Meanings Flashcards
breast, mammary gland
mamm/o, mast/o
nervous system, nervous tissue, nerve
neur/o, neur/i
pancreatic islets
insul/o
vagina
vagin/o, colp/o
tube, oviduct, eustachian (auditory) tube
salping/o
medulla oblongata, spinal cord, inner part
medull/o
mind
psych/o
decrease in, deficiency of
-penia
formation, production
-poiesis
stomach
gastr/o
intestine
enter/o
breathing
-pnea
blood clot
thromb/o
lung
pneumon/o, pneum/o, pneumat/o, pulm/o, pulmon/o
level of oxygen
-oxia
rectum
rect/o, proct/o
bile, gall
bili, chol/e, chol/o
colon
col/o, colon/o
liver
hepat/o
kidney
ren/o, nephr/o
testis, testicle
test/o, orchi/o, orchid/o
urine, urinary tract
ur/o
gallbladder
cholecyst/o
ear
ot/o
eye
ocul/o, ophthalm/o
lens
lent/i, phak/o, phac/o
bone
oste/o
tympanic membrane
myring/o, tympan/o
cornea
corne/o, kerat/o
iris
ir, irit/o, irid/o
cartilage
chondr/o
excited state, obsession
-mania
vertebra
spondyl/o, vertebr/o
muscle
my/o, muscul/o
sweat, perspiration
hidr/o
dark, black, melanin
melan/o
movement
kin/o, kine, kinesi/o, kinet/o
rib
cost/o
joint
arthr/o
skin
derm/o, dermat/o
paralysis
-plegia
cerebral cortex, outer portion
cortic/o
spinal cord, bone marrow
myel/o
chest, thorax
thorac/o
neck, cervix
cervic/o
in, within
intra-
above
supra-
pain
alg/o, algi/o, algesi/o, -algia, -algesia, -odynia
cancer, carcinoma
carcin/o
below
infra-
between
inter-
condition of blood, blood
-emia, -hemia, hem/o, hemat/o
vessel, duct
vas/o, vascul/o
vessel
angi/o
vein
ven/o, ven/i, phleb/o
dissolving, reducing, loosening
-lytic
incision, cutting
-tomy
heart
cardi/o
against, opposite
anti-, contra-, counter-
condition of
-ia, -ism, -sis, -y
pertaining to
-ac, -al, -ar, -ary, -ic, -ile, -oid, -ory, -ous
red
erythr/o
white, colorless
leuk/o
study of
-logy
blue
cyan/o
not
in-, -im-, non-, un-
not, without, lack of, absence
a-, an-
surgical repair, suture
-rhaphy
excision, surgical removal
-ectomy
dilation, dilatation, distension
extasia, ectasis
tumor
-oma
disease, any disease of
path/o, -pathy
heat, temperature
therm/o
surgical fixation
-pexy
surgical creation of an opening
-stomy
over, excess, abnormally high, increased
hyper-
good, true, easy
eu-
under, below, abnormally low, decreased
hypo-
through
dia-, per-, trans-
sound, hearing
acous, acus, cus
persistent, irrational fear
-phobia
cell
cyt/o, -cyte
gland
aden/o
water, fluid
hydr/o
eat, ingest
phag/o
form
morph/o
tissue
hist/o, histi/o
origin, formation
gen, genesis
enzyme
-ase
after, behind
post-
before, in front of
ante-, pre-, pro-
in, within
end/o-
out, outside
ec-, ecto-, ex/o-
large, abnormally large, enlargement
mega-, megal/o, -megaly
hernia, localized dilatation
-cele
tumor
onc/o
poison, toxin
tox/o, toxic/o
bad, poor
mal
abnormal, painful, difficult
dys-
filled sac or pouch, cyst, bladder, urinary bladder
cyst/o
pus
py/o
woman
gyn/o, gynec/o
ovary
ovari/o, oophor/o
uterus
uter/o, metr/o, metr/i, hyster/o
