Medical Terminology T Flashcards
tachy-
fast
tact/o
touch
tal/o
talus
taph/o
grave
tars/o
tarsus, edge of eyelid
tauto-
identical, same
-taxia, tax/o
arrangement, coordination
techn/o
skill, art
tect/o
rooflike
tegment/o
covering
tel/e
end, distant
tel/o
end
tele/o
perfect, complete
temp/o, tempor/o
period of time, the temples
ten/o
tendon
tenont/o
tendon
-tension, tens/o
stretched, strained
tephr/o
gray (ashen)
tera-
trillion (10__)
terat/o
monster
termin/o
boundary, limit
terti-
third
test/o, testicul/o
testis
tetan/o
tetanus
tetra-
four
thalam/o
thalamus
thanat/o
death
thec/o
sheath
thel/o
nipple
theor/o
speculation
-therapy, therapeut/o
treatment
theri/o
animals
therm/o
heat
thigm/o
touch
thio-
presence of sulfur
thorac/o
chest
thromb/o
clot, thrombus
-thymia
mind, emotions
thym/o
thymus gland
thyr/o
thyroid gland
tibi/o
tibia
toc/o, -tocia
childbirth, labor
-tome
instrument for cutting
tom/o
a cutting (section/layer)
-tomy
surgical incision
ton/o
tone, tension
tonsill/o
tonsils
top/o
particular place or area
torpid/o
sluggish, inactive
tors/o
twisting, twisted
tox/o, toxic/o
poison
trachel/o
neck
trache/o
trachea
trachy-
rough
trans-
across
traumat/o
trauma, injury, wound
trem/o, tremul/o
shaking, trembling
-tresia
opening, perforation
tri-
three
tri/o
to sort out, sorting
trich/o
hair
-tripsy
to crush, break
-trophy, troph/o
nourishment, growth
-tropia
to turn
tubercul/o
tubercle, tuberculosis
tub/o
tube
-tumescence, tumesc/o
swelling
turbid/i
cloudy, confused
turg/o, turgid/o
to swell, swollen
tympan/o
eardrum (tympanic membrane)
type, typ/o
class, representative form
typhl/o
cecum, blindness
typh/o
typhus, typhoid
tyr/o
cheese, caseous