med term Flashcards
-Algia
pain
stenosis
the abnormal narrowing of a passage through the body or A narrowing of the spinal canal(lower back pain)
-dynia
pain
dys-
bad , difficult ,painful
post
after , behind
hyper-
excessive , increased
hypo-
deficient, decreased
itis-
inflammation
otomy-
cutting , surgical incision
cardi
pertaining to the heart
-rrhage
bleeding, abnormal excessive fluid discharge
hem/o
blood
-rraphy
surgical suturing
-rrhea
flow or discharge
-rrhexis
rupture
-sclerosis
hardening (think concrete)
cyan/o
blue
erythr/o
red
leuk/o
white
melan/o
black
gastr/o
stomach
-ology
study of
path/o
disease
neur/o
nerve
-plasty
surgical repair
-ectomy
surgical removal
-megaly
enlargement
hepat/o
liver
pre-
before , in front of
eu-
good , normal ,well , or easy
peri-
surrounding around
ab-
away from , negative
ad-
toward , in the direction of
arteri/o
artery
inter-
between among
intra-
within , inside
sub-
under , less, below
supra-/super-
above
-graphy
the process of producing a picture or record
my/o
muscle
angi/o
blood vessel
arthr/o
joint
-gram
picture or record
-scopy
visual exam
ologist
specialist
-cyte
cell
-emesis
vomitting
-meter
instrument for measuring
-phagia
eating or swallowing
-scope
instrument for visual examination
-stomy
surgical opening
a- , an-
without
epi-
upon
or/o
mouth . oral cavaity
pneum/o
lung,air
thrac/o
chest
spir/o , -pnea
to breathe
aer/o
air
tachy-
fast
-spasm
involuntary contraction
thromb/o
blood clot
phleb
vein
sphygm/o
heartbeat .pulse
anti-
against , opposite
tri
three
adip/o , lip/o
fat
derm/o , dermat/o
skin
hist/o
tissue
hom/o
the same or alike
heter/o
different
carcin/o
cancer
dia-
through , across
nephr/o , ren/o
kidney
ureter/o
ureter (tube from kidney to bladder)
urethr/o
urethra (tube leading from the bladder to the outside of the body)
-uria , ur/o
urine
noct/o
night
-tripsy
surgical crushing
cervic/o
neck , cervix
hyster/o
uterus , womb
mamm/o , mast/o
breast
anter/o
front , anterior
cephal/o
head
orchi/o
testes
oophor/o
ovaries
poster/o
back , posterior
hemi-
half
-plegia
stroke , paralysis
cost/o
rib
dist/o
away from
proxim/o
near
audi/o
hearing