Medical Terminology Flashcards
aden/o
gland (e.g. adenoid)
amni/o
amnion
angi/o
vessel
arteri/o
artery
arthr/o
joint
ather/o
plaque (e.g. atherogenesis)
axill/o
armpit
bronch/o
bronchial tube
carcin/o
cancerous
cardio
heart
chem/o
drugs (e.g. chemo phylaxis)
chondr/o
cartilage (e.g. hypochondrial)
cholecyst/o
gallbladder
chron/o
time
col/o
colon
cyst/o
urinary bladder (e.g. cystitis)
encephal/o
brain
inguin/o
groin, thigh
isch/o
ischium (e.g. ischial)
lapar/o
abdominal wall (e.g. laparotomy)
laryng/o
larynx
mamm/o
breast, milk gland (e.g. mammary)
mast/o
breast (e.g. mastectomy)
my/o
muscle (e.g. myocardium)
myel/o
bone marrow, spinal cord (e.g. myeloma)
necr/o
death (e.g. necrosis)
nephr/o
kidney (e.g. nephritis)
neur/o
nerve (e.g. neuropathy)
opthalm/o
eye
oste/o
bone
ot/o
ear (e.g. otitis)
peritone/o
peritoneum (e.g. peritoneal)
phleb/o
vein
pneumon/o
lung (e.g. pneumonia)
pulmon/o
lung
ren/o
kidney (e.g. renal)
sarc/o
flesh, muscle (e.g. sarcoma)
thorac/o
chest (e.g. thoracentesis)
-algia
pain (e.g. fibromyalgia)
-emia
blood condition (e.g. leukemia, hypoglycemia)
-ia
condition (e.g. pneumonia)
-itis
inflammation
-oma
tumor, mass
-megaly
enlargement (e.g. splenomegaly
-osis
condition, process (e.g. exocytosis)
-pathy
disease condition (e.g. retinopathy)
-rrhea
flow, discharge
-rrhage
excessive dischjarge, bursting
-sclerosis
hardening (e.g. anteriosclerosis)
-uria
condition of urine (e.g. proteinuria)
-ar
pertaining to (e.g. reticular)
-ary
pertaining to (e.g. axillary)
-ic
pertaining to (e.g. cystic)
-centesis
surgical puncture to remove fluid
-ectomy
removal, resection (e.g. nephrectomy)
-gram
record
-graphy
process of recording (e.g. encephalography)
-lysis
separation, destruction, breakdown (e.g. analysis)
-plasty
surgical repair
-scopy
process of visual examination
-stomy
opening (e.g. gastrostomy)
-tomy
incision into (e.g. thoracotomy)
ischemia
decrease of blood flow to a part of the body, caused by narrowing or obstruction of blood vessels
infarction
Heart attack or dead myocardial tissue
what are the 2 types of suffixes
diagnostic and procedural
thoracentesis
short for thoracocentesis, surgical puncture of the chest to remove fluid
tonsillectomy
removal of tonsil or tonsils
myelogram
x-ray image of spinal cord after contrast is injected within the membranes surrounding the spinal cord in the lumbar area of the back
angiography
x-ray recording of blood vessels after contrast is injected
acute
sharp, sudden, and intense for a short period of time
adenocarcinoma
cancerous tumor derived from glandular cells
bronchoscopy
visual examination of the bronchial tubes by passing an endoscope through the trachea into the bronchi
cardiomyopathy
disease of heart muscle
erythrocytosis
abnormal condition (slight increase in numbers) of red blood cells
hematuria
blood in urine
laparoscopy
visual examination of the abdomen
mammoplasty
surgical repair (reconstruction) of the breast
otalgia
ear pain
phlebotomy
incision of a vein
rhinoplasty
surgical repair/reconstruction of the nose
rhinorrhea
discharge from the nose
salpingectomy
removal of the fallopian tube
septicemia
infection in the blood
hyperuremia
excessive amounts of urea in the bloodstream
vascular
pertaining to blood vessels
