromb/o

immobile clot

lymph/o

lymphatic tissue

phleb/o

vein

-ectasia

dilation, stretching

ven/o, ven/i

vein

-rrhexis

rupture

-esthesia, esthesi/o

sensation

alges/o, -algesia

oversensitivity to pain

aut/o

self

paroxysm

difficulty breathing

my/o

muscle

fibr/o

fibrous

rhabd/o

striated

rhabdomy/o

striated muscle - skeletal muscle

leiomy/o

smooth muscle - organs, vessels

myocardi/o

heart muscle

-blast, blast/o

immature cell

kinesi/o

movement, motion

brady-

slow

occlusion

blockage

plexus

nexus or vessels, nerves, or lymphatics

embolus

moving clot