Medical Terminology Flashcards
aden
gland
pancreat
pancreas
thyr
thyroid gland
hem, hemat
blood
phleb
vein
thromb
clot
arthr
joint, articulation
brachi
arm
cervic
neck
chondr
cartilage
cost
rib
crani
skull
dactyl
finger, toe
fibr
connective tissue
my
muscle
oste
bone
pod
foot
sacr
sacrum
spondyl
vertebra
ten, tendin
tendon
vertebr
vertebra
abdomin
abdomen
an
anus
appendic
appendix
bil, chil
bile, gall
col
colon (large intestine)
dent
teeth
enter
intestines (small intestines)
esophag
esophagus
gastr
stomach
gingiv
gums
hepat
liver
icter
jaundice
ile
ileum
lapar
abdominal wall
lingu
tongue
peps
digestion
phag
eating, swallowing
proct
rectum
splen
spleen
stomat
mouth
andr
men
cop
vagina
cyst
bladder
gravid
pregnant
gynec
woman
hyster
uterus
mamm, mast
breast
metr
uterus
nephr
kidney
ov
egg (ovum)
oophor
ovary
orchid
testicles
prostat
prostate gland
pyel
pelvis of the kidney
ren
renal (kidney)
salping
fallopian tube
ureter
ureters
ur
urinary
vesic
bladder
bronch
bronchial
laryng
larynx (throat)
nas
nose
pleur
pleura
pneum, pneumon
lungs, air
pulmon
lung
rhin
nose
steth
chest
thorac
thorax (chest)
trache
trachea (airway, windpipe)
derm, dermat
skin
hidr
sweat
trich
hair
onych
nail
xer
dry
angi
blood vessel
arteri, arter
artery
cardi
heart
vas
vessel
ven
vein
blephar
eyelid
cephal
head
cerebr
cerebrum (part of the brain)
encephal
brain
esthesi
sensation
irid, ir
iris
mening, meningi
meninges, membranes
myel
spinal cord, bone marrow
myring
eardrum, tympanic membrane
neur
nerve
ocul, ophthalm
eye
ot
ear
adip
fat
bi
life
carcin
cancer
cry
cold
dors
back
gluc,glyc
glucose, sugar
herni
hernia
hist
tissue
hydr
water
lact
milk
later
side
lip
fat
med, medi
middle
narc
numbness, stupor, sleep
onc
tumor
path
disease
ped
child, foot
psych
mind
py
pus
pyr
fever, heat
septic
infection
therm
heat
a, an
without
ab-
away
ad-
toward
ambi-
both
ante-
before
anti-
against
auto-
self
bi-
two, twice, double
brady-
slow
circum-
around
contra-
gainst
de-
down
dys-
painful, abnormal, difficult, bad
endo-
within, inside
epi-
above, on
eu-
normal, good
ex, extra-, exo-
outside of
hemi-
half
hyper-
above, excessive, increased
hypo-
below, decreased, insufficient
infra-
beneath
inter-
between, among
intra-
within, during
levo-
to the left
macro-
large
mal-
bad
mega-
exceptionally large, huge
meso-
middle
micro-
small
meta-
over, beyond
mono-
one
multi-
many
neo-
new
nulli-
none
peri-
around
poly-
many
post-
after, behind
pre-, pro-
before, in front of
presby-
older age
primi-
first
pseudo-
false
quadri-
four
retro-
behind, in back of
sten-
narrowed
sub-
under
super, supra
above, excess
sym-, syn-
together, with
tachy-
fast
trans-
across
tri-
three
ultra-
beyond, excess
uni-
one
-age
related to
-cidal, -cide
pertaining to killin
-form
shape
-fuge
driving away
-iatry, -iatrist
healing by a provider, healer
-ical
pertaining to
-ion
process
-logy, -logist
study of, one who studies
-ole
little, small
-opia
vision
-phylaxis
protection, prevention
-pnea
breathing
-therapy
treatment
-uria
urin
-centesis
surgical procedure
-cise
cut, remove
-clasis
break down
-desis
stabilization, binding
-ectomy
removal, excision
-gram
record
-graph
instrument for recording
-graphy
process of recording
-ion
process
-lepsy
seizure, convulsion
-lysis
destruction, separation
-meter
device for measuring
-metry
process of measuring
-pexy
fixation, to put in place
-plasty
surgical repair, reformation
-scopy
visual examination
-spasm
involuntary twitch, contraction
-stasis
stopping of controlling
-stomy
a new opening
-tomy
incision
-tripsy
crushing
-algia
pain
-astheni
weakness
-cele
swelling, herniation
-dynia
pain
-ectasis
dilation, expansion
-emesis
vomiting
-emia
blood condition
-gen
producing
-ia, -ism
condition
-iasis
presence of, formation of
-mani
obsessive preoocupation
-megaly
enlargement
-oid
resembling, seeming like
-ole
small
-oma
tumor
-osis
condition, usually abnormal
-pathy
disorder, disease
-penia
deficiency, decrease
-phagia
eating, swallowing
-phasia
speech
-phobia
fear
-plasia
formation of
-ptosis
drooping, falling
-rrhage
bursting forth
-rrhea
flow, discharge
-rrhexis
rupture
-sclerosis
hardening condition
-trophy
development