Medical Terminology Flashcards
Macro
large
Micro
small
Megalo or megaly
very large
peri
around
trans
across
endo
within or inside
inter
between
chloro
green
leuk
white
eryth
red
cyan
blue
dys
not working correctly/normally
mal
bad
emia
blood condition
itis
inflammation
osis
condition or disease (usually non-inflammatory)
pathy
disease
hyper
above normal
hypo
below normal
tachy
fast
brady
slow
echo
ultrasonic waves
electro
electricity
ectomy
removal of
gram
picture
graph or graphy
process of taking a picture
otomy
making a cut in/removing a part of
scopy
use of instrument for viewing
stomy
create an opening in
plasty
modifying the shape of/repairing
vas or vasc
veins and arteries
blood
hem or hemo or sangu
angi or angio
blood vessels
ven or veno or phleb or phlebo
veins
aort
aorta
arteri or arterio
arteries
diaphoresis
profuse sweating
anasarca
edema that is generalized over the whole body
hirsutism
excess body hair
petechia
small red spots
purpura
blood spots or skin hemorrhages, refers to purple-colored skin spots that are most recognizable on the skin.
dysphagia
difficulty swallowing
hemoptysis
coughing up of blood or blood stained
precordial
anterior chest wall over the heart
retrosternal
behind the breadtbone
cyanosis
bluish cast to the skin and mucous membranes
dyspnea
shortness of breath, “air hunger”
orthopmea
sensation of breathlessness in the recumbent position, relieved by sitting or standing
paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea
condition that triggers sudden shortness of breath during sleep
nocturia
wake up in the middle of the night because you have to urinate
intermittent claudication
muscle pain on mild exertion (ache, cramp, numbness, or sense of fatigue), classically in calf
cerebrovascular accident
Sudden death of some brain cells due to lack of oxygen when the blood flow to the brain is impaired by blockage or rupture of an artery to the brain. A CVA is also referred to as a stroke.
parenteral
medication administered or occurring elsewhere in the body than the mouth and alimentary canal
Root: brachi(o)
Meaning: arm
Root: bucc(o)
Meaning: Cheek
Root: Cardi(o)
Meaning: Heart
Root: Carp(o)
Meaning: Wrist
Root: Cephal(o)
Meaning: Head
Root: Colp(o)
Meaning: Vagina
Root: Crani(o)
Meaning: Skull
Root: Cyst(o)
Meaning: Bladder
Root: Cyto
Meaning: Cell
Root: Dactyl(o)
Meaning: Finger, toe
Root: Encephal(o)
Meaning: Brain
Root: Enter(o)
Meaning: Intestine
Root: Gloss(o)
Meaning: Tongue
Root: Hemo, sanguin(o)
Meaning: Blood
Root: Hyster(o)
Meaning: Womb, uterus
Root: Mast(o), mamm(o)
Meaning: Breast
Root: Men(o)
Meaning: Month, r/t menses
Root: Nephr(o), Ren(o)
Meaning: Kidney
Root: Oophor(o)
Meaning: Ovary
Root: Ophthalm, Ocul(o)
Meaning: Eye
Root: Ot(o), Auri, Aud
Meaning: Ear
Root: Phleb(o), Ven(o)
Meaning: Vein
Root: Pod
Meaning: Foot
Root: Rhin(o)
Meaning: Nose
Root: Salping(o)
Meaning: Fallopian tube
Root: Thorac(o)
Meaning: Chest
Root: Thromb(o)
Meaning: Clot
Root: Gluc(o)
Meaning: sweet, sugar
Root: Hydr(o)
Meaning: water
Root: Lact(o)
Meaning: milk
Root: Lip(o), adip(o)
Meaning: fat
Root: Therm
Meaning: Heat
Root: Melan(o)
Meaning: black
Root: Cirrh(o)
Meaning: yellow
Root: Ankyl(o)
Meaning: stiff, fixed, crooked
Root: Sten(o), Stric
Meaning: narrow
Root: Ortho
Meaning: straight position
Root: kypho
Meaning: bent, crooked
Root: pseudo
Meaning: false
Root: poly, hyper, multi
Meaning: many, much
Root: oligo, hypo
Meaning: few
Root: Iso
Meaning: equal
Root: Diplo, ambi
Meaning: both, double
Root: hemi
Meaning: half
Root: pan
Meaning: all
Root: pro, ante, pre
Meaning: before
Root: post
Meaning: after
Root: super, supra
Meaning: above
Root: Sub
Meaning: below
Root: Dors(o)
Meaning: back
Root: retro
Meaning: backwards
Root: para
Meaning: beside
Root: Re
Meaning: again
Root: Later(o)
Meaning: side
Root: Medi(o)
Meaning: middle
Root: Schizo
Meaning: split
Root: Inter
Meaning: between
Root: heter(o)
Meaning: different
Root: Hom(o)
Meaning: same
Root: Ad(o)
Meaning: towards
Root: Ab(o)
Meaning: away from
Root: endo, in, intra
Meaning: in, within, inside
Root: Ex(o), Ec(to)
Meaning: Out
Root: anti, contra
Meaning: against
Root: epi
Meaning: upon, above
Root: dia, trans
Meaning: through
Root: Peri, Circum
Meaning: around
Root: sinister(a)
Meaning: left
Root: dextr(o)
Meaning: right
Root: Aden(o)
Meaning: gland
Root: Arthr(o)
Meaning: Joint
Root: Cervic(o)
Meaning: neck
Root: Costo
Meaning: Rib
Root: Cyto
Meaning: cell
Root: Derm
Meaning: skin
Root: Gastr(o)
Meaning: Stomach
Root: Glosso
Meaning: tongue
Root: Heme
Meaning: blood
Root: Hepat(o)
Meaning: liver
Root: Lingu
Meaning: Tongue
Root: Litho
Meaning: stone
Root: My
Meaning: muscle
Root: Myo, myel
Meaning: marrow
Root: Neuro
Meaning: nerve
Root: Oto
Meaning: Ear
Root: Opti, Ocu
Meaning: Eye
Root: Osteo
Meaning: Bone
Root: Pneum(o), Pulm
Meaning: lung
Root: psycho
Meaning: mind
Root: rhino
Meaning: nose
Root: thor(a)
Meaning: chest
Root: Vasc
Meaning: vessel
Prefix: A(n)
Meaning: without (e.g. anemia, avascular)
Prefix: Auto
Meaning: self (e.g. autoimmune)
Prefix: Dys
Meaning: Difficult, painful (e.g. dyspnea, dysuria)
Prefix: Gravida
Meaning: Pregnant, heavy (e.g. gravidity)
Prefix: Neo
Meaning: New (e.g. neonatal, neoplasm)
Suffix: centesis
Meaning: tap, puncture (e.g. thoracentesis)
Suffix: ectomy
Meaning: Removal (e.g. mastectomy, appendectomy)
Suffix: lysis
Meaning: separate, destroy (e.g. hemolysis)
Suffix: Ostomy
Meaning: form an opening (e.g. colostomy)
Suffix: Otomy
Meaning: Cut into (e.g. tracheotomy, craniotomy)
Suffix: Plasty
Meaning: Repair (rhinoplasty)
Suffix: algia
Meaning: pain (e.g. arthralgia, myalgia)
Suffix: Cele
Meaning: Hernia, swelling (e.g. hydrocele, cystocele)
Suffix: Emia
Meaning: blood (e.g. leukemia, anemia)
Suffix: Gen
Meaning: producing (e.g. carcinogen, allergen)
Suffix: Itis
Meaning: inflammation (e.g. appendicitis, hepatitis)
Suffix: Megaly
Meaning: Enlargement (e.g. splenomegaly, hepatomegaly)
Suffix: Oid
Meaning: Resemble (fibroid, keloid)
Suffix: oma
Meaning: tumor (e.g. adenoma, myoma)
Suffix: osis
Meaning: abnormal condition (e.g. dermatosis)
Suffix: Pathy
Meaning: disease (e.g. neuropathy, psychopathology)
Suffix: Penia
Meaning: deficiency (e.g. cytopenia, thrombocytopenia)
Suffix: phagia
Meaning: eating (e.g. dysphagia)
Suffix: phasia
Meaning: speech (e.g. aphasia, dysphagia)
Suffix: Plegia
Meaning: paralysis (e.g. paraplegia, quadriplegia)
Suffix: Phobia
Meaning: fear (e.g. acrophobia, agoraphobia)
Suffix: Pnea
Meaning: Air, breathing (e.g. apnea, dyspnea, orthopnea)
Suffix: Rrhage
Meaning: burst forth (e.g. hemorrhage)
Suffix: Sclerosis
Meaning: Hardening (e.g. atherosclerosis)
Suffix: Spasm
Meaning: contraction (bronchospasm)
Suffix: troph(o)
Meaning: nourishment (e.g. atrophy, hypertrophy)
Suffix: uri(a)
Meaning: urine (e.g. nocturia, dysuria)
Suffix: Rrhea
Meaning: flow, discharge (e.g. diarrhea)
Cephalocaudal
head-to-toe
proximodistally
midline to periphery
Ology
study of
Phon(o)
sound (e.g. bronchophony)
S/P
status post (after)
sp.gr.
specific gravity
S.Q.
subcutaneous(ly)
STAT
immediately
STS
serological test for syphilis
Sx
symptoms
TCDB
turn, cough, deep breathe
TIA
transient ischemial attack (mini stroke)
tid
3x/day
TM
tympanic membrane
TMJ
temporomand-ibular joint
TNTC
too numerous to count
TPN
total parenteral nutrition
TURP
transurethral resection of prostate
TSE
testicular self-examination
UA
urinalysis
mmHg
millimeters of mercury