Medical Terminology Flashcards
metabol
change
aer
air
later
side
rachi
spinal column
pariet
wall
glyco
sweet
gravid
pregnant
ependym
wrapping
radi
ray
fistful
pipe
dactyl
finger/toe
edema
swelling
trachel
neck
somato
body
hypno
sleep
sinus
hollow space
scirr
hard
sept
wall/fence
crine
to secrete
antr
cavity
pneum
lung
dura
hard
phren
mind
phage
to eat
plak
plate
corne
horney
kerat
horney
iris
rainbow
ptyal
saliva
pulmo
lung
Alviol
cavity
Oophor
ovary
oment
covering
sedate
quiet/calm
furca
fork shaped
radic
root
darcy
Tear
ment
mind
part
labor, bring forth
sclera
hard
adnexa
ties
malign
bad
lapar
abdominal wall
ocul
eye
facia
sheet, band
asthenia
weakness
tarsi
ankle
iso
equal
astr
star shaped
helio
sun
pod
foot
tope
place
gastr
stomach
cardi
heart
megal
enlarged
itis
inflammation
arthr
joint
hepat
liver
oligist
specialist
blephar
eyelid
angi
vessel
aden
gland
nepher
kidney
oma
tumor
enter
intestines
ectomy
surgical removal
osis
any condition
otomy
cut into
dermat
skin
plast
surgical repair
path
disease
cerebr
brain
gingiv
gum
ology
the study of
rhin
nose
malacia
soft
algia
pain
spasm
involuntary contractions
end
inside/within
crani
skull
oid
like/resembling
hemi
half
hyper
above/more then normal
cyst
sac containing fluid
hypo
below/under
chole
bile
hyster
uterus
scop
observe
para
beside/beyond
ostomy
create an opening
cervic
neck
lysis
losening,destruction
cyan
blue
chondr
cartilage
ost
bone
hem
blood
lip
fat
psycho
mind
lith
stone
my
muscle
proct
anus
opthalm
eye
cost
rib
gram
record
arco
extremities
rrhexis
breaks, bursts
penia
decrease
carcin
cancer
dyn
pain
ptosis
falling
gen
original production
burso
sac
epi
upon
auto
self
hydro
water
lobo
section
rrhaphy
suture
mast
breast
cephal
head
dent
teeth
glosso
tongue
mani
madness
supra
above
trophy
development
trip
rub, friction
retro
backwards
desis
binding
strept
twist
thalam
inner chamber
dendr
tree branching
pilo
hair
histo
tissue
pro
in front of or before
alviol
cavity
post
after
synsym
together
neo-
new
hormone
excite
strict
drawn tight
mamm
breast
colla
glue
peps
digest
pleur
pleura, side, rib
labi
lip
micr
small
grad
walk, take steps
gran
grain, partical
gangli
swelling
gemin
twin
digit
finger/toe
dors
back
tarso
frame work of the upper eye lid.
cheir
hand
calc
heel, stone
cine
move
traumat
wound
trich
hair
later
side
cut
skin
phot
light
phob
fear
bucco
cheek
plasia
development
ren
kidney
phleb
vein
encephal
brain
ependym
wrapping
ramus
brach
therm
heat
vuls
twitch, pull
poly
many
turbin
shaped a top
rachi
spinal column
plexus
braid
ameb
change
metr
uterus
peri
about, around
en
in
trachel
neck
somato
body
part
labor, bring forth
radi
ray
an, a
without, not
maxill
upper jawbone
osm
odor
pan
all
dynam
power
mechano
machine
edema
swelling
physio
nature
stoma
mouth
tympan
eardrum
umbilib
navel
salpingo
tube
orchi
testis
cor
heart
phon
voice, sound
leio
smooth
colpo
hollow vagina
rug
wrinkle, fold, crease
aur
ear
acousti
hearing
palpebr
eye lid
oophor
ovary
pneum
lung
sedate
quiet, calm
The majority of medical terms in use today are composed of ______
Greek and Latin word parts.
Greek and Latin terms…
built from Greek and Latin word parts such as arthritis.
Eponyms terms…
terms derived from the name of a person, often a physichian or scientist who was the first to identify a conditoin or technique such as Parkinsons disease.
**Acronyms **
Terms formed from the first letters of the words in a phrase such as laser (light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation)
Modern Language
Terms derived from the English language such as nuclear medicine scanner.
What are the four word parts?
- Word root
- Suffix
- Prefix
- Combining Vowel
What is the word root?
The word root is the core of the word (the main part)
What is the Suffix?
The suffix is the end of a word root.
What is a prefix?
The prefix is the biginning of a word root.
A combining vowel is …
a word part, usually an “o”, used to ease the pronounciation.
**When connecting a word root and a suffix, a combining vowel is _____ if the suffix does not begin with a vowel. **
used
When connecting a word root and suffix, a combining vowel is usually not used if the suffix begins with ____
a vowel
**When connecting two _______ _______, a combining vowel is usually used, even if vowels are present at the junction. **
word roots
**When connecting a prefix and a word root, a combining vowel is _____ used. **
not
How to define a medical term….
Begin by defining the suffix first and then move to the beginning of the term to complete the definition.
Word roots…
arthr
hepat
ven
oste
Definitions
joint
liver
vein
bone
Prefixes
intra -
**sub - **
Definitions
within
under
Suffixes
- itis
- ic
- ous
- pathy
- megaly
Definitions
inflammation
pertaining to
pertaining to
disease
enlargment
Combining Vowel
o
