Med Term Unit 1 2024 Word Parts

Question 1

aden/o
aden
adeno

Answer 1

gland

Question 2

ang/i/o
ang
angi
angio

Answer 2

vessel

Question 3

arthr/o
arthr
arthro

Answer 3

joint

Question 4

card/i/o
card
cardi
cardio

Answer 4

heart

Question 5

chol/e
chol
chole

Answer 5

bile

Question 6

cyst/o
cyst
cysto

Answer 6

bladder; fluid-filled space

Question 7

cyt/o
cyt
cyto

Answer 7

cell

Question 8

derm/at/o
derm
dermat
dermato
dermo

Answer 8

skin

Question 9

gastr/o
gastr
gastro

Answer 9

stomach

Question 10

glyc/o
glyc
glyco

Answer 10

sweet, sugar

Question 11

hem/at/o
hem
hemat
hemato

Answer 11

blood

Question 12

lith/o
lith
litho

Answer 12

stone

Question 13

mast/o
mast
masto

Answer 13

breast; nipple

Question 14

my/o/s
my
myo
myos

Answer 14

muscle

Question 15

nephr/o
nephr
nephro

Answer 15

kidney

Question 16

neur/o
neur
neuro

Answer 16

nervous system

Question 17

orch/i/o
orch
orchi
orchio

Answer 17

testicles

Question 18

os/t/e/o
os
ost
oste
osteo

Answer 18

bone

Question 19

ot/o
ot
oto

Answer 19

ear

Question 20

scler/o
scler
sclero

Answer 20

hard

Question 21

splen/o
splen
spleno

Answer 21

spleen

Question 22

ten/o
ten
tend
teno
tendo
tendin
tendon

Answer 22

tendon

Question 23

thyroid/o
thyroid
thyroido

Answer 23

thyroid gland

Question 24

ur/o
ur
uro

Answer 24

urine

Question 25

vas/o
vas
vaso

Answer 25

vessel, tube, duct

Question 26

a–
an–

Answer 26

not

Question 27

anti–

Answer 27

against (an action)

Question 28

brady–

Answer 28

slow

Question 29

di–
dia–

Answer 29

through

Question 30

dys–

Answer 30

bad

Question 31

endo–

Answer 31

inside

Question 32

epi–

Answer 32

on top of

Question 33

hemi–

Answer 33

half

Question 34

hyper–

Answer 34

too much

Question 35

hypo–

Answer 35

too little

Question 36

intra–

Answer 36

inside

Question 37

macro–

Answer 37

large

Question 38

meso–

Answer 38

in the middle

Question 39

micro–

Answer 39

small

Question 40

olig–
oligo–

Answer 40

several; a handful

Question 41

pan–

Answer 41

all; everything or everyone

Question 42

para–

Answer 42

beside; near

Question 43

peri–

Answer 43

around

Question 44

poly–

Answer 44

many; too much

Question 45

tachy–

Answer 45

fast

Question 46

trans–

Answer 46

through

Question 47

–a

Answer 47

no meaning

Question 48

–al

Answer 48

pertaining to

Question 49

–algia

Answer 49

pain

Question 50

–ar

Answer 50

pertaining to

Question 51

–ary

Answer 51

pertaining to

Question 52

–cele

Answer 52

hernia (something that sticks out where it shouldn’t)

Question 53

–centesis

Answer 53

puncture

Question 54

–desis

Answer 54

binding together

Question 55

–dynia

Answer 55

pain

Question 56

–e

Answer 56

no meaning

Question 57

–eal

Answer 57

pertaining to

Question 58

–ectomy

Answer 58

cutting out of

Question 59

–emia

Answer 59

present in blood, indicating disease

Question 60

–esis

Answer 60

process

Question 61

–etic

Answer 61

a drug or condition causing a process

Question 62

–eum

Answer 62

anatomical structure word ending

Question 63

–gram

Answer 63

a record of a test or procedure

Question 64

–graphy

Answer 64

a test or procedure

Question 65

–hypertrophy

Answer 65

too much growth

Question 66

–ia

Answer 66

disease

Question 67

–iac

Answer 67

pertaining to

Question 68

–ial

Answer 68

pertaining to

Question 69

–iasis

Answer 69

presence of an abnormality

Question 70

–ic

Answer 70

pertaining to

Question 71

–is

Answer 71

anatomical structure word ending

Question 72

–itis

Answer 72

inflammation

Question 73

–ium

Answer 73

anatomical structure word ending

Question 74

–lith

Answer 74

stone

Question 75

–logist

Answer 75

one who studies

Question 76

–logy

Answer 76

study of

Question 77

–lysis

Answer 77

breaking down; destroying

Question 78

–malacia

Answer 78

softening due to disease

Question 79

–megaly

Answer 79

enlargement due to disease

Question 80

–oid

Answer 80

looks like; resembles

Question 81

–oma

Answer 81

tumor

Question 82

–on

Answer 82

unit of anatomical structure

Question 83

–osis

Answer 83

process

Question 84

–pathy

Answer 84

state of disease

Question 85

–penia

Answer 85

low levels of

Question 86

–pexy

Answer 86

surgical fixation

Question 87

–plasty

Answer 87

surgical revision

Question 88

–poiesis

Answer 88

creation process

Question 89

–ptosis

Answer 89

drooping

Question 90

–rrhage

Answer 90

bursting forth

Question 91

–rrhaphy

Answer 91

suturing

Question 92

–rrhea

Answer 92

abnormal flow

Question 93

–rrhexis

Answer 93

rupture

Question 94

–scler

Answer 94

hardening

Question 95

–scope

Answer 95

instrument for looking inside

Question 96

–scopy

Answer 96

the process of looking inside

Question 97

–spasm

Answer 97

involuntary contraction

Question 98

–stomy

Answer 98

creating an opening (or “mouth”) with surgery

Question 99

–tomy

Answer 99

cutting

Question 100

–trophy

Answer 100

nourishment, growth

Question 101

–uria

Answer 101

present in urine, indicating disease

Question 102

–y

Answer 102

disease