HIMAA component parts - part 1 Flashcards
a-
without, no, not
ab-
away from
abdomin/o
abdomen
-ac
pertaining to
acanth/o
thorny, spiny
acetabul/o
acetabulum, hip socket
achill/o
Achilles tendon
acid/o
acid
-acousia
(condition of) hearing
acous/o (has 2 meanings)
hearing, sound
acr/o
extremities
acromi/o
= acromion
The lateral (side) extension of the spine of the scapula (shoulder blade), forming the highest point of the shoulder and connecting with the clavicle (shoulder blade) at a small oval surface in the middle of the spine. It gives attachment to the deltoideus and trapezius muscles.
actin/o - Clue: Think of Hollywood what do they say, ‘______(minus the S), camera, action’ - the ‘actin should remind you of the ‘action’ part
light
acu/o - 3 separate words and all start with S
sharp, severe, sudden
-acusis
hearing
ad-
toward
aden/o
gland
adenoid/o
adenoids
adhesi/o
adhesion
adip/o
fat
adnex/o - Clue: Think of siamese twins (2 separate answers)
= conjoined, bound to
Example word - adnexa
e.g. the ovaries and the Fallopian tubes are adnexa of the uterus
Example word 2 - adnexal
e.g. pertaining to accessory organs or tissues, as in the relationship of the uterine tubes and uterus
adren/o
adrenal gland
adrenal/o
adrenal glands
-aemia
(-emia) blood condition
aer/o - Clue: 2 separate answers
air, gas
aesthes/o
(esthes/o) feeling, sensation
aesthesi/o - Clue: 3 separate answers
(esthesi/o) feeling, perception, nervous sensation
-aesthesia - 2 separate answers (1 one word, the other 2 words)
(-esthesia) feeling, nervous sensation
aeti/o
(eti/o) cause
agglutin/o - Clue: similar to glue, but it’s the behaviour of glue not glue itself (2 separate answers)
clumping, sticking together
-agon - Clue: A classroom of children has to do this when instructed by the teacher (2 separate answers)
assemble, gather together
agora-
marketplace, open space
-agra - Clue: If you fall off niAGRA falls you’ll be in - 2 word answer
excessive pain
-al
pertaining to
alb-
white
albin/o
white
albumin/o
white
alges/o
sensitivity to pain
-algesia
sensitivity to pain
-algia
(condition of) pain
aliment/o
food, nutrition
all/o
other, different
alveol/o
alveolus (plural - alveoli), air sac
ambly/o - Clue: Think of a boring person.. what are they? 2 separate answers
dull, dim
ambulat/o
walking
amni/o
amnion (sac surrounding the fetus)
-amnios
amnion, amniotic fluid
amyl/o
starch
an-
no, not, without
an/o
anus
ana- (as there are 2 different ana-‘s, think of this one as ‘if you’re not going forward your going…..’)
backward
ana- :as there are 2 different ana-‘s here’s some clues for the 3 different answers here:
- a plane taking off goes ______
- if you’re a hairy woman you have _________ hair
- if you repeat yourself your saying it _____
upward, excessive, again
andr/o
male, man
aneurysm/o
aneurysm
angi/o
vessel
anis/o
unequal, asymmetrical
ankyl/o - 3 separate words
crooked, bent, stiff
-ant
characteristic of
ante-
forward, before
anter/o
front
anthrac/o
black, coal
anti-
against
antr/o
antrum
anxi/o
anxious, uneasy, distressed
aort/o
aorta
-apheresis
removal, carry away
aphth/o
ulcer
apic/o
apex
apo-
away from
aponeur/o
aponeurosis - a type of tendon
append/o
appendix (blind pouch hanging from the caecum)
appendic/o
appendix
aqu/a
water
aque/o
water
-ar
pertaining to
-arche
beginning, first
arter/o
artery
arteri/o
artery
arteriol/o
arteriole, “little artery”
arthr/o
joint
-arthria
articulate, speak clearly
articul/o
joint
-ary
pertaining to
-ase
enzyme
-asia
state of, condition
-asis
state of, condition
-asthenia
lack of strength, weakness
astr/o
star
-ate
use, subject to
atel/o
incomplete
ather/o
atheroma, fatty plaque, yellowish substance like ‘porridge’
-ation
process, action
-atresia
congenital absence of a normal body opening; occlusion
or
closure of the opening
atri/o
atrium, upper heart chamber (plural: atria)
audi/o
hearing, sense of hearing
audit/o
hearing
aur/i
ear
aur/o
ear
aure/o
golden
auricul/o
ear
auscult/o
listen
auto-
self, own
axi/o
axis
axill/o
armpit
azot/o
urea, nitrogen
bacill/o
bacteria, rod shaped, bacillus (plural – bacilli)
bacteri/o
bacteria
balan/o
glans penis
bar/i
weight, pressure
bar/o
weight, pressure
bartholin/o
Bartholin’s gland
bas/o
base, alkaline (opposite of acid)
batho-
deep, depth
bathy-
deep, depth
bi-
two, twice, paired
bi/o
life
bifid/o
split
bil/i
bile, gall
bilirubin/o
bilirubin, bile pigment
bin-
two, twice, paired
bis-
two, twice
-blast
embryonic, immature
blast/o
embryonic, immature
-blastoma
immature tumour
blephar/o
eyelid
bol/o
cast, throw
brachi/o
arm
brachy-
short
brady-
slow
bronch/o
bronchus (plural - bronchi), bronchial tubes
bronchi/o
bronchus (plural - bronchi), bronchial tubes
bronchiol/o
bronchiole
bucc/o
cheek
burs/o
bursa (plural - bursae), sac of fluid near joints
cac-
bad, ill
caco-
bad, ill
caec/o
(cec/o) caecum
calc/o
calcium
calcane/o
calcaneus, heel bone, the largest of the tarsal bones
calci/o
calcium
cali/o
calyx (plural - calyces) especially of the kidney, flower[1]shaped
calic/o
calyx (plural - calyces) especially of the kidney, flower[1]shaped
calor/i
heat
cancer/o
cancer, cancerous
canth/o
canthus, corner of the eye
capill/o
capillary, tiniest blood vessels
capillar/o
capillary, tiniest blood vessels
capit/o
head
capn/o
carbon dioxide
-capnia
(condition of) carbon dioxide
capsul/o
capsule
carb/o
carbon, carbonic acid, charcoal
carbon/o
carbon, carbonic acid, charcoal
carcin/o
cancer, cancerous
-carcinoma
malignant tumour of epithelial cells
cardi/o
heart
-cardia
(condition of) heart, type of heart action
carp/o
carpus, (plural - carpi), carpal bones, wrist bones
cata-
down
cathart/o
cleansing, purging
caud/o
tail, lower part of the body
caus/o
burn, burning
caust/o
burn, burning
cauter/o
heat, burn
-cele
(-coele - less
commonly
seen)
protrusion,
hernia
cellul/o
cell
-centesis
surgical puncture to remove fluid
centi-
hundredth
centri-
centre
centr/o
centre
cephal/o
head
cer/o
wax
cerebell/o
cerebellum; “little brain”
cerebr/o
cerebrum - largest part of the brain
cerumin/o
cerumen, ear wax
cervic/o
neck (of the body or of the uterus), cervix
-chalasia
relaxation, slackening
-chalasis
relaxation, slackening
cheil/o
(chil/o) lips
cheir/o
(chir/o) hand
chem/o
drug, chemical (reaction)
chemic/o
drug, chemical (reaction)
-chezia
defaecation
chlor/o
green
chlorhydr/o
hydrochloric acid
chol/o;
chole- bile, gall
cholangi/o
bile duct, bile vessel
cholecyst/o
gallbladder
choledoch/o
common bile duct
cholesterol/o
cholesterol - a lipid
chondr/o
cartilage, rib
chori/o
chorion (outermost membrane of the fetus)
chorion/o
chorion
choroid/o
choroid, layer of eye
chrom/o
colour
chromat/o
colour
chron/o
time
cib/o
meal
-cidal
pertaining to killing
-cide
killing, agent that kills
cine-
movement
cinemat/o
movement
circum-
around, about
cirrh/o
yellow, tawny yellow
cis/o
to cut
-clasis
to break
-clast
to break
claustr/o
enclosed space
clavic/o
clavicle, collar bone
clavicul/o
clavicle, collar bone
cleid/o
clavicle, collar bone
-cleisis
(surgical) closure
-clysis
irrigation, washing
co-
together, with
coagul/o
clotting, coagulation
-coccus
(plural - cocci) berry-shaped bacterium
berry-shaped
bacterium
coccyg/o
coccyx or tailbone
cochle/o
cochlea
coeli/o
(celi/o) abdomen, belly
-coital
sexual intercourse
col/o
colon, large intestine
colon/o
colon, large intestine
colp/o
vagina
com-
together, with
comat/o
coma, deep unconsciousness
comi/o
to care for
con-
together, with
condyl/o
condyle, a knuckle-like projection at the end of a bone
-condyle
condyle, a knuckle-like projection at the end of a bone
coni/o
dust
conjunctiv/o
conjunctiva
-constriction
narrowing
contra-
against, opposite
copr/o
faeces
cor/o
pupil (of the eye)
core/o
pupil (of the eye)
corne/o
cornea
coron/o
heart
corpor/o
body
cortic/o
cortex, outer region of an organ
cost/o
rib
cox/o
hip, hip joint
crani/o
cranium, skull
cras/o
mixture
crepit/o
crackling
crin/o
secrete
-crine
secrete, separate
-crit
to separate
cry/o
cold
crypt/o
hidden
cubit/o
elbow
culd/o
cul-de-sac
-cule
small
-cusis
hearing
cut/i
skin
cutane/o
skin
cyan/o
blue
cycl/o
ciliary body of the eye
cycl/o
circular, recurring
cyes/i
pregnancy
cyes/o
pregnancy
-cyesis
pregnancy
cyst/o
sac of fluid, bladder, cyst
cyst/o
urinary bladder
cyt/o
cell
-cyte
cell
-cytosis
increase in the number of cells, abnormal condition of cells
dacry/o
tears, tear duct
dacryoaden/o
tear gland
dacryocyst/o
tear sac, lacrimal sac
dactyl/o
digits - fingers, toes
de-
lack of, down, less, removal of
deca-
ten
deci-
tenth
dehisc/o
split, burst open
demi-
half
dem/o
people
dendr/o
tree, branches
dent/i
tooth, teeth
dent/o
tooth, teeth
derm/o
skin
-derma
skin
dermat/o
skin
-desis
surgical fixation, fusion, to bind
dextro-
right side
di-
two, twice, double
dia-
complete
dia-
through, across
-dialysis
separate
diaphor/o
profuse sweating
diaphragmat/o
diaphragm
digit/o
digits - fingers, toes
-dilation
widening, stretching, expanding
dipl/o
double
dips/o
thirst
-dipsia
thirst
dis-
apart; in two, reversal
disc/o
intervertebral disc
dist/o
distant, far
diverticul/o
diverticulum, blind pouch
doch/o
duct
dors/o
back (of body)
dorsi-
back
-dote
to give, what is given
-drome
to run
duoden/o
duodenum
dur/o
dura mater
dynam/o
power, strength
-dynia
pain
dys-
bad, difficult, painful
-eal
pertaining to
ec-
out, outside
echo-
reflected or repeated sound
ect-
out, outside
-ectasia
stretching, dilation, expansion
-ectasis
stretching, dilation, expansion
ecto-
out, outside
-ectomy
excision of, surgical removal of, cutting out
ectop/o
displaced, located away from usual place
-ectopia
displacement
ectro-
congenital loss or absence of, miscarriage
electr/o
electricity, electrical activity
ellipt/o
ellipse shaped
em-
in, into
-ema
condition
embol/o
embolism, plug
embry/o
embryo
-emesis
vomiting
-emetic
to cause vomiting
emmetr/o
in due measure, normally proportioned
en-
in, into
encephal/o
brain
endo-
in, into, within
-ent
person, agent
enter/o
intestines (usually small intestines)
eosin/o
red, rosy, dawn colour
epi-
above, upon
epididym/o
epididymis
epiglott/o
epiglottis
episi/o
vulva
epitheli/o
epithelium
equi-
equal
equin/o
horse
-er
one who
erg/o
work
erot/o
sexual love
eruct/o
belch
erythem/o
redness
erythemat/o
redness
erythr/o
red
-esis
condition, usually abnormal
eso-
inward
ethm/o
sieve, ethmoid
eu-
good, normal, well
ex-
out, outside, away from
exanthemat/o
rash
exo-
out, outside, away from
extra-
outside of
exud/o
to sweat out
faci/o
face
faec/o
(fec/o) faeces
fasci/o
fascia, membrane supporting muscles
febr/i
fever
femor/o
femur, upper leg bone, thigh bone
fer/o
carry, bear
-ferent
to carry
-ferous
carrying, bearing, producing
ferr/o
iron
fet/o
fetus
fibr/o
fibres
fibros/o
fibrous connective tissue
fibul/o
fibula, smaller of the two lower leg bones
-fication
process of making
-fida
split
fil/a
thread, thread-like
fimbri/o
fringe
-flect
bend
flex/o
to bend
fluor/o
luminous, fluorescent
foc/o
focus
follicul/o
follicle, small glandular sac
for-
an opening
fore-
before, in front of
-form
resembling, in the shape of
foss/o
depression
front/o
front, forehead
fund/o
fundus, base or lowest part of an organ
fung/i
fungus, mushroom
furc/o
forking, branching
galact/o
milk
gastr/o
stomach
-gen
forming, producing, precursor of
gen/o
produce, to become
-genesis
producing, forming
geni/o
chin
-genic
produced by or in, pertaining to formation
genicul/o
knee
genit/o
genital organs, reproductive organs
-genous
produced by, producing
ger/o
old age, aged
geront/o
old age, aged
gest/o
pregnancy
gingiv/o
gum
glauc/o
grey
gli/o
glue, neuroglia
globin/o
protein
-globin
protein
-globulin
protein
glomerul/o
glomerulus (of the kidney)
gloss/o
tongue
glott/o
back of tongue
gluc/o
sugar, glucose
glyc/o
sugar, glucose
glycogen/o
glycogen, animal starch
glycos/o
sugar, glucose
gnath/o
jaw
gnos/o
knowledge
-gnosis
knowledge, judgement
gon/o
seed (male or female)
gonad/o
gonad - an organ that produces sex cells - ovary in the
female,
testis in the male; sex glands
-graft
transplant of organ or tissue
-gram
written record - this can be in the form of a graphic chart or
an
x-ray film
granul/o
granules
-graph
instrument for recording
-graphy
process of recording
gravid/o
pregnancy
-gravida
pregnancy
gyn/o
female, woman
gynaec/o
(gynec/o) female, woman
haem/o
(hem/o) blood
haemangi/o
blood vessel
haemat/o
blood
haemoglobin/o
haemoglobin
halit/o
breath
hallucin/o
hallucination, to wander in the mind
hector-
hundred
helminth/o
worm
hemi-
half
hepat/o
liver
hepatic/o
liver
hepta-
seven
herni/o
hernia
heter/o
different
hexa-
six
-hexia
habit
hiat/o
opening
hidr/o
sweat
hist/o
tissue
histi/o
tissue
hol/o
entire, whole
hom/o
sameness, unchanging, constant
home/o
sameness, unchanging, constant
homo-
same, alike
hormon/o
hormone
humer/o
humerus, upper arm bone
hydr/o
water
hydra-
water
hygro-
moisture, moistness
hymen/o
hymen
hyper-
above, excessive, more than normal
hypn/o
sleep
hypo-
below, under, deficient, less than normal
hypophys/o
pituitary gland, hypophysis
hyster/o
uterus
-ia
condition, process
-iac
pertaining to
-ial
pertaining to
-iasis
abnormal condition
iatr/o
treatment, physician
-iatrics
medical specialty
-iatry
medical specialty, treatment by doctor
-ible
capable, able
-ic
pertaining to
-ical
pertaining to
ichthy/o
scaly, dry, fish-like
-ician
medical specialty
-icle
small
-ictal
seizure, attack
-icterus
jaundice
idi/o
unknown, individual, distinct
-ile
capable, able
ile/o
Ileum – part of small intestine
ili/o
Ilium - part of the pelvis
im-
in, into, within
im-
not
immun/o
protection
-in
substance, made of, pertaining to
in-
in, into, within
in-
not
incud/o
incus, anvil, one of three bones in the middle ear, ossicle
-ine
substance, made of, pertaining to
infer/o
below, downward
infra-
below, inferior to, beneath
inguin/o
groin, inguinal area
