Medical terminology Flashcards
a, an
absent
ab (abduct)
away
ad
to, toward
angio
blood vessel
ante
before
arterio
artery
aut, auto
self
bi
two
brady
slow
intra
within
leuko
white
lip
fat
cephal (o)
head
chondro
cartilage
circum
around
cirrh
yellow
co, con
with, together
cost
rib
cyan (o)
blue
di
two, twice
dis (dis-tance)
away, seperate
dys
difficult
ex
away from
ect, ecto
outer, outside
endo (think endodontist)
within, inside
epi
on, over
erythro
red
eu
normal, well
extra
outside of
glyco
sugar
hemato, hemo
blood
hemi
half
hydro
water
hyper
beyond, increased
hypo (another word for too little)
beneath, below
ileo
ileum
infra (infrastructure)
below
inter (think interstitial)
between
vaso (Vaso Angie)
blood vessel
ven (o)
vein
macro
large
mal
bad
mega
large
melan
black
micro
small
mono
one
my
muscle
osteo
bone
pan (pandemic)
all, entire
para, par
beside, near
peri
around
phag (o)
eat
phleb (o)
vein
post
after
poly
many
post
after
pseudo
false
pyro
fever
pyo (py’o of pus)
pus
retro (retro is so behind)
behind
semi
half
splen (o)
spleen
spondyl
spinal cord
sub
below
super, supra
above
sym, syn (symbiotic)
together
tachy
fast
tetra
four
trans
across
un
against
algia
pain
ate
use, subject to
cele
tumor, protrusion
centesis (think amnio)
puncture to remove fluid
cide
killing, destructive
cle, cule
small
cyte
cell
desis (de sis will surgically fix it - me)
surgical fixation
dynia
pain
ectomy (lumpectomy)
removal
emia
blood
form, oid
resembling
gram, graph
written record
iasis (eye-Asis sees everything)
presence of
ible, ile
capable
itis (endocarditis)
inflammation
lysis
disintingration
malacia
softening
megaly
enlargement
oma
tumor
orrhaphy (orphan will repair it)
repair of
osis (oasis is abnornal)
abnormal condition
ostomy
formed opening
otomy
to incise
oxia
oxygen
pathy
disease
penia
deficiency of
pexy, pexis
fixation
phagia (phagia phagocytes)
ingestion
phasia
speaking ability
philia
affinity for
plasty
surgical repair
plegia
paralysis
pnea
breathing
ptosis (touch your toes)
prolapse downward
rrhage, rrhagia (in general) (raging flow)
excessive flow
rrhaphy (rrhaphy the suture)
suturing in place
rrhea (think of the ending)
flow, discharge
rrhexis
rupture
scope
instrument for visual exam
uria
urine
adeno
gland
arthro
joint
carcino
cancer
cardi
heart
chole
related to bile/gall bladder
col
colon
colpo (colpolation)
related to vagina
cranio
skull
crysto (3 things)
relate to sac, cyste, bladder
derma
skin
doch
duct
duodeno
duodenum
encephalo
brain
entero
intestine
gastro
stomach
hema/hemato
blood
hepato
liver
hystero
unterus
jejuno
jejunum
laryng/o
larynx
lith
stone
mast
breast
myelo (my yellow spine)
spine, marrow
nephro
kidney
neuro
nerve
oophor
ovary
opthalmo
eye
orchi
testis
os
opening
oto
ear
pneumo
lung
procto
rectum
pyel/o
renal pelvis
rhino
nose
salping
tubes
thoroco
chest
osteoma
a new piece of bone usually growing on another piece of bone, typically the skull. - bone tumor
tachycardia
a heart rate that’s too fast
hematuria
the presence of blood in a person’s urine.
arthrotomy
a surgical exploration of a joint
cystocele (cite the cell of my bladder)
a condition in which supportive tissues around the bladder and vaginal wall weaken and stretch, allowing the bladder and vaginal wall to fall into the vaginal canal
supraclavicular
situated or occurring above the clavicle
subtotal gastrectomy
having the operation through a cut in your abdomen, but not removal of the entire abdomen
intraperitoneal
within or administered through the peritoneum (lines internal organs, stomach, intestines, etc.
myocarditis
inflammation of the heart muscle (myocardium)
polyuria
your body makes more pee than normal
lobectomy
a surgery to remove one of the lobes of the lungs
pyuria (white py)
increased presence of white blood cells in urine - usually a urinary tract infection
pyothorax
the presence of inflammatory fluid or pus within the chest cavity
neurolysis
the application of chemical or physical agents to a nerve to cause a temporary or permanent degeneration of targeted nerve fibers.
myalgia
Soreness and achiness in the muscles that can range from mild to severe
enterostomy
surgery to create an opening into the intestine through the abdominal wall.
anuria
failure of the kidneys to produce urine
paraplegia
paralysis of the legs and lower body, typically caused by spinal injury or disease
supraopthalmic
above the orbit of the eye?
transhepatic
Through or across the liver, as an injection
enlarged heart
cardiomegaly
bladder infection
cystitis
bone tumor
Osteosarcoma
inflammation of the nose
rhinosinusitis
removal of the uterus
hysterectomy
removal of the gall bladder
cholecystectomy
presence of stones in gall bladder
Cholelithiasis (kol a tha siasis)
half paralyzed
Hemiplegia
incision into joint (art in the joint)
arthrotomy
incision into stomach for drainage
laparotomy
looking into bronchus with a scope
bronchoscopy
formation or opening in colon
colostomy
looking into the bladder with an instrument
cystoscopy
removal of appendix
appendectomy
surgical fixation of a joint
Arthroplasty
incision into a kidney
pyelotomy
plastic repair of the nose
rhinoplasty
repair of a hernia
herniorrhaphy
painful urination
dysuria
ize
use, subject to
