med term final Flashcards
Adren/o Andrenal/o
Adrenal glands
calc/o
calcium
crin/o
secrete
gluc/o , glyc/o , glycos/o
sugar, sweetness
home/o
same, alike
kal/i
potassium
pancreat/o
pancreas
parathyroid/o
parathyroid glands
thym/o
thymus gland
thyr/o , thyroid/o
thyroid gland
toxic/o
poison
albumin/o
albumin (protein)
azot/o
nitrogenous compounds
bacteri/o
bacteria
cyst/o vesic/o
bladder
glomerul/o
glomerulus
keton/o
ketone bodies
lith/o
stone, calculus
meat/o
opening, meatus
nephr/o , ren/o
kidney
noct/o
night
olig/o
scanty
py/o
pus
pyel/o
renal pelvis
ur/o
urine, urinary tract
ureter/o
ureter
urethr/o
urethra
-genesis
forming, producing, orgin
-iasis
abnornal condition
-uria
urine
dia-
through, across
retro-
backward, behind
andr/o
male
balan/o
glans penis
crypt/o
hiden
epidiym/o
epididymis
genit/o
genitalia
gonad/o
gonads, sex glands
gon/o
seed
olig/o
scanty
orch/o , orchi/o, orchid/o, test/o
testes
perine/o
perinuem
prostat/o
prostate gland
sperm/, spermat/o
spermatozoa, sperm cells
varic/o
dilated vein
vas/o
vessel, vas deferens, duct
vesicul/o
seminal vesicle
-cide
killing
-genesis
forming, producing, orgin
-ism
condition
spadias
silt, fissure
brachy-
short
epi
above, upon
myel/o
bone marrow, spinal cord
narc/o
stupor, numbness, skeep
neur/o
nerve
radicul/o
nerve root
sthen/o
strength
thalam/o
thalamus
thec/o
sheath
ton/o
tension
ventricul/o
ventricle
-algesia, -algia
pain
-asthenia
weakness, debility,
-esthesina
feeling
-kenesia
movement
-lepsy
seizure
-paresis
partial paralysis
-phasia
speech
-plegia
paralysis
-taxia
order, coordination
pachy-
thick
para-
near, beside, beyond
syn-
union, together, joined
AD
alxheimer disease
cns
central nervous system
csf
cerebrospinal fluid
cta
computed tomography aniogrpahy
eeg
electroencephalography
emg
electromyography
iv
intravenous
lp
lumbar puncture
mg
myasthenia gravis
msi
magnetic source imagingn
ncv
nerve conduction velocity
srs
sterotatic radiosurgery
tPA
tissuses plasimongen activator
amni/o
amnoion
cervic/o
neck, cervix
colp/o, vagin/o
vagina
galact/o, lact/o
milk
gynec/o
woman, female
hyster/o m metri/o , uter/o
uterus, womb
mammo, mast/o
breast
men/o
menses, menstruationm
metr/o
uterus, measure
nat/o
birth
oophor/o , ovari/o
ovary
salping/o
tube
-arche
beginning
-cyesis
pregancy
-gravida
pregant woman
-para
to bear
-salpinx
tube
tocia
childbirth
version
turning
ante
before, in front of
dys
bad, painfule
endo
in, within
multi
many, much
post
after
primi-
first
ambly/o
dull, dim
aque/o
water
blephar/o
eyelid
choroid/o
choroid
conjunctiv/o
conjunctiva
core/o, pupil/o
pupil
corne/o
cornea
cycl/o
cilliary body of eye
dacry/o , lacrim/o
tear, lacrimal appartaus
dacryocyst/o
lacrimal sac
glauc/o
gray
goni/o
angle
irid/o
iris
kerat/o
horny tissuse, hard, cornea
ocul/o opthalm/o
eye
opt/o , optic/o
eye, vision
phac/o
lens
phot/o
light
presby/o
old age
retin/o
retina
scler/o
hardening, sclera
scot/o
darkness
vitr/o
vitreous body
-opia, -opsia
vision
-tropia
turning
exo-
outside, outward
hyper-
excesive, above normal