Med Terms Flashcards
hyper-
above normal
hypo-
below normal
a- (prefix)
without, no
tachy-
fast
brady-
slow
vol/o-
volume
glyc/o-
glucose
pne/o-
breathing
cardi/o-
heart
-a (suffix)
condition
-ia (suffix)
condition
-emic
pertaining to blood
-emia
condition of the blood
abdomin/o-
abdomen
acous/o-
hearing, sounds
carp/o-
wrist
acr/o-
extremity, highest part
caus/o-
burn
aden/o-
gland
cephal/o-
head
adip/o-
fat
cervic/o-
neck, cervix
albin/o-
white
chol/e-
bile
chondr/o-
cartilage
alg/o-
pain
chrom/o-
color
all/o-
other, strange
cili/o-
hairlike structure
andr/o-
male
cis/o-
cut
angi/o-
blood vessel
cleid/o-
collarbone (clavicle)
aort/o-
aorta
cochle/o-
cochlea of the inner ear
arter/o-
artery
cor/o-
pupil
arthr/o-
joint
coron/o-
encircling structure
articul/o-
joint
corpor/o-
body
audi/o-
hearing
air/i-
ear
auscult/o-
listen
bi/o-
life
blephar/o-
eyelid
brachi/o-
arm
bronch/o-
bronchus
bucc/o-
cheek
burs/o-
pouch or sac, bursa
calcane/o-
heel
carcin/o-
cancer
cost/o-
rib
cry/o-
cold
cubit/o-
elbow
cyan/o-
blue
cyst/o-
bladder, cyst
dent/i-
tooth
derm/a-
skin
digit/o-
finger or toe
edem/o-
swelling
embryon/o-
fetus
enter/o-
intestines
erythr/o-
red
esthes/o-
sensation
eti/o-
cause
febr/o-
fever
fibr/o-
fiber
flex/o-
bend
fract/o-
break up
gastr/o-
stomach
gnos/o-
knowledge
gynec/o-
female
hem/o-
blood
hepat/o-
liver
heter/o-
other, different
home/o-
same
humer/o-
upper arm, humerus
hydr/o-
water
hyster/o-
womb, uterus
idi/o-
unknown, individual
inguin/o-
groin
lact/i-
milk
later/o-
side
leuk/o-
white
ligat/o-
tie, bind
lith/o-
stone
medi/o-
middle
meg/a-
large
melan/o-, melen/o-
black
men/o-
monthly
morb/o-
disease
mort/o-
death
myel/o-
bone marrow, spinal cord
my/o-
muscle
nephr/o-
kidney
neur/o-
nerve
noct/o-
night
ocul/o-
eye
odont/o-
tooth
o/o-, ov/i-
egg
ophthalm/o-
eye
orch/o-
testis
bone
osse/o-, oste/o-
ot/o-
ear
palpat/o-
touch, feel
pat/o-
birth
pariet/o-
wall of a cavity
path/o-
disease
ped/o-
child
percuss/o-
strike, tap
phag/o-
eat, swallow
phot/o-
light
placent/o-
placenta
pleur/o-
pleura-lung membrane
pne/o-
breathe
pneum/o-
lung, air
pod/o-
foot
psych/o-
mind
purul/o-, pyl/o-
pus
pyel/o-
pelvis
pyret/o-
fever
ren/o-
kidney
reticul/o-
network
retin/o-
retina of the eye
rhin/o-
nose
rub/o-
red
salping/o-
fallopian tube
sang/o-
blood
scler/o-
hard
seb/o-
sebum (oil)
sect/o-
cut
sept/o-
wall
ser/o-
serum
sinus/o-
cavity or hollow, sinus
somat/o-
body
sphincter/o-
sphincter muscle
spir/o-
coil, breathe
stern/o-
sternum
steth/o-
chest
sthen/o-
strength
stom/o-
opening, mouth
tact/o-
touch
tars/o-
ankle
tars/o-
ankle
tele/o-
distance
tempor/o-
time, temple
tendon/o-
tendon
tetr/a-
four
tetr/a-
four
tom/o-
cut
toxic/o-
poison
trache/o-
trachea
trich/o-
hair
urin/o-
urine
vagin/o-
female genital canal
vertebr/o-
vertebra
viscer/o-
viscera-internal organs
vol/o-
volume
viscos/o-
thick
xen/o-
foreign
xer/o-
dry
a-, an-
without, lack of
ab-
away from
acr-
pertaining to extremity
ad-
to, toward
ad-
to, toward