Medical Terminology Flashcards
a/an
absence
adenitis
inflamed lymph nodes
aden/o
gland
adenoma
benign tumor formed from glandular structures in epithelial tissue
-algia
pain, painful condition
ather/o
plaque, fatty substance
arthalgia
joint pain
arthr/o
joint
cardi/o
heart
cardiorrhexis
rupture of the heart wall
carditis
inflammation of the heart or surroundings
cephal/o
head
cyan/o
blue
cystitis
urinary tract infection
cyt/o
cell
dermat/o
skin
dermatitis
skin inflammation
dys-
bad, difficult, or painful
-ectomy
surgical removal, cutting out, excision
endo-
in, within, inside
erythr/o
red
gastr/o
stomach, belly
-gram
picture or record
-graphy
the process of producing a picture or record
hepat/o
liver
hepatorrhagia
hemorrhage into or from the liver
hyper-
excessive, increased
hypo-
deficient, decreased
inter-
between, among
intra-
within, inside
-itis
inflammation
leuk/o
white
leukocyte
white blood cell
-malacia
abnormal softening
melan/o
black, dark
my/o
muscle
nat/o
birth
-necrosis
tissue death
neo-
new, strange
nephr/o
kidney
nephrectomy
surgical removal of kidneys
nephrosis
kidney disease
nephrotomy
incision in the kidney is made
neur/o
nerve, nerve tissue
neuralgia
pain that travels along the length of the nerve
neurectomy
surgical removal of all or part of a nerve
neuritis
inflammation of a peripheral nerve or nerves
neuroplasty
surgery of the nerves
-ologist
specialist
-ology
the science or study of
-oma
tumor, neoplasm
-osis
abnormal condition, disease
-oste/o
bone
-ostomy
surgically creating an opening
-otomy
cutting, surgical incision
-pathy
disease, suffering, feeling, emotion
-phobia
abnormal fear
-plasia
development, growth, formation
-plasty
surgical repair
-rhin/o
nose
-rrhage
bleeding, abnormal excessive fluid discharge
-rrhaphy
surgical suturing
-rrhea
flow or discharge
-rrhexis
rupture
-sclerosis
abnormal hardening
-scopy
visual examination
-stasis
control, maintenance of a constant level
-stenosis
abnormal narrowing
sub-
under, less, below
-supra
above, upper, excessive
thromb/o
clot
thrombocyte
plateletts