MED TERMS Flashcards
Terminology for ECHO 2023 1st semester
1
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a-, an-
A
without;not
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abdomin/o
A
abdomen
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adip/o
A
fat
4
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-algia
A
pain
5
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ang/o
A
vessel
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ante-
A
before, in front of
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anti-
A
against
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append/o
A
appendix
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arteri/o
A
artery
10
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arthr/o
A
joint
11
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ather/o
A
fatty plaque
12
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audi/o
A
hearing
13
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aur/o
A
ear
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auto-
A
self,own
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bi-
A
two
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brady-
A
slow
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carcin/o
A
cancer
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cardi/o, coron/o
A
heart
19
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-cardia
A
heart condition
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cephal/o
A
head
21
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col/o,colon/o
A
colon
22
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cost/o
A
rib
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crani/o
A
cranium (skull)
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cry/o
A
cold
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cyan/o
blue
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cyst/o
bladder
27
cyt/o,-cyte
cell
28
dent/o
teeth
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derm/o,-derma
skin
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dermat/o
skin
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cutane/o
skin
32
dipl/o
double
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-dipsia
thirst
34
-dynia
pain
35
dys-
bad;painful;difficult
36
-ectomy
excision, removal
37
-edema
swelling
38
en-,endo-
in, within
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encephal/o
brain
40
enter/o
intestine
41
epi-
above; upon
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erthem/o
red
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erythr/o
red
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gastr/o
stomach
45
-genesis
forming, producing; origin
46
gluc/o, glyc/o
sugar, sweetness
47
-gram
record, writing
48
-graphy
process of recording
49
hem/o, hemat/o
blood
50
hemi-
one half
51
hepat/o
liver
52
hetero-
different
53
homo-
same
54
hyper-
excessive;above normal
55
hypo-
under, below; deficient
56
-itis
inflammation
57
laryng/o
larynx (voice box)
58
-lepsy
seizure
59
leuk/o
white
60
lip/o
fat
61
lith/o
stone,calculus
62
-logist
specialist in the study of
63
-logy
study of
64
lymph/o
lymph
65
macro-
large
66
mal-
bad
67
-malacia
softening
68
mamm/o, mast/o
breast
69
-megaly
enlargement
70
melan/o
black
71
micro-
small
72
my/o
muscle
73
myc/o
fungus
74
nas/o
nose
75
necr/o
death, necrosis
76
nephr/o
kidney
77
neur/o
nerve
78
-oma
tumor
79
onc/o
tumor
80
-opia
vision
81
optic/o
eye, vision
82
-orexia
appetite
83
-osis
abnormal condition; increase
84
oste/o
bone
85
ot/o
ear
86
-oxia
oxygen
87
pancreat/o
pancreas
88
path/o
disease
89
-pathy
disease
90
-phagia
swallowing, eating
91
-phasia
speech
92
phleb/o
vein
93
-phobia
fear
94
-plasty
surgical repair
95
-plegia
paralysis
96
-pnea
breathing
97
pneum/o
air; lung
98
-poiesis
formation; production
99
poly-
many, much
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-porosis
porous
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post-
after; behind
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-prandial
meal
103
pre-
before, in front of
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pulmon/o
lung
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py/o
pus
106
quadri-
four
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ren/o
kidney
108
rhin/o
nose
109
-rrhage
bursting forth (of)
110
-rrhea
discharge, flow
111
salping/o
tube (usually fallopian)
112
scler/o
hardening
113
scoli/o
crooked,bent
114
-scope
instrument for examining
115
-scopy
visual examination
116
septic/o
infection
117
-sis
state of; condition
118
-spasm
involuntary contraction
119
spin/o
spine
120
steat/o
fat
121
-stenosis
narrowing, structure
122
-stomy
forming an opening (mouth)
123
sub-
under, below
124
super-
upper, above
125
tachy-
rapid
126
-tension
to stretch
127
-therapy
treatment
128
therm/o
heat
129
thromb/o
blood clot
130
-tomy
incision
131
-toxic
pertaining to poison
132
toxic/o
poison
133
-trophy
development; nourishment
134
ur/o
urine, urinary tract
135
urethr/o
urethra
136
-uria
urine
137
urin/o
urine, urinary tract
138
vas/o, vascul/o
vessel
139
ven/o
vein
140
vol/o
volume
141
xanth/o
yellow
142
xer/o
dry
