Medical Terminology Flashcards
acr/o
extremities; top
ex: acrophobia, acromegaly
anter/o
before; front
ex: anterior
bol/o
cast; throw
ex: anabolism
brachi/o
arm
brachiopod
caud/o
lower part of body; tail
caudal (near tail or posterior part of body)
crypt/o
hidden
cryptogenic (disease of unknown origin)
cyt/o
cell
cytoplasm
dist/o
far
distal
dors/o
back of body
epitheli/o
epithelium
faci/o
face
hist/o
tissue
inguin/o
groin
kary/o
nucleus
later/o
side
lei/o
smooth
lip/o
fat
medi/o
middle
nucle/o
nucleus
organ/o
organ
plant/o
sole of the foot
poster/o
toward the back; behind
proxim/o
near
sarc/o
flesh; connective tissue
somat/o
body
super/o
above; excessive; higher than
system/o
system
thel/o
nipple
theleplasty is surgical reconstruction of nipple
ventr/o
in front; belly side of body
viscer/o
internal organs; viscera
cutane/o, derm/o, dermat/o
skin
diaphor/o
sweat
diaphoresis is sweating from a disease or condition
hidr/o
sweat
icthy/o
dry; scaly
myc/o
fungus
onych/o; ungu/o
nail
pachy/o
thick
pachyonychia congenita is associated with thickened toenails, ,etc.
rhytid/o
wrinkle
seb/o
sebum (oil)
trich/o, pil/o
hair
xer/o
dry
angi/o, vas/o, vascul/o
vessel
aort/o
aorta
arteri/o, arter/o
artery
ather/o
fatty deposit
atri/o
atrium
cardi/o, coron/o
heart
coagul/o
coagulation (clotting)
hem/o, hemat/o
blood
lymph/o
lymph
lyphaden/o
lymph gland (node)
pericard/o
pericardium
phleb/o, ven/o, ven/i
vein
plasm/o
plasma
sphygm/o
pulse
therm/o
heat
thromb/o
clot
valv/o, valvul/o
valve
ventricul/o
ventricle
adenoid
adenoid
lymphatic tissue between back of nose and throat
alveol
alveolus
atel
incomplete, imperfect
bronchi, bronch/o
bronchius
bronchiol
bronchiole
diaphragm, diaphramat/o, phren/o
diaphragm
epiglott/o
epiglottis
laryng/o
larynx
lob/o
lobe
mediastin/o
mediastinum
nas/o, rhin/o
nose
pector/o
chest
pharyng/o
pharynx
pleur/o
pleura
pneum/o, pneumat/o, pneumon/o
lung
sinus/o, sin/o
sinus
sept/o
septum; wall of
spir/o
breathe; breathing
thorac/o
thorax; chest
tonsill/o
tonsil
trache/o
trachea
an/o
anus
appendic/o; append/o
appendix
bucc/o
cheek
cec/o
cecum
duoden/o
duodenum
cheil/o, labi/i
lip
chol/e, bil/i
bile, gall
cholecyst/o
gallbladder
cholangi/o
bile duct
choledoch/o
common bile duct
col/o, colon/o
colon; large intestine
dent/i, odont/o
tooth
diverticul/o
diverticulum; blind pouch extending from organ
duoden/o
duodenum
enter/o
small intestines
esophag/o
esophagus
gastr/o
stomach
gingiv/o
gum
gloss/o, lingu/o
tongue
hepat/o
liver
herni/o
hernia
ile/o
ileum
jejun/o
jejunum
lapar/o, abdomin/o, celi/o
abdomen
palat/o
palate
pancreat/o
pancreas
peritone/o
peritoneum
proct/o, rect/o
rectum
polyp/o
polyp; small growth on a stalk
pylor/o
pylorus; pyloric sphincter
sial/o
saliva
sialaden/o
salivary gland
sigmoid/o
sigmoid colon
stomat/o, or/o
mouth
uvul/o
uvula
albin/o, leuk.o
white
anthrac/o, melan/o
black
chlor/o
green
cirrh/o
yellow
cyan/o
blue
eosin/o
rosy
erythr/o
red
jaund/o
yellow
lute/o
yellow
melan/o
black
poli/o
grey
purpur/a
purple
xanth/o
yellow
adip/o, steat/o
fat
albumin/o
albumin (protein)
amyl/o
starch
azot/o
urea; nitrogen
-acusis
hearing
anacusis is deafness/complete inability to hear
-agra
excessive pain
e.g. pellagra (deficiency of vitamin B3)
-algia, -dynia
pain
-asthenia
loss of strength
myasthenia gravis is neuromuscular disorder that causes weakness in skeletal muscles
-ation
a process
-cele
hernia
-capnia
carbon dioxide
acapnia is carbon dioxide deficiency in blood
-chalasis
relaxation; thickening
conjunctival chalasis is where cornea loses normal elasticity; relaxation of corneal tissue
-cytosis
abnormal increase in cells
-derma
skin
-ectasis, -ectasia
dilution; swelling
duct ectasia: swelling or dilation of duct
-edem
swelling
-emesis
vomiting
hyperemesis is extreme vomiting
-emia
blood condition
-esis
condition; state of
-esthesia
feeling; nervous sensation
ex: anesthesia
-ia
state of; condition of
-iasis
abnormal condition
psoriasis – condition where skin cells multiply 10 times faster than normal
-ism
condition
-itis
inflammation
-lapse
to fall; to sag
-lepsy
seizure
-lith
stone; calculus
-lithiasis
condition of stones
ex: lithiasis is condition of forming stones in body (like gallbladder or bladder)
-lysis
destruction; separation; breakdown
-lytic
to destroy, to reduce
-malacia
softening
osteomalacia is softening of bone
-mania
obsessive preoccupation
-megaly
enlargement
-oma
tumor; mass
hematoma is collection of blood outside blood vessels
-osis
abnormal increase; abnormal condition
leukocytosis is where leukocyte count is above average
-otia
ear condition
macrotia is condition of having oversized ears that aren’t proportional to size of head
-paresis
weakness
paraparesis is weakness that affects both legs
-pareunia
sexual intercourse
-pathy
disease process
-phobia
irrational fear
-plegia
paralysis
-ptosis
dropping; sagging; prolapse
proptosis is sagging/protrusion of eyeball
-ptysis
spitting
hemoptysis is coughing up blood
-rrhage, -rrhagia
bursting forth
hemorrhage is bursting of blood from blood vessel
-rrhea
flow; discharge
-rrhexis
rupture
enterorrhexis is rupture of small intestine
-sclerosis
hardening
atherosclerosis is hardening of fatty deposits in arteries into plaques
-spasm
involuntary contraction
-stenosis
narrowing
spinal stenosis is narrowing of bony openings in spine
-apheresis
removal
apheresis is removal of blood from donor’s body
-centesis
surgical puncture to remove fluid
abdominocentesis is removal of fluid from belly for diagnosis
-clasis
to break
thromboclasis is breakdown of thrombus/blood clot/dissolution
-lysis
to break
-desis
surgical binding; surgical fusion
arthrodesis aka bone fusion
-ectasia; -ectasis
dilation
-ectomy
excision; surgical removal
-gram
record; writing
-graph
instrument used to record
-graphy
process of recording; producing images
-lithotomy
incision for removal of a stone
-meter
instrument used to measure
-metry
to measure; measurement
-opsy
to view
-pexy
surgical fixation
cystopexy is surgical fixation of bladder to abdominal wall
-plasty
surgical repair; surgical reconstruction
-rrhaphy
suture; sew
myorrhaphy is suture of muscle
-scope
instrument used to examine visually
-scopy
process of visually examining
-stasis
stoppage; stopping; controlling
-stomy
new opening
colostomy is creation of new opening into colon
-tension
pressure
-therapy
treatment
-tome
instrument used to cut
microtome is instrument used to cut extremely thin slices/sections used in microscopy
-tomy
process of cutting; incision into
appendectomy
-tripsy
surgical crushing
lithotripsy
