Medical Terminology Flashcards
abdomin/o
abdomen
adip/o
fat
anter/o
front
bol/o
to cast (throw)
cervic/o
neck (of the body or of the uterus)
chondr/o
cartilage (type of connective tissue)
chrom/o
color
coccyg/o
coccyx (tailbone)
crani/o
skull
cyt/o
cell
dist/o
far, distant
dors/o
back portion of body
hist/o
tissue
ili/o
iliium (part of the pelvic bone)
inguin/o
groin
kary/o
nucleus
later/o
side
lumb/o
lower back (side and back between the ribs and pelvis)
medi/o
middle
nucleu/o
nucleus
pelv/i
pelvis, hip region
poster/o
back, behind
proxim/o
nearest
sacr/o
sacrum
sarc/o
flesh
spin/o
spine, backbone
thel/o, theli/o
nipple
thorac/o
chest
trache/o
trachea, windpipe
umbilic/o
navel, umbilicus
ventr/o
belly side of body
vertebr/o
vertebra(e), backbone(s)
viscer/o
internal organs
-al, -eal, -iac, -ior
pertaining to
-ectomy
removal; excision; resection
-ism
process, condition
-oma
tumor; mass; fluid collection
-ose
pertaining to, full of
-plasm
formation
-somes
bodies
-tomy
process of cutting
-type
picture, classification
ana-
up
cata-
down
epi-
above
hypo-
below
inter-
between
meta-
change
frontal (coronal plane)
vertical plane that divides body into anterior and posterior
transverse (axial plane)
horizontal plane that divides body into upper and lower portions
sagittal (lateral plane)
vertical plane that divides body into right and left portions
anterior
front of the body
posterior
back of the body
deep
away from the surface of the body
superficial
on the surface of the body
distal
far from the point of the trunk or the beginning of structure
inferior
near the point of the trunk or structure
superior
above another structure
lateral
pertaining to the side
medial
pertaining to the middle
prone
lying on the belly
supine
lying on the back
-cele
hernia
-emia
blood condition
-coccus
berry-shaped bacterium
-gram
record
-cyte
cell
-algia
pain
-ectomy
removal
-centesis
puncture to remove fluid
-genesis
process of producing
-graph
instrument to record
-itis
inflammation
-graph
process of recording
cystocele
hernia of the urinary bladder
myalgia
pain of muscle
carcinogenesis
process of producing cancer
myelitis
inflammation of the spinal cord
streptococci
berry-shaped bacteria in twisted chains
thoracentesis or thoracocentesis
surgical puncture to remove fluid from the chest
mastectomy
removal of the breast
bronchitis
inflammation of tubes leading from windpipe to lungs
ischemia
to hold back from blood cells
angiography
process of recording (x-ray) blood vessels
arthroscopy
visual examination of joints
staphylococci
berry-shaped bacteria in clusters
laryngectomy
resection of the voice box
amniocentesis
surgical procedure to remove fluid from the sac around the fetus
rhinorrea
discharge from the nose
-logy
process of study
-lysis
breakdown
-pathy
process of disease
-penia
deficiency
-malacia
softening
-osis
condition
-phobia
fear of
-megaly
enlargement
-oma
tumor
-opsy
process of viewing
-plasia
condition of formation
-plasty
surgical repair
-sclerosis
hardening
-stasis
to stop
acr/o
extremities, top, extreme point
acu/o
sharp, severe, sudden
amni/o
amnion (sac surrounding the embryo in the uterus)
angi/o
vessel
axill/o
armpit
bi/o
life
blephar/o
eyelid
bronch/o
bronchial tubes
chron/o
time
col/o
colon (large intestine)
cyst/o
urinary bladder
encephal/o
brain
erythr/o
red
hepat/o
liver
hydr/o
water, fluid
inguin/o
groin
isch/o
to hold back
lapar/o
abdomen, abdominal wall
laryng/o
larynx
lymph/o
lymph
mamm/o
breast
mast/o
breast
morph/o
shape, form
muc/o
mucus
my/o
muscle
myel/o
spinal cord, bone marrow
necr/o
death (of cells or whole body)
nephr/o
kidney
neur/o
nerve
neutr/o
neutrophil (a white blood cell)
nucle/o
nucleus
ophthalm/o
eye
ot/o
ear
path/o
disease
peritone/o
peritoneum
phag/o
to eat, swallow
phelb/o
vein
plas/o
formation, development
pleur/o
pleura
pneumon/o
lungs
pulmon/o
lungs
radi/o
x-rays
rect/o
rectum
ren/o
kidney
rhin/o
nose
sarc/o
flesh
splen/o
spleen
staphyl/o
clusters
strept/o
twisted chain
thorac/o
chest
thromb/o
clot
tonsill/o
tonsils
trache/o
trachea, windpipe
ven/o
vein
-algia
pain
-cele
hernia
-centesis
surgical puncture to remove fluid
-coccus (-cocci)
berry-shaped bacterium
-cyte
cell
-dynia
pain
-emia
blood condition
-er
one who
-genesis
condition of producing, forming
-gram
record
-graph
instrument for recording
-graphy
process of recording
-ia
condition
-ist
specialist
-itis
inflammation
-logy
study of
-lysis
breakdown, destruction, separation, loosening
-malacia
softening
-megaly
enlargement
-ole
little, small
-oma
tumor, mass, collection of fluid
-opsy
to view
-osis
condition, usually abnormal
-pathy
disease condition
-penia
deficiency
-phobia
fear
-plasia
development, formation, growth
-plasty
surgical repair
-ptosis
drooping, falling, sagging
-rrhea
flow, discharge
-sclerosis
hardening
-scope
instrument for visual examination
-scopy
process of visual examination (with an endoscope)
-stasis
controlling, stopping
-stomy
opening to form a mouth (stoma)
-therapy
treatment
-tomy
incision, cutting into
-trophy
development, nourishment
-ule
little, small
-um, -ium
structure, tissue
-us
structure, substance
-y
condition, process
-ac, -iac, -al, -ar, -ary, -eal, -ic, -ical, -ose, -ous, -tic
pertaining to
-genic
pertaining to producing, produced by or in
-oid
resembling
carp/o
wrist bones
cib/o
meals
cost/o
rib
cutane/o
skin
dactyl/o
fingers, toes
duct/o
to lead, carry
flex/o
bend
furc/o
forking, branching
gloss/o
tongue
glyc/o
sugar
immun/o
protection
later/o
side
morph/o
shape, form
mort/o, necr/o
death
nat/i
birth
nect/o
to bind, tie, connect
norm/o
rule, order
ox/o
oxygen
pub/o
pubis (pubic bone)
ren/o
kidney
seps/o
infection
somn/o
sleep
son/o
sound
the/o
to put, place
thyr/o
thyroid gland, shield
top/o
place, position, location
tox/o
poison
urethr/o
urethra
ven/o
vein
-crine
to secrete
-drome
to run
-fusion
coming together; to pour
-gen
substance that produces
-lapse
to slide, fall, sag
-lysis
breakdown, destruction, separation
-meter
to measure
-mission
to send
-or
one who
-partum
birth, labor
-phoria
to bear, carry; feeling (mental state)
-physis
to grow
-plasia
development, formation, growth
-plasm
structure or formation
-pnea
breathing
-ptosis
falling, drooping, prolapse
-rrhea
flow, discharge
a-, an-
no, not, without
ab-
away from
ad-
toward
ana-
up, apart
ante-
before, forward
anti-
against
auto-
self, own
bi-
two
brady-
slow
cata-
down
con-
with, together
contra-
against, opposite
de-
down, lack of
dia-
through, complete
dys-
bad, painful, difficult, abnormal
ec-
out, outside
en-, endo-
in, within
eu-
good, normal
ex-
out, outside, away from
hemi-
half
hyper-
excessive, above
hypo-
deficient, under
in-
into, within, not
infra-
beneath, under
inter-
between
intra-
in, within, into
macro-
large
mal-
bad
meta-
beyond, change
micro-
small
neo-
new
pan-
all
para-
abnormal, beside, near
per-
through
peri-
surrounding
poly-
many, much
post-
after, behind
pre-, pro-, pros-
before, in front of
re-
back, again
retro-
behind, back
sub-
under
supra-
above, upper
syn-, sym-
together, with
tachy-
fast
trans-
across, through
ultra-
beyond, excess
uni-
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