Med Terms Flashcards
osis
abnormal condition
itis
inflammation
ectomy
to cut out (remove)
otomy
to cut into
ostomy
to make a mouth
a/an
without, none
micro
small
macro
large
mega/megaly
enlarged
scopy/scopic
to look, observe
graphy/graph
recording an image
gram
the image
ology/ologist
study, specialize in
stomato
mouth
dento
teeth
glosso/linguo
tongue
gingivo
gums
encephalo
brain
gastro
stomach
entero
intestine
colo
large intestine
procto
anus/rectum
hepato
liver
nehro/rene
kideny
orchido
testis
oophor/o
ovary
hystero/metro
uterus
salpingo
uterine tubes
dermo
skin
masto/mammo
breast
osteo
bones
cardio
heart
cysto
bladder
rhino
nose
phlebo/veno
veins
pneumo/pulmo
lung
hemo/emia
blood
leuk/o
white
melan/o
black
cyan/o
blue
xanth/o
yellow
adend/o
gland
lip/o
fat
my/o
muscle
lymph/o
lymph tissue
carcin/o
malginant
endo
within, inside of
peri
around
circum
around
retro
behind
epi
upon, on top
trans
through
intra
within
sub
below
cardi/o
heart
brachy/tachy
slow/fast
angi/o
vessel
veno/phlebo
vein
stasis
to stop
cyte
cell
hem/o, emia
blood
cephal/o
head
encephalo
inside of the head (brain)
mening/o
membranes surrounding brain and spinal cord
myel/o
spinal cord
neur/o
nerve
dys
difficult, painful, abnormal
cele
hernia, abnormal protrusion of structure out of normal anatomical position
pathy
disease, abnormality
plasia
development, formation, growth
plegia
paralysis
gastr/o
stomach
hepat/o
liver
chol/e
gall, bile
cyst/o
bladder, sac
emes/o
vomit
lith/o
stone
lapar/o
abdominal wall
centesis
to puncture
tripsy
to crush
rrhea
flow, discharge
iasis, osis
abnormal condition
rhin/o
nose
laryng/o
larynx, voice box
trache/o
trachea, windpipe
bronch/o
lung air passageways
pne/u, pnea
breath, air, lung
pulmo/o
lung
ptysis
spitting (coughing)
plasty
reconsruction
nephr/o, ren/o
kidney
hydr/o
water
cyst/o
bladder
pyel/o
renal collecting ducts
ur/o, uria
urine
olig/o
scanty, less than normal
pexy
to surgically reattach, fix in normal position
orchid/o, test/o
testes (male gonad)
balan/o
head of the penis
andr/o
male
prostat/o
prostate
vas/o
vessel, duct
rrhapy
to suture
hyster/o, metr/o
uterus
salping/o, salpinx
uterine tube
colp/o
vagina
oophor/o
ovary
men/o
menstruation
mamm/o, mast/o
breast
pareunia, coitus
intercourse
gravida
pregnancy
para
live birth
part/o, toc/o
labor/birth/delivery
oste/o
bone
chondr/o
cartilage
arthr/o
joint
myel/o
bone marrow
ten/o, tendin/o
tendon
ligament/o
ligament
burs/o
bursa, bag
my/o, myos/o
muscle
malacia
softening
porosis
porous
asthenia
weakness, loss of strength
tropy
development, stimulation, maintenance
algia, algesia
pain