Medical Term (F-K) Flashcards
gonad/o
sex glands
goni/o
angle
-gram
record
granul/o
granule(s)
-graph
instrument for recording
-graphy
processes of recording
gravid/o
pregnancy
-gravida
pregnant woman
gynec/o
women; female
gyr/o
circle, spiral
hallucin/o
hallucination
hem/o, hemat/o
blood
hemi-
half
hemoglobin/o
hemoglobin
hepat/o
liver
herni/o
hernia
-hexia
habit
hidr/o
sweat
hirsut/o
hairy
hist/o
tissue
histi/o
tissue
holo-
entire, complete
home/o
sameness; unchanging; constant
hormon/o
hormone
hymen/o
hymen
humer/o
humerous
hydr/o
water
hyper-
above; excessive
hypn/o
sleep
hypo-
deficient; below; under; less than normal
hyster/o
uterus; womb
-ia
condition
-iac
pertaining to
-iasis
abnormal condition
iatr/o
physician; treatment
-ic
pertaining to
-ical
pertaining to
ichthy/o
dry; scaly
-ician
specialist
-icle
small
ide/o
idea, mental images
idi/o
unknown; individual; distinct
ile/o
ileum (last part of the small intestine)
ili/o
ilium (the large broad bone forming the upper part of each half of the pelvis)
immun/o
immune; protection; safe
in-
in; into; not
-in
a substance, chemical, chemical compound
infra-
below; inferior to; beneath
inguin/o
groin
insulin/o
insulin (pancreatic hormone)
inter-
between
intra-
within; into
iod/o
iodine
ion/o
ion; to wonder
-ion
process
-ior
pertaining to
ipsi-
same
ir-
in
ir/o
iris (colored portion of the eye)
irid/o
iris (colored portion of the eye)
is/o
same; equal
isch/o
to hold back; back
ischi/o
ischium, (part of hip bone)
-ism
process; condition
-ist
specialist
-itis
inflammation
-ium
structure; tissure
ixod/i
ticks
juxta-
near
jejun/o
jejunum
kary/o
nucleus
kel/o
tumor, fibrous growth
kerat/o
cornea; hard; horny tissue
ket/o, keton/o
ketones: acetones
kines/o
movement
kinesi/o
movement
-kinesis
movement
klept/o
to steal
koil/o
hollow, concave, depressed
kraur/o
dry
fascicul/o
little bundle
fatal/o
pertaining to fate; death
fauc/i
narrow pass, throat
fec/i, fec/o
dregs, sediment, waste
fenestr/a
window
fer/o
bear, carry
fibrill/o
muscular twitching
fibrin/o
fibrin, fibers, threads of a clot
-fic, fic/o
making, producing, forming
filtr/o, filtrat/o
filter, to strain through
fimbri/o
fringe
fiss/o, fissur/o
crack, split, cleft
fistul/o
tube or pipe
flat/o
flatus, breaking wind, rectal gas
flu/o
flow
foc/o
focus, point
foll/i
bag, sac
foramin/o
opening, foramen
fove/o
pit
fract/o
break, broken
front/o
forehead, brow
-fuge
to drive away
fund/o
bottom, base, ground
furuncul/o
furunculus, a boil, an infection
game/o
wife or husband, egg or sperm
gangli/o
ganglion
gangren/o
eating sore, gangrene
gastrocnemi/o
gastrocnemius, calf muscle
gemin/o
twin, double
gen-, gen/o, -gen
producing, forming
-gene
production, origin, formation
-genous
producing
germin/o
bud, sprout, germ
glen/o
socket or pit
globul/o
little ball
glott/i, glott/o
back of the tongue
glute/o
buttocks
glycer/o
sweet
-gnosia
knowledge, to know
-gog, -gogue
make flow
goitr/o
goiter, enlargement of the thyroid gland
hal/o, halit/o
breath
hem/e
deep red iron-containing pigment
hered/o, heredit/o
inherited, inheritance
herpet/o
creeping
hiat/o
opening
hom/o
same, like, alike
hygien/o
healthy