Medical Terminology Flashcards
gastro
(prefix) stomach, intestinal, or digestive system
bradypnea
slow breathing
phleb/o, ven/o
(cf) vein
inter
(prefix) between
leukocyte
white blood cell
phlebotomy
to cut into a vein
brady
slow
sub
(prefix) below
tonsillectomy
surgical removal of the tonsils
ur/o
(cf) urinary tract or urine
myopathy
disease of the muscle
osis
(suffix) condition of
semi, hemi
(prefix) half
cyt/o
(cf) cell
ex. karyocyte
ex. cytology
cardiomegaly
enlargement of the heart
arter/o, arteri/o
(cf) artery
pathy
(suffix) disease
ex. coagulopathy
angi/o, vas/o, vascul/o
(cf) vessel
gastrectomy
surgical removal of the stomach
megaly
(suffix) enlargement
cyte
(suffix) cell
ex. karyocyte, cytology
combining vowel
usually the letter “o” used to make pronunciation easier. also used between two word roots
phasia
(suffix) to speak
hypo
(word part) below normal
hepatitis
inflammation of the liver
Speciality and specialist for gynec/o
speciality: gynecology
specialist: gynecologist
dermat/o
(cf) skin
genesis
(suffix) producing or forming
ex. spermatogenesis
erythrocyte
red blood cell