Medical Terms Flashcards
(prefix) ab
away from
(prefix) ad
toward
(prefix) ante
before
(prefix) arteri(o)
artery
(prefix) bi
two
(prefix) brady
slow/delayed
(prefix) cardi(o)
heart
(prefix) cerebr(o)
head
(prefix) cervic(o)
cervix
(prefix) cyan(o)
blue
(prefix) dia
complete; through
(prefix) dys
bad; painful; through
(prefix) end(o)
in; within
(prefix) glyc(o)
glucose; sugar
(prefix) gynec(o)
woman; female
(prefix) hemat(o)
blood
(prefix) hepat(o)
liver
(prefix) hyper
above; excessive
(prefix) hypo
deficient; below
(prefix) inter
between
(prefix) intra
within; into
(prefix) latero
side
(prefix) medi
middle
(prefix) my(o)
muscle
(prefix) nephro
kidney
(prefix) neur(o)
nerve
(prefix) para
near; beside; abnormal
(prefix) path(o)
disease
(prefix) pneum(o)
lung; air; gas
(prefix) poly
many
(prefix) pre
before
(prefix) pro
before; forward
(prefix) pulm(o)
lung
(prefix) quadr(i)
four; square
(prefix) retr(o)
behind; back
(prefix) semi
half
(prefix) sub
below
(prefix) tachy
fast
(prefix) thorac(o)
chest
(suffix) -algia
pain
(suffix) -asthen(o)
weakness
(suffix) -genic
produced by or in
(suffix) -itis
inflammation
(suffix) -ology
study of
(suffix) -osis
condition (usually abnormal)
(suffix) -pathy
disease; emotion
(suffix) -phagia
eating; swallowing
(suffix) -phasia
speech
(suffix) -pnea
breathing
(suffix) -ptosis
droop; prolapse; protrude
(suffix) -rrhage
abnormal/excessive flow
(suffix) -rrhea
flow/discharge
(suffix) -sis
process; action
(suffix) -troph
nutrition
(suffix) -uria
urine
(root words) acou
hearing
(root words) aden
gland
(root words) angi
vessel
(root words) arteri
artery
(root words) arthr
joint
(root words) asthen
weakness
(root words) bi
two
(root words) bronch
bronchial tube
(root words) carcin
cancerous; cancer
(root words) cardi
heart
(root words) cephal
head
(root words) cubit
elbow; forearm
(root words) cycl;
ciliary body of eye; cycle
(root words) digit
toes/fingers
(root words) enter
intestines (usually small)
(root words) erythr
red
(root words) febr
fever
(root words) foramen
natural opening
(root words) fract
fracture (breaking)
(root words) gastr
stomach
(root words) gram
record
(root words) hepat
liver
(root words) heter
different
(root words) hom
same
(root words) hydr
water
(root words) lact
milk
(root words) leuk
white
(root words) lingu
tongue
(root words) mega
large
(root words) myel
marrow; spinal cord
(root words) ocul
eye
(root words) ost
bone
(root words) pleur
rib; side; pleura
(root words) pod
foot
(root words) pto
fall
(root words) pyr
fire
(root words) rhin
nose
(root words) sangui
blood
(root words) sebum
fatty secretion
(root words) sepsis
presence of microorganisms/their toxins in blood
(root words) stern
sternum (breastbone)
(root words) tact
touch
(root words) throrac
chest
(root words) toxic
poisonous
(root words) vas
vessel; duct
(root words) viscous
sticks/adheres (describes flow)
apnea
without breathing
arteriosclerosis
thickening of artery walls
arthritis
joint inflammation
bradycardia
slow heart rate
carcinogen
causes cancer
cardiogenic
caused by the heart
cephalic
relating to the head
cervical
relating to the cervix
diagnosis
identification of condition
diarrhea
abnormal feces discharge
dysphasia
difficulty speaking
erythrocyte
red blood cell
exsanguinate
drain of blood
febrile
feverish
fracture
break; crack
gynecology
study of women’s health
hemorrhage
abnormal blood flow
hepatitis
inflammation of liver
homeostasis
maintaining stable state
hypertension
high blood pressure
hypoglycemia
low blood sugar
lateral
at side
leukocyte
white blood cell
medial
in the middle
myocardium
heart muscle
nephrology
study of the kidney
neuropathy
disease of the nerves
paraplegic
paralysis of lower body
pneumothorax
air between lungs and chest (leads to lung collapse)
polyuria
excessive urine
retroperitoneal
behind the peritoneum
rhinorrhea
discharge from nose; runny nose
sternum
breastbone
sublingual
under the tongue
tachycardia
fast heart rate