Language of Medicine Terminology - Chapter 1-4 Flashcards
cyst/o
urinary bladder; a sac or cyst (sac containing fluid)
rhin/o
nose
trans
across, through
flex/o
bend
drome
run
somn/o
sleep
nephr/o
kidney
ox/o
oxia
oxygen
leuk/o
white
blephar/o
eyelide
supra
above, under
somes
bodies
mal
bad
abdomin/o
abdomen
medi/o
middle
cis/o
to cut
aden/o
gland
dia
complete, through
ule
little, small
ec
out, outside
the/o
put, place
con
with, together
centesis
puncture to remove fluid
morph/o
shape, form
arteri/o
artery
coccus
berry-shaped bacterium (singular)
spin/o
spine, back
pathy
disease condition
ultra
beyond, excess
carp/o
wrist bones
graphy
process of recording
word ending is known as what
suffix
urethr/o
urethra
ia
condition
poly
many, much
penia
deficiency
pnea
breathing
ana
up, apart
erythr/o
red
ante
before, forward
dynia
pain
pelv/i
pelvis
cutane/o
skin
bronch/o
bronchial tubes (2 tubes, one right, one left, that branch from the trachea to enter the lungs)
sis
state of; condition
re
back, backward, again
physis
grow
laryng/o
larynx
what links the root to the suffix or a root to another root?
combining vowel
later/o
side
lumb/o
lower back
derm/o
dermat/o
skin
trophy
development, nourishment
neur/o
nerve
iatr/o
treatment / physician
tachy
fast
cata
down
iac
pertaining to
ism
process, condition
phoria
bear, carry; feeling (mental state)
adip/o
fat
arthr/o
joint
pharyng/o
pharynx (throat)
nucle/o
nucleus
para
abnormal, beside, near
brady
slow
ic
ical
pertaining to (gastric / neurological, chronic, pathologic)
in
into, in
us
structure, substance
ose
pertaining to, full of
coccyg/o
coccyx (tailbone)
thromb/o
clot; clotting
amni/o
amnion (sac surrounding the embryo in the uterus)
cost/o
rib
the foundation of medical term
root
al
pertaining to (neural, peritoneal, inguinal, myocardial, pleural)
mort/o
death
hist/o
tissue
oste/o
bone
infra
beneath, under
trache/o
trachea, windpipe
gloss/o
tongue
ur/o
urinary tract, urine
eal
pertaining to (laryngeal)
ped/o
child
hypo
deficient, below, under, less than normal
my/o
muscle
scopy
process of visual examination
megaly
enlargement
ac
iac
pertaining to (cardiac)
inguin/o
groin
micro
small
tic
pertaining to (necrotic)
psych/o
mind
word beginning is known as what
prefix
son/o
sound
osis
condition, usually abnormal (slight increase in numbers when used with blood cells)
pro
before, forward
scope
instrument to visually examine
pub/o
pubis (pubic bone); anterior portion of the pelvic or hip bone
logy
process of study
lysis
breakdown, destruction, separation
ummbilic/o
naval, umbilicus
intra
in, within, into
retro
behind
eu
good, normal
tens/o
force, strain, stretch
itis
inflammation
ole
little, small
rrhea
flow, discharge
gynec/o
women / female
crin/o
to secrete (to form and give off)
dors/o
back portion of the body
bi
two
radi/o
mind
cyte
cell
crani/o
skull
ventr/o
belly side of the body
oid
resembling, derived from
globin
protein
type
picture, classification
ist
specialist
macro
large
y
process, condition
path/o
disease
proxim/o
nearest
anter/o
front
vertebr/o
vertebra(e), backbone(s)
ion
process
norm/o
rule, order
onc/o
tumor (cancerous)
or
one who
contra
against, opposite
ren/o
kidney
inter
between
electr/o
electricity
pros
before, forward
dactyl/o
fingers, toes
opsy
process of viewing
chrom/o
color
cerebr/o
cerebrum (largest part of brain)
tomy
process of cutting; incision
meta
beyond, change
genesis
condition of producing, forming
er
one who
ili/o
ilium (upper part of hip bone)
emia
blood condition
what is a combination of the root and the combining vowel?
combining form
viscer/o
internal organs
neo
new
peri
surrounding, around
cocci
berry shaped bacteria (plural)
dys
abnormal, bad, difficult, painful
necr/o
death (of cells or whole body)
carcin/o
cancerous/cancer
hepat/o
liver
ot/o
ear
ab
away from
thyr/o
thyroid gland; shield
anti
against
poster/o
back, behind
ectomy
excision, removal, resection
pro
before, forward
ad
toward
meter
measure
sect/o
to cut
thel/o
theli/o
nipple
hyper
excessive, above, more than normal
sarc/o
flesh
tox/o
poison
angi/o
vessel
ptom
happening, occurrence
kary/o
nucleus
acu/o
sharp, severe, sudden
encephala/o
brain
myel/o
spinal cord, bone marrow
ous
pertaining to (mucous membrane)
algia
pain
a
an
no, not, without
bi/o
life
mamm/o
mast/o
breast
lymph/o
lymph (Clear white fluid that bathes tissue spaces and is contained in lymph vessels and nodes throughout the body)
de
down, lack of
um
ium
structure, tissue
malacia
softening
pan
all
gen
substance that produces
ptosis
falling, dropping, prolapse
graph
instrument for recording
enter/o
intestines (usually small intestines)
epi
above, upon, on, good, normal
crine
secrete
axill/o
armpit
gnos/o
knowledge
lapse
slide, fall, sag
syn
sym
together, with
aut
auto
self, own
sub
below, under
duct/o
lead, carry
chondr/o
cartilage (type of connective tissue (CT))
plasty
surgical repair
ior
pertaining to
per
through
gram
record
hemat/o
hem/o
blood
pre
before, in front of
furc/o
branching
seps/o
infection
ary
pertaining to (pulmonary, axillary)
oma
tumour, mass, swelling, collection of fluid
muc/o
mucus
plasia
developmental, formation, growth
neutr/o
neutrophil (WBC)
nat/I
birth
endo
in, within
thorac/o
chest
post
after, behind
stomy
opening to form a mouth (stoma)
plasm
structure or formation
phobia
fear
therapy
treatment
gastr/o
stomach
cele
hernia
top/o
place, position, location
glyc/o
sugar
opi/o
opium
acr/o
extremities, top, extreme point
log/o
study of
dist/o
far, distant
ex
exo
out, outside of, outward
ophthalm/o
eye
ar
pertaining to (tonsillar)
genic
pertaining to producing, produced by, or produced in
cervic/o
neck (of the body or of the uterus)
sclerosis
hardening
mission
send
cephal/o
head
partum
birth, labour
fusion
coming together, to pour
immun/o
protection
stasis
stopping, controlling
cardi/o
heart
hemi
half
